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Primary Care At Home CME |
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by Kevin S. Ferentz, M.D. - University of Maryland School of Medicine; Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Operations, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baltimore, MD; .; Laurence J. Kinsella, M.D., F.A.A.N. - Saint Louis University Medical School; Professor of Neurology; Chief, Division of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Forest Park Hospital, St. Louis, MO; Craig M. Oliner, M.D., F.A.C.C. - Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Cardiology; Medical Director, Coronary Care Unit, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA; and Alyson N. Owen, M.D. - Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Cardiology; Director of Quality Assurance, Echocardiography Laboratory, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. |
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OVERALL OBJECTIVES: The overall objective is to provide the participant with practical and clinically relevant information. Upon completion of this CME activity, the physician or healthcare provider should be able to describe the current approach to formulating differential diagnoses, diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive management of the various disciplines presented.
| SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES FOR EACH TOPIC
| | TOPIC 1 | Anemia - Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
| 1. | List the guidelines for diagnosing anemia in children and adults.
| | 2. | List the common diagnostic studies available for diagnosing the etiology of the anemia.
| | 3. | Describe the role of consultants in the evaluation and management of anemia.
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| | TOPIC 2 | Unstable Angina Pectoris, Non ST- Elevation Myocardial Infarction, and Stable Angina - Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
| 1. | Recognize the patient with unstable angina or non ST-elevation infarction and tailor therapy to the degree of risk.
| | 2. | Identify who benefits from revascularization.
| | 3. | Identify the determinants of myocardial oxygen demand and supply, and the effects of medications on these determinants.
| | 4. | Outline a step-wise approach to the treatment of stable angina.
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| | TOPIC 3 | Stroke - TIA and Acute Stroke Management - Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
| 1. | Define TIA.
| | 2. | Develop a protocol for evaluation and treatment of TIA and stroke.
| | 3. | Apply inclusion criteria and CT criteria for thrombolysis.
| | 4. | Evaluate outcomes, hemorrhage rate, recovery.
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| | TOPIC 4 | Smoking Cessation - Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
| 1. | Recognize the role of smoking in disease etiology.
| | 2. | Identify smoking cessation techniques which can be utilized in their practice setting.
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| | TOPIC 5 | Syncope - Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
| 1. | Recognize the common underlying pathophysiology for all causes of syncope.
| | 2. | Distinguish between benign and life-threatening causes of syncope.
| | 3. | Maximize the diagnostic yield in the work-up of syncope.
| | 4. | Use the clinical history to help focus the work-up for syncope.
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| | TOPIC 6 | Congestive Heart Failure - Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
| 1. | Identify the cardiac etiologies of pulmonary congestion.
| | 2. | Discriminate between ejection fraction and stroke volume.
| | 3. | List common causes of systolic heart failure.
| | 4. | Outline current standard-of-care therapies, differentiating between those treatments which reduce mortality and those that improve symptoms.
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| | TOPIC 7 | Depression in Primary Care - Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
| 1. | Explain the incidence and prevalence of anxiety and depression.
| | 2. | Recognize the signs and symptoms associated with anxiety and depression.
| | 3. | Enumerate and describe treatment strategies available for these disorders.
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