Anesthesiology CME

Discover New Guidelines with Online CME

This online CME program — tailored to anesthesiologists who care for patients of all ages in ambulatory and inpatient settings — provides a general review of common pediatric anesthesia challenges, as well as clinical pearls and procedure-specific considerations for the young patient.

Led by University of Minnesota’s Jakob Guenther, MD, expert speakers in Pediatric Anesthesia for General Anesthesiologists discuss physiology, pharmacology, preoperative/postoperative considerations, congenital heart defects, pain control, airway management, and more.

Additional continuing medical education lectures focus on frequent procedures and anesthetic challenges associated with specific specialties (ENT, dental, neurosurgery, urology, orthopedics, etc).

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Have a better overview about the differences in physiology, pharmacology and anatomy between adult and pediatric patients including more recent data and evidence for your daily practice, both for basic techniques of pediatric anesthesia, as well as procedure specific strategies
• Approach pediatric patients with a focus on their specific needs in the preoperative (anxiety, agitation), intraoperative (physiology, fluid requirements, airway management) and postoperative (emergence, PO(N)V, airway complication) setting
• Have guidance how to optimize anesthetic technique for common procedures and conditions
• Have more background information about invasive and complex procedures, conditions (congenital heart disease) and interventions. Those procedures may not be part of your practice, but that the patient either went through them or will have to go through them in the future. Both past and future interventions may have implications on how to approach the patient’s anesthetic management while the patient is under your care

Intended Audience

This activity is designed for anesthesiology residents, pediatric anesthesia fellows, and general anesthesiologists.

Discover New Guidelines with Online CME

This online CME program — tailored to anesthesiologists who care for patients of all ages in ambulatory and inpatient settings — provides a general review of common pediatric anesthesia challenges, as well as clinical pearls and procedure-specific considerations for the young patient.

Led by University of Minnesota’s Jakob Guenther, MD, expert speakers in Pediatric Anesthesia for General Anesthesiologists discuss physiology, pharmacology, preoperative/postoperative considerations, congenital heart defects, pain control, airway management, and more.

Additional continuing medical education lectures focus on frequent procedures and anesthetic challenges associated with specific specialties (ENT, dental, neurosurgery, urology, orthopedics, etc)

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Have a better overview about the differences in physiology, pharmacology and anatomy between adult and pediatric patients including more recent data and evidence for your daily practice, both for basic techniques of pediatric anesthesia, as well as procedure specific strategies
• Approach pediatric patients with a focus on their specific needs in the preoperative (anxiety, agitation), intraoperative (physiology, fluid requirements, airway management) and postoperative (emergence, PO(N)V, airway complication) setting
• Have guidance how to optimize anesthetic technique for common procedures and conditions
• Have more background information about invasive and complex procedures, conditions (congenital heart disease) and interventions. Those procedures may not be part of your practice, but that the patient either went through them or will have to go through them in the future. Both past and future interventions may have implications on how to approach the patient’s anesthetic management while the patient is under your care

Intended Audience

This activity is designed for anesthesiology residents, pediatric anesthesia fellows, and general anesthesiologists.

The BoardVitals Anesthesiology CME Review offers clinicians 50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM and over 900 Anesthesiology board review questions. The questions cover key topics including pain, critical care, and anesthesia procedures. This question bank will assist clinicians with Anesthesiology certification and recertification.

The BoardVitals Anesthesiology CME Review also features:

• Quick and Convenient CME
• Computer, phone, and tablet access
• Constantly updated up-to-date questions
• Questions that are targeted specifically to the exam
• Online CME tracker
• 100% Pass Guarantee
• Statistical comparison to other Anesthesiology test-takers (Nationally)

After completing this activity, you should be able to:

• Determine and explain the relevant anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology associated with anesthetic induction, maintenance, and emergence.
• Determine and explain the relevant anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology associated with critical care and emergency medicine.
• Determine and explain the relevant anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology associated with pain management.
• Describe the medical conditions which affect anesthetic risk by organ system.

Target Audience: Anesthesiologists

The Cleveland Clinic Ultrasound Workshop focuses on developing foundational diagnostic and procedural skills that can be quickly applied to clinical practice. Physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners across multiple specialties will benefit from lectures and demonstrations from more than twenty expert educators. This activity will provide a greater understanding of ultrasound as an imaging and interventional tool. As such, the lessons learned should have a direct impact on patient care. Worth 9.5 AMA PRA Category I Credits™, with ANCC and AAPA accreditation provided as well!

Anesthesiology Online is an online informational and educational resource for anesthesia professionals. You will not be able to view any content until you have registered and paid your fee. However, you will be allowed to view several abstracts before registering.

Target Audience: ANES

This course provides a foundation in the core concepts of ultrasound machine operation, needle guidance, and sonoanatomy of the femoral nerve, sciatic nerve and brachial plexus.

Upon successful completion of this course, you will:
• Understand ultrasound principles and machine operation for image acquisition and optimization
• Understand techniques for ultrasound guided needle placement
• Have a solid understanding of the anatomy and sonoanatomy of the femoral region, sciatic nerve and posterior thigh, and the neck and brachial plexus
• Gain essential strategies on how to use sonographic landmarks to identify nerve targets.

Target Audience:
Anesthesiologists, Residents, medical students, other physicians and allied health professionals performing or assisting with ultrasound guided regional anesthesia procedures.

Each activity focuses on the pre-anesthetic assessment for one condition. Recent activities include:
• Perioperative Pain Management of the Patient With Chronic Pain
• PreAnesthetic Assessment of the Pediatric Patient with Osteopetrosis and Lung Mass
• PreAnesthetic Assessment of the Patient With Cirrhosis-Related Pulmonary Complications
• Preanesthetic Assessment of the Patient with an Advance Directive
• PreAnesthetic Considerations for a Patient With Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
• Preanesthetic Assessment of the Child with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Target Audience: Anesthiesiologists

These areas are covered:
Goal Directed Therapy ,Early Goal Directed Therapy, Hemodynamic Monitoring, Glucose Monitoring / Diabetes and Critical Care Pharmacology.

Some recent titles are:
• Making the Case for Glycemic Control: Is it a Matter of Tightness or Timing?
• Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring
• Cardiac Output Monitoring vs. TEE/TTEGoal-Directed Therapy in the Operating Room
• Physiologic Optimization Program: Physiology Based Fluid Management
• Extravascular Lung Water: Clinical Implications
• Critical Care Pharmacotherapy Literature Updates
• Severe Sepsis: Early Recognition & Management Saves Lives
• The Use of Dynamic Parameters in Perioperative Fluid Management
• Current Trends in Management of Blood Glucose in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Target Audience: Physicians focusing on Anesthesiology, Critical Care, ER, Hospital Medicine, and Pediatrics (ICU).

The Medical Marijuana Certification Course will help Oregon physicians make informed decisions regarding medicinal cannabis treatments for their patients. This activity provides an evidence based analysis of marijuana’s efficacy, risks and benefits in treating a wide range of state approved conditions. The science, safety and impact of medical marijuana will be explored, in order to enhance physician knowledge of this emerging healthcare resource. Worth 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, this activity meets the CME requirements necessary for physicians to participate in the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program.

The Medical Marijuana Certification Course will help Washington physicians make informed decisions regarding medicinal cannabis treatments for their patients. This activity provides an evidence based analysis of marijuana’s efficacy, risks and benefits in treating a wide range of state approved conditions. The science, safety and impact of medical marijuana will be explored, in order to enhance physician knowledge of this emerging healthcare resource. Worth 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, this activity meets the CME requirements necessary for physicians to authorize the use of medical marijuana in the state of Washington.