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Get Latest Update on Measles on CME Webcast

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Get Latest Update on Measles on CME Webcast.  This presentation will review the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, management, and prevention of measles virus infection. Common questions encountered in the outpatient clinic will also be discussed.

For this special program, we’ve brought in a Pediatric Infectious Disease & Epidemiology expert Dr. Matthew Washam.  Dr Washam is the Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and has presented and published nationwide about the 2022 Columbus Measles outbreak.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Identify the clinical features and complications of measles, such as prodromal symptoms and the characteristic rash phase
  • Describe the diagnostic methods, current management strategies, and preventive measures to control outbreaks

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Vaccine Efficacy
  • Early Vaccination

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.

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.

Webcast Provides An Update on Asthma

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Webcast Provides An Update on Asthma.  This program will give an overview of asthma for patients twelve and up. The program will start with overview of asthma including the pathophysiology of disease. Then it will review two of the newer asthma treatment concepts: Anti-inflammatory Reliever (AIR) therapy, and Maintenance and Reliever Therapy (MART). Finally, the presenter will discuss difficult to treat asthma as well as severe asthma.

To share with us the changing landscape of asthma, we’ve invited an asthma expert. Dr Megan Conroy is an internist specializing in Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine at Ohio State University and is a clinician educator. She is the Associate program director for the Pulmonary Critical Care fellowship.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Apply evidence-based management of mild asthma, with a focus on AIR and MART therapy.
  • Identify and differentiate difficult-to-treat asthma from severe asthma.
  • Understand role of biologics in the treatment of severe asthma, with a potential to achieve clinical remission.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Albuterol
  • Switching Therapies
  • ICS-LABA Inhalers
  • Peak Flow Meters
  • Inhaler Technique

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.

Get An Update on Community Acquired Pneumonia

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Get An Update on Community Acquired Pneumonia.  The introduction of antibiotics in the 20th century marked a major turning point for infectious disease treatment including pneumonia. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928 and it quickly became a game changer and profoundly dropped mortality rates. Despite antibiotics though, pneumonia still poses a significant health threat to patients. This was highlighted by the recent COVID-19 pandemic.  

Earlier this week on November 12th was World Pneumonia Day, a yearly reminder of the seriousness of the condition and its continued morbidity and mortality. Pneumonia is responsible for 1.4 million emergency department visits each year and is the leading cause of hospital admissions. Globally, pneumonia is responsible for over 2 million deaths each year.

For today’s webcast on Community Acquired Pneumonia, we have Dr Francis Kane joining us. Frankie is an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center who has expertise in both primary care and hospital medicine.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Recognize features of IDSA clinical pathway and its application in the treatment of CAP
  • Consider features of CAP to guide stewardship practices in antibiotic selection and duration

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Viral Pneumonia
  • Duration of Treatment
  • Outpatient Treatment

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.

Get Update on Concussions on CME Webcast

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Get Update on Concussions on CME Webcast. For today’s program, we will be learning about Concussions from two of Ohio State University’s Sports Medicine experts. First, we’d like to introduce Dr. Michael Tiso who is an internist who went on to complete a sports medicine fellowship. In addition to his sports medicine practice at OSU, he also serves as a team physician for Denison University and the US Ski and Snowboard team. In addition to seeing concussion patients, he also does concussion and traumatic brain injury research. Second, we have Dr. Andrew Sas. He is a Neurologist and also a clinician scientist. His research focuses on traumatic neuronal injury and recovery. He is also fellowship trained in sports neurology and traumatic brain injury.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Understand the signs and symptoms of concussion
  • Understand initial treatment of concussion 

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Eventual Recovery
  • Risk Factors
  • Return to Work

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.