CME OPPORTUNITIES
UAB Insight http://www.cme.uab.edu/onlineCoursesLists/UAB_insight/default.html
UAB Insight ONLINE CME COURSES
SUMMER 2008
http://www.cme.uab.edu/onlineCoursesLists/UAB_insight/summer_2008.html• Traumatic Brain Injury: Assessment, Impact, and Recovery:
• Treatment Options for Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis:
• Diagnosis and New Treatments for Gout:
WINTER 2008
http://www.cme.uab.edu/onlineCoursesLists/UAB_insight/winter_2008.html• Most Frequent Cardiac Arrhythmias: Diagnosis and Treatment
• ACP Guidelines on Optimal HbA1c Targets in Type 2 Diabetes
• Therapeutic Options for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• The UAB Study of Aging: Strategies to Preserve Mobility and Independence
FALL 2007
www.cme.uab.edu/onlineCoursesLists/UAB_insight/fall_2007.html
• Emerging Research May Improve Prostate Cancer Treatment
• Lupus: Diagnosis and Evolving Therapies
• Identifying Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Migraine and Cardiovascular Disease Risk
SUMMER 2007
www.cme.uab.edu/onlineCoursesLists/UAB_insight/summer_2007.html
• Geropharmacy: Preventing Adverse Drug Effects
• New Treatment Paradigms for Managing Osteoporosis
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Insomnia
• Antidepressants and Suicidality in Children and Adolescents
Alabama Practice-Based CME Network
www.alabamacme.uab.edu
Members in the Alabama Practice-Based CME Network are offered the following complimentary services:
• Monthly updated CMEs focused on the care of complex adult patients;
• Full access to all publications of The Medical Letter;
• Literature searches and article delivery at no cost;
• Patient education materials;
• Practice resources (eg, access to practice management and self-assessment tools);
• 24-hour access via www.alabamacme.uab.edu.
NEW ONLINE CME COURSES
www.alabamacme.uab.edu/CME/Courses/Default.aspx
Congestive Heart Failure (HF) Part I
• Covers the role and limitations of B-type natriuretic peptide in diagnosis of HF.
• Reviews the process of initiating multidrug inhibition of neuroendocrine activation in persistently symptomatic HF patients.
• Differentiates diastolic from systolic HF.
• Discusses optimal treatment of diastolic HF.
Colorectal Cancer Screening and Prevention
• Describes the current American Cancer Society/US Multisociety Task Force on Colorectal Cancer/American College of Radiology recommendations for colorectal cancer screening.
• Identifies common risk factors for development of colorectal cancer.
• Determines the role of inherited disease in the development of colorectal cancer.
Assessment and Management of Hypothyrodism
• Describes the difference between overt and subclinical hypothyroidism.
• Reviews treatment options for subclinical hypothyroidism.
• Identifies medications that exacerbate thyroid dysfunction.
• Covers symptoms of pediatric hypothyroidism.
Electronic Health Records (EHR): Implementing a System in Your Practice
• Covers benefits and barriers to implementing an EHR.
• Identifies the steps involved in selecting an EHR and implementing an EHR into a clinical practice.