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CME Webcast Discusses Racism and Racial Bias in Medicine

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OSU Wexner Medical Center logo CME Webcast Discusses Racism and Racial Bias in Medicine. For this webcast, we wanted to highlight the very important and overdue topic of Racism in Medicine. For this we’ve invited an expert from Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. We’d like to introduce Dr. Henry Young, who is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine. He is also the assistant dean of Diversity and Inclusion for Learners and the vice chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at OSU College of Medicine.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Review the history of Racism and Racial Bias in Medicine and how it still affects patient care to this day.
  • Describe racial correction among Clinical Guidelines and how it creates disparities.
  • Go through pathways forward to eliminate racial disparities.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Internal Bias
  • Clinical Environment
  • Discussing with Patients
  • Medical Calculators

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 Remote Patient Monitoring

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OSU Wexner Medical Center logo CME Webcast Discusses Remote Patient Monitoring. In 2020, telehealth saw a major uptick and broad adoption with the spread of COVID-19 pandemic and global lockdown. Now, the COVID-19 national emergency is ending but telehealth has remained and continued to expand. With that is an expansion of Remote Patient Monitoring or Remote Physiologic Monitoring (RPM) Modern technology is seeing newer, better sensors that are cheaper to manufacture making remote monitoring of patients using medical devices more accessible. But how can we leverage this technology to best care for our patients?

To answer that question, We’ve invited two of Ohio State University’s Primary Care Innovation experts. We’re pleased to introduce Associate Professor of Internal Medicine Dr Jodi Grandominico. Jodi serves as the Associate Director of Clinical Operations in the Division of General Internal Medicine and leads many clinical innovation programs for the division. I also have the pleasure of welcoming Associate Professor and Doctor of Pharmacy Kelli Barnes. Kelli is the lead pharmacist for General Internal Medicine and created & leads the Remote Monitoring program along with many other pharmacy programs in primary care.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Understand clinical, financial, and patient satisfaction considerations for an RPM implementation strategy in your clinical practice
  • Review the current literature depicting the benefits of remote physiologic monitoring and potential use cases in healthcare
  • Describe important considerations for remote physiologic monitoring implementation in diverse healthcare settings.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Types of Conditions
  • Healthcare Team Integration
  • Devices
  • Duration
  • Cost

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 Women in Medicine

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 CME Webcast Discusses Women in Medicine. Now over a third of practicing physicians in the United states are women. Just a few years ago in 2019, women surpassed men in US medical school enrollment for the very first time. In the latest 2021-2022 application cycle, 55% of applicants to US medical schools and 55.5% of matriculants were women. Today, we’ve invited two of Ohio State University’s Women in Medicine & Science leaders. Dr Arwa Shana’ah is an Associate Professor of Pathology at the Wexner Medical Center and serves as a subcommittee co-chair for Women in Medicine and Science group. We also have here Dr Maya Iyer who is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at OSU and Nationwide Children’s Hospital and serves as associate director of Women in Medicine and Science.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Realize the presence and persistence of equity gap in pay, rank and research between men and women in medicine
  • Understand some of the factors contributing to the equity gap and the challenges women in medicine face including during the COVID19 pandemic
  • Describe four strategies to improve pay equity.
  • Discuss four tactics to improve equity in the promotion and tenure process.
  • Understand the importance of sponsorship for career development.
  • List three strategies to retain women in medicine.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Gender Disparities
  • Sponsorship
  • Gender Bias
  • “Motherhood” Penalty
  • Women of Color

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.

Expert Discusses Pulmonary Nodules and Lung Cancer Screening

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Expert Discusses Pulmonary Nodules and Lung Cancer Screening. Today on MedNet21, we are going to help you use the chest CT in your own clinical practice in order to save lives. My guest is pulmonologist and Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine from the Ohio State University, Dr. Mike Wert.

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: develop an evidence-based approach to the management of solitary pulmonary nodules; and understand the evidence behind and the importance of lung cancer screening in high-risk patients.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Efficacy of lung cancer screening
  • Challenges with lung cancer 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.

CME Webcast Discusses Bronchiectasis

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 CME Webcast Discusses Bronchiectasis. Antibiotics are now readily available but bronchiectasis is still a common problem. It is just that the most common causes of bronchiectasis have changed. Today on MedNet, we are going to take a look at the etiology and treatment of bronchiectasis. We’re pleased to welcome pulmonologist and Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Dr. Sarah Tapyrik.

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 common radiographical patterns of bronchiectasis on CT imaging; and be familiar with underlying causes of bronchiectasis to help guide testing for individual patients.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Clinical presentation of bronchiectasis
  • Treatment of bronchiectasis
  • Dornase alpha
  • Vaccinations and bronchiectasis

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.