Product Description
CME Sponsors: American Medical Seminars, Inc.
Activity Title: Family & Internal Medicine: A Practical Approach to Common Primary Care Problems Day 4
Recorded Dates: 11/14/2024
Original Release Date: July 1, 2025
Expiration Date: July 1, 2028
Presenting Faculty: David Horowitz; Leslie Zun;
Common office emergencies – shortness of breath, abdominal pain, syncope, seizures, endocrine, trauma
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Evaluate common emergency conditions seen in the office
- Consider appropriate treatment of emergency conditions in the office
- Determine which patient needs to be transferred to the emergency department
Provider Wellness
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Identify and define stress and how it affects us
- Differentiate, diagnose and treat PTSD and Burnout
- Understand and deal with the effects of COVID on physician wellness
Depression
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Review signs and symptoms of depression
- Assess the presentation of depression across the lifespan
- Consider pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment options for depression
Practical Approach to the Outpatient with Dementia
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Formulate a practical approach to screening for dementia.
- Review medication management to include polypharmacy, drug-drug interactions, as well as new drugs and their potential efficacy and side effects.
- Develop a long-term follow-up and referral process that considers cost-effective and resource management.
Practical Approach to the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Evaluate the symptoms of congestive heart failure and detect the common causes of systolic heart failure.
- Employ the current standard-of-care therapies.
- Determine which patients will benefit from device therapy and specify when to refer patients for more advanced cardiac care.
- Apply the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Heart Failure
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