Osteoporosis
and Fracture Prevention - Experts Responding to Your Questions: Video
Q&A (Sponsored Link)
Last visited...8/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...Parts 1 and 2, 0.25 hour each part; Parts 3 and 4,
0.5 hour each.
Awarded by....Projects in Knowledge.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type....Streaming Video (Short talks based on answers to
viewers' questions).
Target Audiences...FP, IM, ENDO, OB-GYN, ORTHO, RHEUM.
Educational material last updated.....2010
Financial Support...Amgen.
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This 4-part activity offers busy clinicians who have questions about
the management of patients with osteoporosis access to faculty experts,
who provide answers via video. This activity series features Dr. Dolores
Shoback, Dr. Paul Miller, and Dr. Nancy Lane. Topics include the role of
bone markers, screening/diagnosis, risk factors for fracture, current
treatment strategies, and adherence and monitoring.
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Here is a set of 5 programs on fibromyalgia.
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Fibromyalgia: A Performance Improvement Initiative
Last visited...7/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...20.0.
Awarded by....Johns Hopkins.
Cost........Free.
Instruction Type....Performance Improvement (PI)
Target Audience....RHEUM, PSYCH, PAIN MANAGEMENT and any physician treating fibromyalgia.
Educational material last updated.....2010.
Financial Support...Lilly.
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Through this program, you can:
* Increase awareness and understanding of the role and impact of neurotransmitter dysregulation and its relationship to fatigue, cognition, and mood in fibromyalgia patients
* Develop an interdisciplinary treatment approach that looks beyond pain
* Access a variety of learning formats, tools/resources and best practice guidelines specific to the diagnosis and management of fibromyalgia
* Get up-to-date information on fibromyalgia treatment options
* Assess your practice and monitor your progress through self-assessment analytics
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Fibromyalgia
Continuing Medical Education Programs
Last visited...5/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...14.0.
Awarded by....American Academy of Family Physicians.
Cost........Free.
Instruction Type....Slide-Video Lectures.
Target Audience....RHEUM, PSYCH, PAIN MANAGEMENT and any physician treating fibromyalgia.
Educational material last updated.....2009.
Financial Support...UniHealth Foundation.
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This activity is divided into a "Core Modules
Package" (3.0 hours) and a "Supportive Modules
Package" (4.0 hours). The Core Modules Package
includes: Overview of Fibromyalgia; Comprehensive Assessment
of Fibromyalgia and Overlapping Conditions; and
Pharmacological Management. The Supportive Modules
Package includes: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy;
Exercise Training; Nutrition and Fibromyalgia; Biofeedback Training;
and Therapeutic Yoga: Body Awareness, Posture, and
Movement.
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Medscape
Fibromyalgia Program
Last visited...7/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...6 activities, each 0.75 hours (total of 4.5 hours)
Awarded by...University of Michigan, NFA, and MedscapeCME.
Cost.........Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Video Lecture
Target Audience....RHEUM, PSYCH, PAIN MANAGEMENT and any physician treating fibromyalgia.
Educational material last updated....2010.
Financial support...Pfizer and Forest.
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These activities include interactive patient case studies that build upon foundational knowledge on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of fibromyalgia provided through a multidisciplinary expert roundtable discussions, consensus monograph, expert video lecture, a series of mini-case clinical challenges on clinically-challenging issues specific to fibromyalgia.
Two activities are currently available:
Optimal Treatment of
Fibromyalgia: Focus on Nonpharmacologic and Pharmacologic Therapies
Comprehensive Assessment of Fibromyalgia and Overlapping Conditions
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A Painful Reality: Diagnosis & Treatment of Fibromyalgia & Comorbidities
Last visited...7/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...1.0.
Awarded by....Temple University.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type...Slide-Audio Lecture.
Target Audience....FP, IM, PAIN MANAGEMENT and any physician treating fibromyalgia.
Educational material last updated...2010.
Financial support...Pfizer.
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Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to:
1. Discuss diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia, according to established guidelines
2. Describe common comorbidities associated with fibromyalgia
3. Evaluate the role of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatments for patients with fibromyalgia
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Fibromyalgia: Overcoming Barriers to Diagnosis & Treatment
Last visited...7/2010.
Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD.
Credit hours...2.0.
Awarded by....Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Cost..........Free.
Instruction Type...Case-Based Interactive.
Target Audience....PSYCH, NEURO, RHEUM, ANES, PAIN MANAGEMENT and any physician treating fibromyalgia.
Educational material last updated...3/2010.
Financial support...Forest Laboratories.
CME Credit Expires...June 2011.
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This course is designed to improve the recognition and understanding of fibromyalgia as a multi-system disease associated with a number of objective abnormalities, a wide range of symptoms and co-morbid conditions, improve confidence in properly diagnosing fibromyalgia from the multitude of symptoms that present during a clinical visit, and provide guidelines for the management of fibromyalgia.
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Medscape
Rheumatology CME
Last visited...6/2010.
Credit hours...Varies from time to time.
Awarded by....Medscape and many other sponsoring organizations.
Cost...........Free.
Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics, Text-Only, Slide-Audio Lecture, Slide-Video
Lecture and Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audiences....RHEUM.
Educational material last updated...New activities posted daily.
Financial Support...Many academic, specialty, and commercial sources as well as
self-supported by Medscape.
Expiration of CME Credit...Credit for most activities expires one year after posting.
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CME
activities of special interest to rheumatologists. Medscape contains a variety of educational formats:
CONFERENCE COVERAGE - Reports of
advances presented at
major medical conferences; typically includes several tracks with news
stories, expert interviews, and in-depth topic overviews.
CLINICAL UPDATE - Comprehensive original
review article on scientific advances in a clinical topic.
FAST TRACK CLINICAL UPDATE – Narrowly focused
original review article on scientific advances in a clinical topic.
CME-LIVE - Real-time online events with
streaming video,
synchronized visuals, and interactive questions and answers; archived
for 1 year.
CLINICAL BRIEFS - Daily reports of major current
medical research articles; 0.25 credits each
JOURNAL CME - Articles selected from a wide
selection of peer-reviewed journals.
SPECIAL REPORT CME – Topic-based monthly email
newsletter distributed to Medscape’s professional member database by
specialty.
INTERACTIVE PATIENT CASES – Original CME
activity presented to the physician in an interactive, clinical
case-based format. (See especially eMedicine CME Case Presentations.)
CME CIRCLE – Multimedia content certified by
other accredited
professional education providers, typically from live symposia or
monographs, and then posted on Medscape and archived for one year.
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