Get An Update on Chronic Pain and Addiction on CME Webcast

OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Get An Update on Chronic Pain and Addiction on CME Webcast. For this topic, we’re excited to have back on the program one of Ohio State University’s Addiction Medicine experts. We’re pleased to introduce Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Dr. Trent Hall. Trent has served as the clinical lead for inpatient addiction medicine consult services at Ohio State University East Hospital and is a clinician researcher with expertise on the intersection of chronic pain and addiction.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Define pain and addiction
  • Discuss the pain / addiction connection
  • Describe the basics of evaluation and management

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Central Sensitization
  • Low Dose Naltrexone

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.

CME Webcast Provides Latest Update on Moderate and Deep Sedation

OSU Wexner Medical Center logo CME Webcast Provides Latest Update on Moderate and Deep Sedation. With the vast number of procedures performed each day, it is not always possible or necessary to have an anesthesiologist available to oversee sedation. Proceduralists can and do provide their own sedation while performing the procedure. On this webcast, we will review the very important topic of Moderate and Deep sedation. Here at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, a variety of specialists such as gastroenterologists, cardiologists, pulmonologists and more may view today’s program and complete the post-test to help obtain and maintain their hospital sedation privileges.

We’ve invited two guests on the program today. First, we have Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and director of Ambulatory Perioperative Services, Dr. Jarrett Heard. We also have Kristin Brower, Doctor of pharmacy and specialty practice pharmacist at Ohio State specializing in perioperative services where she works alongside both Anesthesiologists and Surgeons to care for patients.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Review indications for procedural sedation
  • Define procedural sedation, safety and billing
  • Learn about sedatives and reversal agents

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Types of Procedures
  • Sedation Risks
  • Analgesia
  • Combination of Pharmacotherapy
  • Routes of Administration
  • Rescue from deeper sedation

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.

Get An Update on Advances in Migraine and other Headache Syndromes on Webcast

OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Get An Update on Advances in Migraine and other Headache Syndromes on Webcast. Just within the past few years, there have been several new agents approved by the FDA for both migraine prevention and acute migraine treatment.

Today on MedNet21, we have invited two of Ohio State University’s Neurology experts to review migraines and other common primary headache syndromes and discuss their treatment options including these new agents. I am so pleased to introduce Drs. Ana Verdecia and Kevin Weber. Ana and Kevin are both fellowship trained in Headache Medicine and Kevin also serves as the division director of Headache medicine at OSU.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Be able to diagnose migraine using ICHD3 criteria
  • Learn about the different treatments currently available for the acute and prophylactic treatment of migraine.
  • Learn about the diagnosis and management of trigeminal autonomic cephalgias
  • Learn about the diagnosis and management of other primary headache disorders.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Frequency of Migraines
  • Medication Overuse Headache
  • Prevention
  • Treatment Duration
  • Disability and FMLA

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 Provide HIV Update on Online Webcast

OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Experts Provide HIV Update on Online Webcast. Globally, HIV continues to be a major public health issue. In 2020 alone 680,000 lives were lost to HIV-related causes and the World Health Organization estimates over 37 million people are infected worldwide. The good news is, there has been a lot of advancement in the last 40 years with HIV diagnosis, prevention and treatment. Here to discuss these updates are two of Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s HIV specialists. We’re delighted to introduce Professor of Infectious Diseases Dr Susan Koletar and Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases Dr Carlos Malvestutto.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: know the recommended testing options available for the diagnosis of HIV; know the various measures/means to prevent opportunistic and common infections in patients living with HIV; provide an overview of current HIV Pre-exposure prophylaxis modalities; and describe how a comprehensive approach to HIV testing, PrEP, and treatment can help us to end the HIV Epidemic.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • PrEP dosing
  • Long-acting injectable PrEP
  • Long-acting Antiviral treatment for HIV
  • Improving the HIV disparities
  • HIV vaccines

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.

Online Webcast Provides a Hypertension Update

OSUWexnerbloglogo2014 Online Webcast Provides a Hypertension Update. For this CME webcast, we’re going to discuss the most recent guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association in regard to hypertension. We’re pleased to welcome Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at The Ohio State University, Dr. Aaron Friedberg.

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: appropriately define and diagnose hypertension in adults; and appropriately manage hypertension in adults in the outpatient setting.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Making the Diagnosis of Hypertension
  • Modifiable Risk Factors
  • Increasing dose or advancing to a second drug
  • Hypertensive Urgency

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.