Screening

Get An Update on Breast Cancer Screening

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Get An Update on Breast Cancer Screening.  By participating in this activity, the learner will gain an understanding of the importance of breast cancer screening and how best to approach and utilize breast cancer screening tools. The learner will gain a deeper understanding of the methods and approaches available for breast cancer screening and how to choose the best screening paradigm for different patient groups.

For this program, we’ve invited one of Ohio State University’s Breast Radiology experts to help break down the breast cancer screening and give us guidance on the various types of screening modalities. Dr. Clayton Taylor is an Associate Professor of Radiology here at the James Cancer Hospital and is fellowship trained in breast imaging.  

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Understand how breast cancer screening tools such as mammography, breast MRI, and breast ultrasound work and how to best use them for breast cancer screening.
  • Learn how to use breast cancer risk and breast density to determine the best breast cancer screening approach for different patients.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Risk Assessment
  • Breast Density
  • Breast Ultrasound
  • Breast MRI

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

Call our MedNet21 Webcast Producer 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 on Health Screening for Non-Malignant Diseases

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Experts Teach on Health Screening for Non-Malignant Diseases.  This webcast will discus Health Screening for Non-Malignant Diseases. This program will go over screening guidelines for preventative health. The program will focus on non-malignant conditions and will cover the entire age span from pediatric to adult patients. The first section will review evidence and grading of recommendations. Then the program will go through pediatric recommendations grouping them into categories. The second half of the program will focus on adult screening guidelines. Before the conclusions, there will also be a discussion of some of the screening tips and pitfalls.

On this webcast, we will be discussing Health Screenings for non-malignant conditions. For this topic, we’ve invited General Internal Medicine experts. We have Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Dr Harrison Jackson and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine Shengyi Jing-Jing Mao presenting on this webcast.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Become familiar with how to find and evaluate screening recommendations.
  • Review the recommended screenings for adults.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • How to keep track of screenings
  • How to improve Screening Rates
  • How to capture screening work and get reimbursed for those services

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

Call our MedNet21 Webcast Producer 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 Teaches on Colorectal Cancer Screening and Surveillance

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OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Expert Teaches on Colorectal Cancer Screening and Surveillance. For this topic, we’ve invited a national leader on polyp surveillance. Dr. Peter Stanich is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at Ohio State University specializing in Gastroenterology. He is director of Intestinal Neoplasia and Hereditary Polyposis at Ohio State and the immediate past president of the national society: Collaborative Group of the Americas on Inherited Gastrointestinal Cancer.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Understand current recommendation for age to start screening in average risk and increased risk patients.
  • Be aware of recommended surveillance colonoscopy intervals based on colonoscopy findings.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Advanced Adenomas
  • Red Flags
  • Adenoma Detection Rate
  • High Risk Patient

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 Prostate Cancer Screening on CME Webcast

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OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Learn Latest About Prostate Cancer Screening on CME Webcast. Practicing here in the United States, 1 out of every 8 men will have prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is deadly too. It is the 2nd most common cause of cancer death in men after lung cancer. So, clinicians need to know when and how to screen for this very common form of cancer. To teach us about this important topic, We’ve invited one of Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital’s Urologic oncology experts. We’re pleased to introduce Assistant Professor of Urology Dr Shawn Dason.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Understand the rationale, benefits, and harms of prostate cancer screening.
  • Have an approach for prostate cancer screening in a primary care setting

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • False Positives
  • Sensitivity
  • Frequency of screening
  • Types of Screening
  • Prevention

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 Physicians About Cancer Screening

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Webcast Teaches Physicians About Cancer Screening. For this CME webcast, we will be learning about cancer screenings – including which cancers to screen, when to screen and how. We’re delighted to introduce two of Ohio State’s experts. Associate Professor of Family Medicine Dr Kristen Rundell and Associate Professor and interim chair of the Family Medicine Dr Shalina Nair.

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 the screening modalities, age of screening and age to end screening for the four most common cancers, lung cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer and colon cancer; describe health disparities associated with common cancers and list barriers screening; review the updated recommendations for Colorectal cancer screening from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF); review the current recommendations by the USPSTF, American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), and American Cancer Society (ACS) for breast, cervical, and gynecologic cancer screening.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Prevalence of cancer in the United States
  • Importance of cancer screening
  • Cancer and smokeless tobacco products
  • Breast cancer risk assessment
  • Stool-based colorectal screening
  • Home DNA or genetic testing and cancer risk
  • COVID-19’s impact on 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.