With a wide range of promotional and CME programs, ExtendMed has become a leading name in medical education. Here you can access a sampling of our recent programs. Please note that the programs marked CME are complete, fully-accredited courses available for medical certification.
Informedical Online Testing
2009 Renal Cancer Testing Module
Rheumatology Nurse Mentorship Program
The primary objective of this program is to provide nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants with current and clinically relevant information on empiric management of rheumatic disease. Through this year long mentorship program, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, will become skilled at meeting the unique and growing challenges of caring for rheumatology patients; and improving the competencies of nurses as patient counselors, patient educators, and patient advocates.
RCCTrends: Bringing Targeted Therapy to Community Oncology Practice
The RCCTrends webinars were convened in May and June 2009 as three, 1-hour live evening webinars, and are now available as web-based on-demand archives. Each live webinar is hosted by oncology experts who review evidence-based strategies that focus on:
• Clinical trial results for available agents in advanced RCC
• How to best incorporate immunotherapy and targeted agents into practice
• How to improve the care of patients with advanced RCC through proactive side effect management, patient/caregiver education, and supportive care strategies
Understanding and Addressing Healthcare Disparities
Health disparities refer to the differences in health and health care between groups of people. Health disparities disproportionately affect the morbidity and mortality of diseases according to someone's race, culture, environment, sex, age, socioeconomic status, etc. This online CME program will provide an insight into the definition of health disparities, the causes and methods to address them. The speaker will define the Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services standards (CLAS) as outlined by the National Office of Minority Health. Also they will discuss how to use CLAS as a way to improve cultural competency and therefore reducing health disparities
Update on Factor VIII Immunogenicity: Risk Factors, Prediction Modeling, and Implications for Clinical Practice
This CME activity will review the risk factors for inhibitor formation, describe models that may predict inhibitor development in previously untreated patients, and discuss the implications of these prediction models for clinical research and practice.
The Role of Laboratory Assays: Challenges in Clinical Decision Making for Patients With Hemophilia A and Inhibitors
This CME activity will review the clinical challenges associated with treating patients with hemophilia A and inhibitors; describe insights into dysfunctional processes in hemophilia and their implications for laboratory monitoring; and evaluate current evidence supporting the role of newer assays in the clinical management of patients with hemophilia A and inhibitors, with an emphasis on applications in bypassing therapy.
CME Reprint Review on Management of the Inhibitor Patient
he development of high-titer alloantibodies to factor VIII (FVIII) complicates the management of severe hemophilia A because bleeding episodes do not respond to standard replacement therapy. Alternative treatment is necessary, typically the use of bypassing agents that circumvent the need for FVIII. Selecting a bypassing product and assessing the response to treatment involve several considerations, including hemostatic efficacy, pain relief, and cost-effectiveness. The 4 articles reviewed provide some direction for clinicians who care for this complex subset of hemophilia patients.
Primary Cares: A Performance Improvement Initiative for Chronic Antiplatelet Therapy
"Primary Cares: A Performance Improvement Initiative for Chronic Antiplatelet Therapy" is an educational initiative that utilizes national experts in cardiology and primary care to educate primary care healthcare providers about the importance of adherence related to chronic antiplatelet therapy. This performance improvement (PI) initiative closes the educational and performance gaps that are associated with nonadherence at the provider level. This national initiative will improve chronic antiplatelet therapy adherence by combining three important aspects: 1) physician and ancillary provider education on antiplatelet therapy, 2) patient education regarding antiplatelet therapy and the importance of adherence, and 3) a participant-specific performance improvement plan that incorporates self-assessment data into the way they monitor patient adherence.
ITP in Special Patient Populations: Practicing With the Expert
This series presents 3 modules of CME activities that allow you to gain insight from expert faculty who specialize in treating immune thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP) in challenging patient populations: elderly patients, patients infected with hepatitis C, and patients with cancer. Each series offers faculty perspectives in an article and podcast and an opportunity to practice in a patient case simulation.
Conference done in this manner—at home at night—very effective. Thank you!”— Dermatologist (MD)
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