CME Webcast Teaches on The Dizzy Patient. On this webcast, we’ll be discussing the approach to a dizzy patient. For this, we’ve invited two vestibular experts. Dr. Desi Schoo is an otolaryngologist and physician-scientist at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center specializing in vestibular dysfunction and cranial base surgeries. He will lead us through a review of the vestibular system and approach to a patient with complaints of dizziness including advanced diagnostic testing and management. Matthew Bjelac is a board certified Neurologic physical therapist at Ohio State and vestibular team lead. Matt will discuss physical exam and screening tests as well as vestibular rehabilitation.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

• Gain familiarity with collecting a thorough history for dizzy patients and recognize when to refer to a specialist
• Review common bedside and laboratory-based tests of vestibular function
• Perform a bedside exam to identify common mechanisms of dizziness and imbalance.
• Demonstrate the clinical reasoning to identify and treat benign positional paroxysmal vertigo (BPPV) to model CPG action statements and recommended best practice patterns for treating positional vertigo.

You’ll also learn about the following:

• Dizziness vs Vertigo vs Imbalance
• Vestibular Rehabilitation
• Nystagmus

You can find this and many other MedNet21 programs on the OSU – CCME website.

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