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Webcast Teaches Physicians About Advances in Liver Disease

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OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Webcast Teaches Physicians About Advances in Liver Disease. Last summer, experts from around the world worked together to rename Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease into Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease or MASLD. And earlier this year at the end of March 2024, the FDA approved the first drug to treat MASLD. Meanwhile another promising agent is already in the pipeline, currently undergoing phase 3 clinical trials.

To share more about the advances in some of the most common liver conditions including MASLD, autoimmune hepatitis, and Hepatocellular carcinoma, We’ve invited one of Ohio State University’s Transplant Hepatology experts. We are pleased to introduce Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Dr Vivek Mendiratta.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Understand steatotic liver disease including diagnosis, management, and pharmacologic treatment options.
  • Learn about the newest advances in hepatocellular carcinoma including the role of combination therapy, novel biomarkers, and liver transplantation.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Treatment & Monitoring
  • Weight Loss
  • Liver Transplantation

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.

Experts Teach Physicians About Acupuncture

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Experts Teach Physicians About Acupuncture. While patients’ appetite for complementary and alternative medicine has increased, many of these modalities are not taught in medical school. Acupuncture has been practiced in China for nearly 3 millennia. In a few decades the practice has spread worldwide. Yet, how does Acupuncture work? What conditions can acupuncture treat? And how can we find skilled acupuncture practitioners?

For these questions and more, we’ve invited two of Ohio State University’s Integrative Medicine experts. Welcome Dr David Wang who trained as a physician and as a scientist in China. He practiced medicine in Beijing prior to moving to the United States where he has been practicing acupuncture since 1995. He has been a faculty member at Ohio State University Center for Integrative Medicine now since 2005 and is nationally recognized and active in multiple Traditional Chinese Medicine professional organizations. Alongside David, we have Dr Linda Chun, who is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and fellowship trained in Integrative Medicine. She serves as the program director of Ohio State University’s Integrative Medicine Fellowship.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • To identify the primary conditions that acupuncture may address.
  • To understand the contraindications associated with acupuncture
  • Present evidence for acupuncture for common conditions.
  • Discuss when to consider acupuncture and how to find an acupuncturist for your patient.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Training
  • Children
  • Referrals
  • Dry Needling
  • Duration
  • Additional Modalities

    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 What Physicians Need To Know About Human Trafficking

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    OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Learn What Physicians Need To Know About Human Trafficking. On this webcast, we’ve invited two of Ohio State University’s experts to teach us what healthcare professionals needs to know about human trafficking. Hannah Parks is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Doctor of Nursing Practice at Ohio State University and a member of our MedNet programing committee. She has previously worked with human trafficking organizations and survivors in both Southeast Asia and the United States. We’re pleased to invite back to the program Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Dr. Jamie Macklin. Jamie practices adult and pediatric hospital medicine and serves as the chief of internal medicine at OSU East Hospital and has clinical interests in human trafficking.

    What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

    • Adopt trauma-informed care practices with patients to promote cultures of healing and empowerment
    • Identify potential barriers for self-identification when those in the life of human trafficking seek medical care
    • Become familiar with potential “red-flags” and presentations to the healthcare system by those in the life of human trafficking
    • Diagnose acute and chronic medical issues that human trafficking survivors may develop as a result of their exploitation
    • Understand the danger assessment of clinical situations and when mandated reporting is warranted
    • Recognize national resources available to assist human trafficking survivors

    You’ll also learn about the following:

    • Terminology
    • Hotline
    • Safety Planning
    • Exploitation

    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 Latest About Oral Pathology for Physicians on Webcast

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    OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Learn Latest About Oral Pathology for Physicians on Webcast. In your medical training, you don’t always get much education on oral health and pathology, but disease of the mouth are extremely common. For example, worldwide, dental caries is the single most common chronic condition affecting 2.5 billion people. Nearly a billion people also have severe gum disease. And, many patients do not have a dental home meaning they often present to physicians for oral complaints. A 2003 study showed that in a 4 year period, there were nearly 3 million Emergency Department visits in the United States for dental complaints. There are of course many other conditions that can affect the mouth than dental caries or broken teeth.

    For this webcast, we’ve invited two of Ohio State University’s Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology experts to discuss common Oral pathology. We’re pleased to introduce Associate Professor of Dentistry Dr Kristin McNamara and Professor of Dentistry, Dr John Kalmar.

    What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

    • Understand the clinical presentations of oral fungal infections.
    • Be able to distinguish the likely etiology of various forms of oral ulcers based upon history and clinical characteristics

    You’ll also learn about the following:

    • Training
    • Oral Pathologist Role
    • Underlying disease
    • Thrush and Breastfeeding
    • HPV and Head & Neck Cancers
    • Timing of Workup

    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 Teach Learners About Buprenorphine Treatment

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    OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Physicians Teach Learners About Buprenorphine Treatment. Joining us in the studio today to discuss buprenorphine is Dr. Erin McKnight. She is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Ohio State University and is the medical director of the Substance Use Treatment and Recovery Program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. And we also have Dr. Lucas McKnight who is a hospitalist, an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, and also the Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Pediatrics Residency Program here at OSU.

    What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

    • Learn outpatient strategies for buprenorphine initiation to avoid precipitated withdrawal
    • Understand stabilization and outpatient long-term management
    • Acknowledge need for inpatient initiation of buprenorphine
    • Understand low dose buprenorphine initiation strategies

    You’ll also learn about the following:

    • Opioid use disorder demographics
    • The role of the hospitalist in treating opioid use disorder
    • Outpatient scheduling strategies
    • When to suspect opioid use disorder
    • Pregnancy and opioid use disorder treatment
    • When to refer
    • Parental notification and opioid use disorder treatment
    • Discharge planning after initiating buprenorphine as an inpatient

    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.