Doctor’s Channel Free CME Videos

The Doctor’s Channel offers free CME videos that can be viewed to earn CME credits. These short videos offer a quick and convenient way for physician to complete their CME requirements and learn about the latest news and ideas regarding a specific topic. 

Examples of topics covered by the Doctor’s Channel videos include allergies, bipolar disorder, infections, and risk management.

Risky Business: Diagnosing and Treating Invasive Fungal Infections consists of 3 brief lectures on the diagnosis and treatment of invasive fungal infection:

After completing Risky Business: Diagnosing and Treating Invasive Fungal Infections, you should be better able to:
• Describe the epidemiology and burden of invasive fungal infections in patients who are immunocompromised and/or Immunosuppressed.
• Incorporate the latest diagnostic techniques for invasive fungal infections to ensure that the appropriate therapy can be initiated in a timely manner.
• Integrate the latest evidence-based treatment guidelines and clinical data pertaining to the efficacy, safety, and prophylactic use of antifungal agents to optimize the management of invasive fungal infections.

Target Audience:
Hematologist-oncologists, medical oncologists, transplant surgeons, critical care surgeons, critical care pulmonologists, and other health care professionals involved in the treatment of patients with or at risk for invasive fungal infections.

This program features 7 activities and offers 2.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

After completing this course, you will better be able to:

• Summarize diagnostic criteria for bipolar disorder.
• Utilize available screening tools to better identify patients with bipolar depression.
• Review clinical practice guideline recommendations for bipolar depression.
• Discuss the potential role of D3 receptors in the pathophysiology and treatment of bipolar depression.

This free CME program has two activities and offers 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

After completing this course, you will better be able to:

• Determine the most appropriate cardiac imaging tests for the assessment of coronary artery disease in individual patients.
• Apply evidence to practice regarding the advantages and limitations of SPECT and PET imaging, as well as review the characteristics of agents used for pharmacologic stress testing.

This free Neurology CME program features 2 activities and offers 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Upon successful completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:

• Assess edaravone; its mechanisms of action, similarities, and differences from riluzole; and how to use it in clinical practice to reduce the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
• Assess the use of multidisciplinary approaches and patient-centered decision making in the care of patients with ALS.

This free Psychiatry CME course features two activities and offers 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

After completing this course, you will better be able to:

• Understand the impact of quality measures on clinical practice, and the benefit of adhering to evidence-based guidelines in care for patients with MDD.

This free Psychiatry course features 2 activities and offers 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

After completing this course, you will better be able to:

• Assess the etiology, risk factors, and comorbidities associated with binge eating disorder and their relation to weight gain and obesity.
• Apply evidence-based diagnostic criteria to differentially diagnose binge eating disorder.
• Incorporate the use of psychotherapy, cognitive therapy, and pharmacotherapy as needed, for the safe and effective treatment of binge eating disorder.

This free Rheumatology CME program contains 4 activities and offers 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

After completing this course, you will better be able to:

• Review the pathophysiology, as well as etiologic and risk factors, associated with the development of gout.
• Incorporate patient education and guidance into practice to improve adherence and compliance to prescribed therapeutic regimens.
• Apply the evidence and best practices when diagnosing gout in everyday practice.
• Use evidence-based guidelines and best practices when treating and monitoring hyperuricemia and gout.
• Apply recent clinical data relating to mechanisms, efficacy, and safety of conventional and new treatment options to improve the overall outcomes of patients with hyperuricemia and gout.