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Care of Patients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Care of Patients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. On this CME webcast, we are going to examine these challenges and we are going to learn what we can do to overcome them. We welcome Dr. Heather Saha who is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the Ohio State University and Dr. Ashley Byrd who is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Ohio State.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • List the definitions of ID and DD
  • Describe primary care considerations of treating patients with ID/DD
  • Explain epidemiology of ID/DD
  • Recall the discussion of health disparities

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Typical age of diagnosis of intellectual and developmental disability
  • Psychiatric implications of intellectual and developmental disability
  • Early signs of autism spectrum disorder
  • The importance of early recognition of autism spectrum disorder
  • Medication management
  • Intellectual and developmental disability and substance abuse
  • Transition of care from pediatric to adult providers

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 Contraception on CME Webcast

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Learn About Contraception on CME Webcast. Today there are a lot more options for contraception. So many in fact, that it can be confusing at times which one to use. To review contraception and some of the more recent updates, We’ve invited two of Ohio State University’s experts. First, we have Dr Brett Worly, who is an Associate professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a leader of medical education. He has published multiple papers on the relationship between hormonal contraception and mental health. And we also have Hannah Parks who is a Doctor of Nursing Practice and a Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Feel comfortable counseling patients on different contraception options.
  • Recognize absolute and relative contraindications for contraception.
  • Discuss contraception options for the adolescent population.
  • Be familiar with contraceptive treatments for patient-specific indications

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Forms of Contraception
  • Birth Control in Adolescents
  • Vaginal Gel
  • Stopping Contraception
  • OCP Selection
  • Bone Density
  • LARC Duration
  • Emergency Contraception

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 Gender Affirming Care on Webcast

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Learn About Gender Affirming Care on Webcast. Gender affirming care has come a long way in the past century. Here to teach us more about gender affirming care are two of Ohio State University’s experts. We’re pleased to introduce Dr. Andrew Keaster, Assistant Professor of the Department of Family Medicine & Dr. Melissa Davis, Assistant Professor of Family & Community medicine.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Review feminizing gender affirming hormone therapy including types of medications used, contraindications, risks, and benefits of treatment.
  • Review masculinizing hormone therapy including contraindications, risks, and benefits of treatment and how this treatment may differ for non-binary individuals.
  • Learn the difference between Sex and Gender
  • Learn to create a safe, supportive space for gender diverse individuals

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Pronouns
  • Estrogen
  • Young Adults

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 Wound Care on CME Webcast

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Learn About Wound Care on CME Webcast. On this CME webcast, we are going to show you what we learned in creating our new Wound Center so that you can apply these same principles to wound care at your hospital in order to provide state of the art wound management to your own patients. Our format today will consist of short presentations by 4 of our wound specialists followed by a more in depth review of wound reconstruction by our Wound Center’s medical director.

View a video introduction of this webcast

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: explain the range of advanced wound care measures available for the management of complex wounds; emphasize the value of multidisciplinary care for problematic wounds; understand that the underlying wound etiology must be addressed to promote healing; and understand more clearly the potential for bone involvement in wound care.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Diabetic Foot Wound
  • Orthopaedic Wound Care
  • General Surgery and Wound Care
  • Case Presentations on Various Wound Etiologies
  • Advanced Wound Care

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 Advance Care Planning on CME Webcast

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Learn About Advance Care Planning on CME Webcast. We have come a long way in the evolution of advance directives but it is still common for patients, physicians, and families to be faced with having to make a sudden decision about whether to institute life-saving measures. Particularly because sometimes those measures do less to prolong life than to prolong the process of death. Joining us today to help all of us become better at proactively discussing advance directives with our patients is palliative medicine specialist and Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Dr. Kavitha Norton.

View a video introduction of this webcast

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: define Advance Care Planning as Communication Process for Patient Empowerment; and discuss components and products of Advance Care Planning including proxy and health documents.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • DNR, DNR-CCA, & DNR-CC
  • Starting the advance care directive discussion
  • Common definition of Advance Care Planning & Framework
  • Challenges with Advance Care Planning
  • Tools and resources for these discussions
  • Documenting

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.