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Online Webcast Teaches on Medical Therapy for Obesity

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Online Webcast Teaches on Medical Therapy for Obesity. The past decade, we’ve seen several new medications receive FDA approval for weight loss and some of them even have known cardiac benefits. So, to give us the updates on the currently approved medical treatment options for obesity is one of Ohio State University’s experts. Dr Benjamin O’donnell specializes in treating patients with obesity and is an Associate Professor of Endocrinology.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

Gain a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying weight control and how to approach lifestyle changes to lead to weight loss.
Understand which patients will qualify for medications or endoscopic therapies and the relative risk/benefit of each option.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Goals of Treatment
  • Duration of Therapy
  • Stacking Meds
  • Medication Selection
  • Off Label Meds

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 Oxygen Therapy on CME Webcast

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OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Learn About Oxygen Therapy on CME Webcast. We now know a lot more about oxygen and we have more and better ways to deliver supplemental oxygen to those patients who need it. On this CME webcast, we’re going to tell you all about supplemental oxygen including indications, how to order it, and the various devices that deliver it. Today we welcome two guests. Dr. Elie Homsy is a pulmonologist and Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine here at the Ohio State University. He’ll be discussing inpatient oxygen delivery. And Ruthann Kennedy is a pulmonary nurse practitioner here at OSU. She will be discussing outpatient oxygen delivery.

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: OUTLINE the process of ordering oxygen; DISCUSS equipment used in the home; EXPLORE different oxygen delivery devices in the inpatient setting; and EXPLORE oxygen delivery in the outpatient setting.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • New oxygen delivery modes
  • Prescribing oxygen at the time of hospital discharge
  • Nocturnal oximetry
  • Using oxygen with CPAP
  • Signs and symptoms of chronic hypoxemia
  • Pulmonary hypertension and oxygen
  • Managing nasal side effects of oxygen
  • Oxygen during air travel
  • Oxygen safety in the home

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.