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Learn About Dual Diagnosis Treatment on Webcast 

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Learn About Dual Diagnosis Treatment on Webcast. Learn About Dual Diagnosis Treatment on Webcast. Today, we understand that Dual Diagnosis is common. Nearly 50% of individuals with severe mental illnesses also struggle with substance use disorders. Individuals with dual diagnoses have a higher risk of suicide, can be resistant to standard therapies and often face stigma and barriers to care. This makes knowledge of dual diagnosis management an important aspect of our practice.

For today’s program, we’ll delve into the latest strategies for managing dual diagnosis. To do that, we’ve invited one of Ohio State University’s Addiction Medicine experts, Dr. Natalie Klag. Dr. Klag is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and is board certified in both Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine and also serves as the Associate Program director of the OSU Addiction Medicine fellowship.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Describe various clinical presentations of substances of abuse
  • Describe basic tenants of dual diagnosis management.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Education
  • Terminology
  • SSRI and Alcohol

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 Discusses The Red Eye Differential Diagnosis and Treatment

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 CME Webcast Discusses The Red Eye: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment. Today on MedNet21, we’re going to review the causes of red eyes in order to help you make a prompt diagnosis and get your patients started on the right treatment. We’re pleased to welcome back Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Dr. Tyler Oostra.

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 and diagnosis common causes of red eye; and know when to refer patients with red eyes for further care.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Most common causes of red eyes
  • Red eye red flags
  • Bacterial versus viral conjunctivitis
  • Isolation of children with viral conjunctivitis
  • When shingles affects the eye
  • Diagnostic significance of bilateral versus unilateral red eye
  • Causes of dry eyes

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.

Webcast Teaches on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Diagnosis and Management

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Webcast Teaches on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Diagnosis and Management. Despite all of these discoveries, systemic lupus erythematosus in many ways continues to be a mystery. The causes are not clear and the clinical manifestations are so protean that a confident diagnosis can often be hard to make. But the good news is that we now have new treatments for lupus that are improving patients’ lives in ways that were previously not possible. Let me welcome today’s guest. Dr. Judith Lin is a rheumatologist and Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at the Ohio State University.

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: identify clinical manifestations and immunologic features of SLE; and recognize that management of SLE treatment depends on disease activity and areas being affected, and learn to assess comorbid conditions and complications.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • The ANA test
  • New treatments for systemic lupus erythematosus

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.