Free CME

This site offers numerous brief presentations concerning Hepatitis B (HBV), Hepatitis C (HBC), Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE) and Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC).

Target Audiences:
Hepatology, Gastroenterology and any medical professional who serves patients with chronic liver disease.

There are three types of online education listed on the site.

Grand Rounds- Explore all of our Grand Round offerings by topic. View topics for upcoming live events and access online archived video presentations.

Additional Online Continuing Education- Find online training programs for a variety of nursing and medical professionals including, CME, CNE and Internet Point of Care Credit (PoC)

Simulation and Emergency Training- Learn about our simulation and emergency offerings including ACLS, PALS and EMS-C.

Target Audience: Pediatricians

This series applies national practice guidelines and key research findings to clinical practice. Each case includes didactic information as well as interactive case-based lessons to aid in patient management. S

ome recent topics are:
• Endometrial Cancer;
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease;
• Prostate Cancer Prevention;
• Cervical Cancer;
• Diverticulitis;
• Screening and Detecting Early Signs of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Children; and
• Chronic Renal Failure.

Target Audience: Physicians focusing on Family Medicine or Internal Medicine.

There is currently one webcast that offers CME credits:
Online Webcast – Transanal Colo-Rectal Endoscopic Surgery (TACRES) Ta TME in Rectal Cancer by Cecil Approach

Target Audience: Physicians specializing in Hematology/Oncology.

You will find the full text and the CME questions from the last 12 months of the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. Recent articles include:
• Nocturia in the elderly: A wake-up call;
• Cervical cancer screening: Less testing, smarter testing;
• Managing glucocorticoid-induced diabetes and adrenal suppression;
• An erythematous plaque on the nose; and
• Osborn waves.

Target Audience: Family Physicians and Physicians focusing on Internal medicine

About 17 text-based or case-based-interactive activities concerned with aspects of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C infection.

All of these categories offer CME credit: Conference Coverage, Journal Options, Management Series, Treatment Updates, Annual Updates and Interactive Cases.

Recent presentations include:
• Highlights From Amsterdam 2013: HCV Phase III Studies and Approved Agents
• Management of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Women of Reproductive Age
• Hepatitis Highlights
• So You Think You’re a Hepatitis C Expert, Educational Material, Part 3
• Updates in Viral Hepatitis from AASLD 2012
• Treat or Wait in HCV? A Series of Challenging Case Vignettes

Target Audience: Physicians focusing on Infectious Disease and related specialties.

About 16 text-based or case-based-interactive activities concerned with aspects of HIV infection and AIDS.

All of these categories offer CME credit:
Conference Coverage, Journal Options, Management Series, Treatment Updates, Annual Updates and Interactive Cases.

Topics include:
• Practical Strategies to Engage HIV Patients in Timely Care
• HIV Highlights
• Highlights of Atlanta 2013: ART as Treatment and Prevention
• Highlights of Atlanta 2013: Coinfections and Comorbidities
• Understanding and Addressing Cultural and Socioeconomic Barriers to Effective HIV Management
• Highlights of Glasgow 2012: CCO Independent Conference Coverage of the 2012 International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection

Target Audience: Physicians focusing on Infectous Disease

About 40 text-based or case-based-interactive activities concerned with aspects of cancer.

All of these categories offer CME credit: Conference Coverage, Journal Options, Management Series, Treatment Updates, Annual Updates and Interactive Cases.

Not all activities offer CME; look for the term, “CME-certified”.

Target Audience: Oncologists

The site includes conferences by experts in endocrinology concerning type 2 diabetes.

You will find presentations on Prediabetes; Metabolic Syndrome; Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease; Insulin Resistance; Endocrinology; Genetics; Pathophysiology; Treatment therapies; Life Style and Behavior; Epidemiology; Prevention; Childhood Type 2 Diabetes; Guidelines; and Various Others.

Some of the most popular presentations include:
• Metabolic Syndrome and Insulin Resistance
• Pre-Diabetes: Definition
• Obesity and Insulin Resistance: Precursors for Type 2 Diabetes
• Metabolic Syndrome – Does the Diagnosis Make a Difference?
• Measuring Insulin in Clinical Practice

Target Audience: Primary Care Physicians and those focusing on Diabetes.

Activity Description / Statement of Need:

In this online, self-learning activity:

Crohn’s disease (CD) is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that is defined by a transmural process that often occurs in the terminal ileum but may occur in any portion of the GI tract. Although the exact etiology of CD is unknown, a handful of genetic, immunological, and environmental risk factors have been identified, including an impaired immune response to commensal or pathogenic intestinal microbiota that drives mucosal inflammation in patients who are genetically susceptible.

Intestinal and abdominal complications such as strictures, abscesses, and fistulas are common among pediatric patients and increase as the disease progresses. Vitamin and mineral deficiencies have also been attributed to IBD due to mucosal inflammation in the gut, low oral intake, and malnutrition resulting in complications such as poor bone health, delayed puberty, anemia, and stunted growth. The annual direct healthcare costs – accounting for the majority of costs in the U.S. – are about $18,000 to $19,000 per patient. CD shares a number of clinical characteristics with other disease states, and initial misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis of pCD are not uncommon, which may have a dramatic impact on a patient’s clinical course because pCD is often more severe and associated with a higher incidence of complications than adult CD.

This learning activity has been designed to bring healthcare professionals’ knowledge of the strategies to manage pCD up to date and to improve their competence and performance in treating it.

Target Audience:

The following healthcare professionals: pediatricians, pediatric gastroenterologists, and those who specialize in adolescent medicine; physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists; and any other healthcare professionals with an interest in or who clinically encounter patients with pCD.