CME

Get An Update on Antibiotics on CME Webcast

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Get An Update on Antibiotics on CME Webcast. Today on OSU MedNet, we are going to update you on some of these new antibiotics. Let me welcome today’s guest, Dr. Sydney Agnello. She is an infectious disease expert and Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine from the Ohio State University.

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What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: enhance knowledge of clinical use of well-known antibiotics; and enhance understanding of newer antibiotics available and when they may be used clinically.

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 Gastrointestinal Bleeding on CME Webcast

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Learn About Gastrointestinal Bleeding on CME Webcast. The evolution of our approach to variceal bleeding has been an international effort but gastrointestinal bleeding continues to be challenging for physicians and frightening for patients. On this CME webcast, we are going to bring you up to date with the newest concepts in managing GI bleeding. First, to give us an overview of gastrointestinal bleeding is gastroenterologist and Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Dr. Jennifer Behzadi. And then to tell us about the management of gastroesophageal variceal bleeding is hepatologist and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Dr. Khalid Mumtaz.

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What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: list differential diagnoses for upper and lower sources of gastrointestinal bleeding; understand the initial evaluation and management of gastrointestinal bleeding.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Common causes of gastrointestinal bleeding
  • New approaches to the treatment of esophageal varices
  • Indications for emergent endoscopy
  • Indications for emergent surgery

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.

CME Webast Teaches On Chronic Kidney Disease

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 CME Webast Teaches On Chronic Kidney Disease. Now, dialysis has become so commonplace that we now consider it to be a routine treatment in nearly every hospital in the country. But more importantly, we now have treatments that can hold kidney failure in check and often prevent the need for dialysis. Today on MedNet, we are going to take a look at some of these new developments in the management of chronic kidney disease. I’m please to introduce today’s guest. Dr. Khaled Boubes is nephrologist and Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at the Ohio State University.

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What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: recognize the prevalence and importance of CKD; and realize the importance and effectiveness of SGLT2-inhibitors in halting the progression of CKD.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Causes of chronic kidney disease
  • New treatments for chronic kidney disease
  • Diet and chronic kidney disease
  • Blood pressure management in chronic kidney disease
  • Anti-hypertensive medication selection in chronic kidney disease
  • Acute dialysis indications
  • Chronic dialysis indications
  • Options for dialysis

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.

CME Webcast Teaches Physicians About Women’s Sexual Health

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 CME Webcast Teaches Physicians About Women’s Sexual Health. On this CME webcast, we are going to update you about sexual health in order to close that knowledge gap. Let me introduce my guest, Dr. Jessica Yih is an Assistant Professor of Urology and specialist in both men’s and women’s sexual health. But today, she is going to be focusing on women’s sexual health.

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What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: list fundamental knowledge of female genital anatomy and pathology, and contributing factors to sexual response; and describe assessment and treatment of vulvodynia and HSDD.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Sexual medicine fellowship training
  • Talking about sexual health with your patients
  • Post-menopausal patients
  • Pregnancy
  • LGBQT patients
  • Chronic diseases
  • Testosterone effects

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 Oxygen Therapy on CME Webcast

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Learn About Oxygen Therapy on CME Webcast. We now know a lot more about oxygen and we have more and better ways to deliver supplemental oxygen to those patients who need it. On this CME webcast, we’re going to tell you all about supplemental oxygen including indications, how to order it, and the various devices that deliver it. Today we welcome two guests. Dr. Elie Homsy is a pulmonologist and Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine here at the Ohio State University. He’ll be discussing inpatient oxygen delivery. And Ruthann Kennedy is a pulmonary nurse practitioner here at OSU. She will be discussing outpatient oxygen delivery.

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What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: OUTLINE the process of ordering oxygen; DISCUSS equipment used in the home; EXPLORE different oxygen delivery devices in the inpatient setting; and EXPLORE oxygen delivery in the outpatient setting.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • New oxygen delivery modes
  • Prescribing oxygen at the time of hospital discharge
  • Nocturnal oximetry
  • Using oxygen with CPAP
  • Signs and symptoms of chronic hypoxemia
  • Pulmonary hypertension and oxygen
  • Managing nasal side effects of oxygen
  • Oxygen during air travel
  • Oxygen safety in the home

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.