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Learn About Clinical Approaches to Cannabis Use

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Learn About Clinical Approaches to Cannabis Use on webcast.  As of this recording in October 2024, Cannabis is legal for medical use in 38 states, 4 US territories and the District of Columbia and it’s legal for recreational use in 24 states, 3 territories and DC. For the upcoming 2024 election cycle, cannabis is on the ballot for 4 additional states. And earlier this year, the Drug Enforcement Administration proposed moving cannabis from its current Schedule I drug classification to a Schedule III classification. The hearing for that move is scheduled for the end of 2024.

With cannabis becoming more and more accessible, cannabis use is becoming more and more commonplace. As physicians, it has become vital to know how to assess a patient’s cannabis use and treat patients with risky or unhealthy cannabis use. For this topic, We’ve invited one of Ohio State University’s Behavioral Health experts. I am pleased to introduce Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Dr. David Weiss. David is a psychologist who the relationship between studies stress and immune response.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Increase ability to distinguish between disordered cannabis use, hazardous use, and medical use.
  • Improve skills to increase patient engagement in cannabis cessation or reduction treatment.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Cannabis Terminology
  • Medical Use
  • THC vs CBD
  • Screening

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.

Experts Teach on Clinical Presentations of Substance Intoxication and Withdrawal

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OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Experts Teach on Clinical Presentations of Substance Intoxication and Withdrawal. Here at OSU MedNet21, we have several webcasts that will satisfy these requirements and bring you the most updated evidence-based knowledge. Today’s program will cover the clinical presentations of substance intoxication and withdrawal.

For this, we’ve invited two of Ohio State University’s Addiction Medicine specialists to share their expertise. First, we’d like to welcome back to the program Associate Professor of Psychiatry Dr. Julie Teater. Julie founded and runs the Addiction Medicine fellowship at Ohio State University, is the medical director for Ohio State’s drug and alcohol treatment center Talbot Hall. She also serves on the state governor’s advisory board RecoveryOhio working to improve mental health and substance use prevention, treatment and recovery. We also would like to welcome back to MedNet21 Dr. Emily Kauffman. Emily is an associate professor of Emergency Medicine who is not only trained in Emergency Medicine but also Internal Medicine. Additionally, she is board certified in Addiction Medicine and championed Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid use disorder in the emergency department.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Discuss the initial assessment of the intoxicated patient or patient in withdrawal
  • Learn the different types of drug testing available, as well as how to interpret these tests
  • Recognize the common presenting signs of intoxication and withdrawal from common addictive substances
  • Describe treatment of intoxication and withdrawal, including any FDA-approved medications
  • Understand and differentiate the various clinical presentations in substance intoxication for stimulants, cannabis, and hallucinogens based on their mechanism of action
  • Recognize emerging patterns of illicit drug use as well as the complexity and paucity of effective clinical treatments

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Intoxication vs Withdrawal
  • Novel Drugs

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 How to Use Telemedicine in Your Clinical Practice

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Learn How to Use Telemedicine in Your Clinical Practice. Telemedicine is not new, in fact, we first did a program on telemedicine 20 years ago on OMEN-TV, the predecessor of MedNet. But with the COVID pandemic of the past year, telemedicine has been adopted by most physicians as a regular and normal part of their practice. However, with that comes the question of how can we most optimally use telemedicine? Today on MedNet, we’re going to update you on how you can most effectively apply telemedicine to your own clinical practice. Joining me today are two MedNet veterans from the Ohio State University. Dr. Shengyi Mao is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. And Dr. Nathan Richards is also an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics.

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: recognize the benefits and limitations of telehealth; know which ailments are amenable to telehealth and which are not; be familiar with the different forms of telehealth; and understand the basics of a telehealth physical exam.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Telemedicine at the OSU Wexner Medical Center
  • Common barriers to using telemedicine
  • Telemedicine in the teaching setting
  • Inpatient use of telemedicine
  • Advance practice providers and telemedicine
  • Controlled substances and telemedicine
  • Telemedicine and nursing homes

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 Clinical Presentations of Substance Intoxication and Withdrawal

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Learn About Clinical Presentations of Substance Intoxication and Withdrawal on our webcast. For thousands of years, almost every human society has used drugs in one form or another for their intoxicating effects. And our society is different only in that we now have access to many different drugs, both naturally occurring from plants and synthetically produced in chemical labs. Because of this, physicians need to know about the clinical presentations of more substances than ever before. To tell us about the recognition and management of substance intoxication and withdrawal, we welcome back addiction medicine specialist and Associate Professor of Psychiatry Dr. Julie Teater and also Assistant Professor from both the departments of Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Dr. Emily Kauffman.

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: DISCUSS the initial assessment of the intoxicated patient or patient in withdrawal; LEARN the different types of drug testing available, as well as how to interpret these tests; RECOGNIZE the common presenting signs of intoxication and withdrawal from common addictive substances; DESCRIBE treatment of intoxication and withdrawal, including any FDA-approved medications.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Alcohol and opioid withdrawal treatment
  • Common causes of intoxication

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.