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Learn About Child Abuse on CME Webcast

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OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Learn About Child Abuse on CME Webcast. Abuse significantly impacts the lives of children and as mandated reporters, clinicians need to recognize the signs of child abuse and know how to address it. To discuss this topic today, We’ve invited a child abuse expert. Dr Kristin Crichton is a child abuse pediatrician at Nationwide Childrens Hospital. She is also an expert educator training the next generation of physicians as an associate program director of the pediatric residency and the child abuse fellowship.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Describe the patterns of injury and clinical presentations associated with different types of child abuse
  • Review differential diagnosis and recommended age-based assessment for child abuse

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Mandated Reporters
  • When to Test
  • Reporting
  • Stigma

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 Teaches on Shoulder Instability, Rotator Cuff Tears, and Shoulder Arthritis

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OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Online Webcast Teaches on Shoulder Instability, Rotator Cuff Tears, and Shoulder Arthritis. In the latter half of the 20th century, the development of arthoscopic surgery have allowed for additional advancements in both diagnosis and treatment. Plus, improvements in imaging modalities including ultrasonography and MRI have enhanced diagnostic accuracy. It’s a good thing too since approximately a quarter of adults will experience shoulder pain which can limit activities both at work and at home.

Here at Ohio State University’s, we have Orthopedic experts specializing in shoulder surgery. We’re pleased to have one here with me on MedNet21 today. Dr Ryan Rauck is an Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Learn the most effective history and examination pointers
  • Learning how to diagnose an treat the most common shoulder conditions

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Causes of Shoulder Pain
  • Symptoms
  • Imaging
  • Non-operative Treatments

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 the Latest About Common Spine Disorders on Webcast

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OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Learn the Latest About Common Spine Disorders on Webcast. Today on MedNet21, we are going to show you just how far spine surgery has come. Joining our moderator in the studio is Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery and the residency program director in the Department of Neurosurgery, Dr. Andrew Grossbach.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Identify presenting symptoms common to lumbar stenosis
  • Identify presenting symptoms common to cervical stenosis

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Minimally invasive spine surgery techniques
  • Robotics and spine surgery
  • Artificial intelligence and pre-operative planning
  • Initial imaging of spine disorders
  • Surgical decision making in spinal and foraminal stenosis
  • Osteoporosis and spine surgery
  • Obesity and spine surgery
  • Activities and exercise in the post-op period
  • Initial assessment of the sports-related back injury

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 on Postpartum Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

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OSU Wexner Medical Center logo Webcast Teaches on Postpartum Pelvic Floor Dysfunction. The treatment of pelvic floor disorders has come a long way in the 87 years since Margaret Morris published her book. And today on MedNet, we’re going to learn about the state of the art in managing post-partum pelvic floor dysfunction. I’m pleased to introduce our guest. Dr. Lisa Hickman is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Ohio State University and specializes in pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery in women.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • To appreciate the common pelvic floor disorders experienced by postpartum patients
  • To understand the natural history of postpartum pelvic floor disorders and the available treatment options for these conditions

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • What to expect during pelvic floor physical therapy
  • Preventing pelvic floor dysfunction
  • Subsequent pregnancies in women with pelvic floor dysfunction
  • When to refer
  • Creating a subspecialty pelvic floor disorder clinic
  • Hysteropexy technicques and outcomes

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 Updates in Nephrology on Webcast

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Learn About Updates in Nephrology on Webcast.  Needless to say, dialysis has come a long, long way in the decades since. But even more important are recent developments in tactics to prevent progression of renal failure in patients with chronic kidney disease, thus avoiding or delaying the need for dialysis. Many of these new preventive concepts have only emerged in the past three or four years. Consequently, most of us did not learn about them during medical school and residency. So today, we’re going to update you in the management of chronic kidney disease. And to do it, we’re pleased to welcome back Dr. Rima Kang, a nephrologist and assistant professor of internal medicine at the Ohio State University.

What you’ll learn in this webcast

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

  • Describe how to diagnose chronic kidney disease and assess progression.
  • Describe how to manage chronic kidney disease including target blood pressure and renal protective medications.

You’ll also learn about the following:

  • Common nephrotoxins
  • Hemodiafiltration versus hemodialysis
  • Electrolyte management in chronic kidney disease
  • Common reversible causes of worsening renal function
  • Lipid management in chronic kidney disease
  • Bone health and chronic kidney disease

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