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Learn About Ovarian and Uterine Cancer on Webcast

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Learn About Ovarian and Uterine Cancer on webcast.  This program will discuss Ovarian and Uterine Cancer. The first half of this presentation will focus on the epidemiology of ovarian cancer, including incidence rates, risk factors, and demographics. We will explore the histologic subtypes and staging of ovarian malignancies, followed by a review of common presenting signs and symptoms, and diagnostic strategies. Finally, initial management approaches will be discussed, providing a comprehensive understanding of how ovarian cancer is approached from suspicion to treatment planning.

The second half of this presentation will provide learners with an overview of endometrial cancer, the most prevalent form of uterine cancer. Key topics include the epidemiology and risk factors associated with the disease, clinical signs and symptoms, recommended diagnostic workup, and evidence-based treatment strategies. Special attention will be given to fertility-sparing options for those interested in maintaining reproductive potential during management.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Be familiar with the epidemiology of ovarian cancer.
  • Understand the different types and staging of ovarian cancer.
  • Be able to identify patients who need to undergo evaluation for endometrial cancer.
  • Understand the initial workup and treatment of endometrial cancer.
  • Be familiar with surveillance after treatment for endometrial cancer.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Long-term follow-up
  • Birth control & gynecologic cancers

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.

Physicians Learn About Approach to Chronic Diarrhea

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Physicians Learn About Approach to Chronic Diarrhea. This webcast will discuss Approach to Chronic Diarrhea. This presentation will provide a structured approach to evaluating chronic diarrhea, emphasizing the importance of a thorough history to help identify and differentiate between potential causes. Learners will review key elements of the diagnostic workup that can help rule out organic disease in over 95% of patients. The session will also cover common treatment options tailored to functional diarrhea.

Loose or watery stool lasting more than 4 weeks affects up to 5% of the adult population. That means 1 out of 20 patients could be struggling with Chronic diarrhea. And even if it’s not life threatening, chronic diarrhea can disrupt the lives of patients causing them to miss work, withdraw from social events, and decrease their quality of life. We know that the causes are diverse ranging from functional conditions to cancer. So how should we approach a patient reporting chronic diarrhea? To help guide us through this question, we’ve invited one of Ohio State University’s Gastroenterology experts. We’re pleased to introduce Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology Dr Jennifer Behzadi.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Identify key elements of the clinic history and workup that help classify and identify the causes of chronic diarrhea.
  •  Recognize appropriate medication options and when to consider initiating specific therapies based on suspected etiology.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Threshold for Workup
  • Colonoscopy
  • Supplements
  • Antibiotics

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 Clinician Approaches to Tobacco Cessation on Webcast Series

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Learn About Clinician Approaches to Tobacco Cessation on Webcast Series.  Participants will gain an understanding of evidence-based strategies to support patients in quitting tobacco including behavioral interventions and pharmacotherapy options. Actuarily, on average, a woman who smokes a pack of cigarettes a day will live 11 years less than a woman who doesn’t smoke. Men who smoke a pack a day live 12 years less than non-smoking men. If you do the math, that works out to 14 minutes of life lost for every cigarette a person smokes. It’s a childhood epidemic with 90% of smokers beginning before age 18. By the time they are adults, they are fully addicted and quitting becomes very hard because of the severity of nicotine withdrawal symptoms.   But the good news is that we can help ameliorate those symptoms to help patients quit their nicotine habits.

Joining us today are two of the Ohio State University’s tobacco cessation experts. Lindsey Lee is a clinical pharmacist in the Division of General Internal Medicine. And Suzanne Higginbotham is also a clinical pharmacist in the Division of General Internal Medicine.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Understand the health impacts of tobacco use
  • Apply evidence-based cessation strategies and interventions for nicotine dependence
  • Implement appropriate treatment and follow up protocols to enhance patient adherence and reduce relapse

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Nicotine dependence tests
  • The pharmacist’s role in tobacco cessation
  • Nicotine replacement strategies for the heavy smoker
  • Cytisinicline (cytisine)
  • Pharmacologic approach to inpatients who are smokers
  • Pharmacologic approach to the smoker with coronary artery disease
  • Tobacco cessation and adolescents
  • Weight gain and tobacco cessation
  • E-cigarettes and tobacco cessation
  • Cough increase in the short-term after smoking cessation
  • Tobacco cessation in the habitual marijuana smoker
  • Over the counter pharmacologic therapies
  • Pharmacist prescriptive authority

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 Pulmonary Function Testing and Office Based Spirometry on Webcast

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Learn About Pulmonary Function Testing and Office Based Spirometry on Webcast. This webcast will discuss Pulmonary Function Testing & Office Based Spirometry. In the first half of the program, learners will gain an understanding of the key updates in the 2022 ATS/ERS pulmonary function test (PFT) guidelines. We will discuss how these revisions differ from the 2005 standards in areas such as test interpretation, reference values, and diagnostic criteria. In the second half viewers should expect to learn key updates in PFT interpretation, including the impact of the new reference standards and revised criteria for classifying severity of impairments and bronchodilator responsiveness. Learners will also appreciate common physiologic impairments on PFTs and develop an approach to interpreting PFTs.

Pulmonary Function Testing can be a useful way to detect and monitor disease. So on this program, we have invited two Ohio State University’s Pulmonary experts to teach us how to interpret PFTs and recent updates to PFT interpretation including the 2022 American Thoracic Society & European Respiratory Society joint guidelines. First, we’d like to welcome Dr Matthew Huang, who is an Assistant Professor of Pulmonary & Critical Care medicine who specializes in treating Asthma and COPD.  Second, we have Dr Gennie Wang joining us. She is the Medical Director of the Pulmonary Function Testing Lab at Ohio State and a clinician-scientist studying Women’s lung health disparities.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • To understand common physiologic impairments on PFTs.
  • To develop an approach to interpreting PFTs.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Indications
  • Spirometry vs PFTs
  • 2022 Updates
  • Accurate PFTs

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 Approach Oncologic Emergencies

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Learn How to Approach Oncologic Emergencies on webcast. This webcast will discuss Oncologic Emergencies. This presentation will review several common oncologic emergencies. The presenters will use case presentations to highlight each condition and review Febrile Neutropenia, Hypercalcemia of Malignancy, Spinal Cord Compression, Tumor Lysis Syndrome, Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy complications. They will also review the clinical guidelines.

To discuss emergencies that we should not miss in our cancer patients, we’ve invited two Ohio State University’s Emergency Medicine Physicians. First, we have Dr. Jason Bischof who is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and in addition to his clinical work, does research. Next, we have Dr. Maegan Reynolds who is also an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and is also Pediatric EM trained.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Describe common presentations of oncologic emergencies and review the diagnostic evaluation and management of oncologic emergencies.
  • Discuss advances in oncology treatment and how to approach treatment to rapidly developing new therapies.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Disposition
  • Undiagnosed Cancer
  • Cancer vs Complication
  • Immunotherapy

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.