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CME Webcast Teaches About Managing Complications of Chemotherapy

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OSU Wexner Medical Center logo CME Webcast Teaches About Managing Complications of Chemotherapy. With more and more patients being exposed to cancer treatments, it is important for us to be familiar with the side effects and toxicities of modern chemotherapy agents. May is National Cancer Research Month. For today’s topic, We’ve invited one of Ohio State University James cancer hospitals Oncology experts. On this webcast, we get to welcome Associate Professor of Oncology Dr Edmund Folefac, who specializes in treating genitourinary cancers. In addition he is widely published cancer researcher.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

  • As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:
  • Become familiar with common adverse reactions of newer chemotherapy agents including tyrosine kinase inhibitors, immunotherapy, and antibody drug conjugates.

Understand the basic principles of treating mild, moderate and severe toxicities to chemotherapy.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Evolution of Cancer Therapies
  • Red Flags
  • General Wellness
  • Long Term Therapy

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Learn Latest About Alcohol Use Disorder

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OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Learn Latest About Alcohol Use Disorder. Alcoholic beverages have been and still are important in many social, religious, and ceremonial uses. A toast for example is a common part of weddings. But alcohol, we now know has numerous negative effects. Alcohol can damage the heart, the liver, and is linked to numerous cancers. It can be consumed to excess and can lead to dependency and life-threatening withdrawal. So, how do we as physicians balance the common and important societal uses of alcohol with the negative health impacts and guide our patients to avoid and treat unhealthy alcohol use?

For this topic, we’ve invited a national leader of Alcohol Use Screening and intervention who happens to be here at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. We are pleased to introduce Professor of Internal Medicine Dr Daniel Jonas. Dan is the division director of General Internal Medicine here at Ohio State.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:

1. Describe unhealthy alcohol use
2. Understand the burden of unhealthy alcohol use
3. Review an evidence-based, practical approach for
4. Incorporate cases that cover common clinical scenarios

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Screening
  • Follow-up
  • Moderate Use
  • Pharmacotherapy

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Learn About Emotional Support Animals on Webcast

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OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Learn About Emotional Support Animals on Webcast. So what exactly constitutes an Emotional Support Animal? What are the considerations for us as medical professions in evaluating patients for an ESA? To elaborate on this topic, We’ve invited a Psychiatry expert from the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Dr Meera Menon is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:

  • Describe relevant federal and state laws
  • Explore the evidence base for the use of ESA
  • Review the process of conducting an ESA evaluation and pertinent ethical considerations
  • Consider liability concerns and strategies to reduce liability

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Who Can Evaluate?
  • Disability
  • Who Recommends?
  • Diagnosis
  • Social Determinants

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Physicians Teach Learners About Buprenorphine Treatment

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OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Physicians Teach Learners About Buprenorphine Treatment. Joining us in the studio today to discuss buprenorphine is Dr. Erin McKnight. She is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Ohio State University and is the medical director of the Substance Use Treatment and Recovery Program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. And we also have Dr. Lucas McKnight who is a hospitalist, an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, and also the Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Pediatrics Residency Program here at OSU.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:

  • Learn outpatient strategies for buprenorphine initiation to avoid precipitated withdrawal
  • Understand stabilization and outpatient long-term management
  • Acknowledge need for inpatient initiation of buprenorphine
  • Understand low dose buprenorphine initiation strategies

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Opioid use disorder demographics
  • The role of the hospitalist in treating opioid use disorder
  • Outpatient scheduling strategies
  • When to suspect opioid use disorder
  • Pregnancy and opioid use disorder treatment
  • When to refer
  • Parental notification and opioid use disorder treatment
  • Discharge planning after initiating buprenorphine as an inpatient

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.

Learn About Physician Burnout on CME Webcast

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OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Learn About Physician Burnout on CME Webcast. In medicine the International Classification of Diseases defines burnout as “…a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.

 

It is characterized by three dimensions:

  1. feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion;
  2. increased mental distance from one’s job, or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one’s job;
    and
  3. reduced professional efficacy.

But what is driving all this burnout and what can we do about it? To help us answer these questions, I have invited a nationwide leader in physician wellness. Dr Laxmi Mehta is a Professor of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular disease and serves as Vice Chair for Wellness for the Department of Internal Medicine and the director of the Gabbe Health and Well-Being program at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. She is also a recognized leader of Preventative Cardiology and Women’s Cardiovascular Health.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to:

  • To define burnout and identify the repercussions of physician burnout.
  • To identify key contributors to burnout among physicians.
  • To review potential well-being solutions on a professional and personal level.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Burnout Rates
  • Risk Factors
  • Reversing Burnout
  • Examples of Success
  • Organizational Buy-In

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

Call our MedNet21 Program Manager at 614.293.3473 for more details about subscribing to MedNet21 as a hospital or as an individual. You can also e-mail him at derrick.freeman@osumc.edu.