Oakstone CME Courses

Evidence-Based CME: Abdominal and Pelvic Imaging

Through this online video CME program, you’ll explore state-of-the-art methods and evidence-based practices for gastrointestinal and genitourinary imaging studies. Expert faculty also review ACR guidelines for managing incidental findings on CT scans of the kidney, adrenal, liver and pancreas.

UCSF Abdominal and Pelvic Imaging is convenient continuing medical education that will help you to better:

• Identify indications for the use of different imaging modalities (CT/MRI/US) for various abdomino-pelvic organs and conditions
• Apply practical approaches to diagnosing both benign and malignant diseases of the abdomen and pelvis
• Anticipate potential pitfalls in abdomino-pelvic imaging and interpretation
• And more!

Discover Recent Developments in Breast Imaging CME
UCSF Breast Imaging delivers an expert overview of clinically relevant continuing medical education topics. Through didactic lectures, challenging case presentations, and faculty Q&A sessions, speakers highlight the latest developments, sharply focusing on the use of multimodality imaging and intervention (mammography, ultrasound and MRI).

You’ll get an online CME program that helps you:
• Appropriately apply and use BI-RADS
• Develop a skillful, practical approach to mammography and breast US
• Understand and implement MRI in the clinical setting
• Better understand the ethical and legal challenges of breast imaging

Enhance Interpretation Skills with Online CME

The UCSF Radiology Clinical Update is a diverse review of conventional and advanced imaging of the breast, chest, abdomen, neuro, and musculoskeletal systems.

Aimed at enhancing interpretation of imaging studies acquired in a wide range of common clinical scenarios, this continuing medical education course provides an update on a variety of established applications of CT, MR, US, and mammography, as well as emerging technologies, helping you to better:

• Form appropriate differential diagnosis based on multi-modality imaging of key organ systems
• Perceive and accurately interpret subtle and challenging mammographic signs of breast cancer
• Describe key findings of disease on MRI of the brain and spine
• Apply considerations in U/S, CT, and MRI of the female genitourinary tract
• And more…

Earn Credits with State-of-the-Art Radiology CME
This online CME course delivers a comprehensive review of clinically relevant developments in neuroradiology and musculoskeletal imaging, including a discussion of optimized protocols with 1.5T and 3T MR. Faculty discuss disorders commonly seen in general practice, along with updates designed to improve image acquisition and interpretation strategies. Continuing medical education topics covered in

UCSF Neuro and Musculoskeletal Imaging include an overview of adult and pediatric neuro disorders, an introduction to musculoskeletal ultrasound, and more:
• Head & neck tumor staging
• CSF leaks
• Major joints
• Sports imaging
• Bone marrow and tumors
• Inflammatory arthropathies

Expert Radiology Imaging CME

This series of in-depth online CME lectures — geared toward diagnostic radiologists in both general and specialized care — is packed with high-yield tips, pearls, and case-based presentations that span multiple radiology subspecialties: gastrointestinal, neuroradiology, breast, emergency, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, and thoracic.

World Class CME’s National Diagnostic Imaging Symposium^® delivers the in-depth knowledge you need to hone skills and apply them in clinical practice for screening, diagnosis and staging of injury and disease. Highlights of this continuing medical education video program include:

• Dedicated breast MRI, breast imaging, and advanced topics sections
• Extensive coverage of practical approaches to common emergency problems
• Emphasis on improved assessment of gastrointestinal and genitourinary malignancies, masses and anomalies using MRI, CT and US
• Updates and pearls for navigating challenging pulmonary cases
• And more…

For information on upcoming World Class CME courses, go to worldclasscme.com.

Expert Hospital Medicine CME for Optimized Care

Using a case-based format, lecturers featured in The Brigham Update in Hospital Medicine online video CME course distill recent evidence, guidelines, and expert opinion to offer “bottom line” recommendations. Faculty include hospitalists and specialists who rank among the best teachers at Harvard Medical School.

Along with insights on current best practices for optimized inpatient care, the curriculum covers all areas of hospital medicine with 30+ core continuing medical education topics that emphasize practical management of common problems, including:

• Heart failure
• Diabetes
• Psychiatric disorders
• ECG interpretation
• Bacteremia
• Pneumonia
• Skin and soft tissue infections
• C. difficile
• End-stage renal disease
• HIV
• GI bleed
• Delirium
• Pain and palliative care
• and more…

Detailed, Practical Online CME for Hospitalists

Through a series of one-hour continuing medical education lectures, Hospital Medicine Review covers the clinical complexities, challenges, and complications hospitalists deal with every day. Lectures highlight the hospitalist’s role in co-management of surgical patients, consultation on non-internal-medicine hospitalized patients, and evaluation of inter-hospital transfers.

Authoritative faculty offer guidance for compassionate delivery of prognoses, learning from one’s mistakes, and social determinants of health, and more — all within the hospital setting. Here are just a few of the key-take home points you’ll glean from this online CME program:

• Approach to Preoperative Evaluation, Testing, and Medication Management. Optimize the patient’s medical condition but do not say, “Cleared for surgery.”
• In-Hospital Infections: Diagnosis and Management. Approach to in-hospital infections requires consideration of the host factors, the recent events and exposures, the possible pathogens involved, and the potential for toxicity or drug reactions with each therapeutic option.
• Seizure/Status Epilepticus: Diagnosis and Management. A high index of suspicion is required to appropriately diagnose seizures, epilepsy, and status epilepticus, as there are a variety of manifestations.
• Tele-Health for Hospitalists. Tele-hospitalist medicine has been shown to provide clinical excellence, increase access to care, and contribute to patient and provider satisfaction.

Explore the Latest in Primary Care CME

This online CME course presents a comprehensive review of new developments in outpatient management, along with controversies, specialty problems, and best practices in the primary care setting. Dr. Robert Baron and a roster of expert UCSF faculty discuss preventive medicine, reduction of cardiovascular risk factors, day-to-day clinical problems, chronic disease management, women’s health, geriatrics, behavioral medicine, optimal use of diagnostic tests and new medications, and more.

UCSF Primary Care Medicine: Principles and Practices uses 20+ continuing medical education lectures and case-based discussions to focus on health disparities and promote quality, safety, equity, and value in the care of vulnerable patients with COVID-19 and other common illnesses.

Acclaimed CME Review of Radiology Fundamentals

General radiologists and radiologists-in-training will benefit from this case-based look at the fundamentals of major organ systems and corresponding imaging modalities — from CT, MR, US, and X-rays, to mammography and nuclear medicine.

UCSF Radiology Review – Comprehensive Imaging features in-depth continuing medical education sessions focused on classifications and differential diagnosis of major organ systems diseases, as well as shorter focused online CME lectures on physics, radiation safety, cardiac, nuclear medicine, interventional procedures, and more.

Learn at Your Own Pace from Critical Care Experts

Earn CME credits and ABIM MOC points while exploring comprehensive updates on basic principles, changing guidelines, and therapeutic strategies with The Brigham Board Review and Comprehensive Update in Critical Care Medicine.

This online video CME program focuses on improving overall knowledge, preparing for board exams, and increasing clinical competency with continuing medical education topics such as:

• Goals and management strategies for patients with respiratory failure
• Interpretation of data from hemodynamic monitoring devices
• Definitions and management of sepsis and shock
• Review of mechanical support devices
• Identification and treatment of acute cardiovascular emergencies
• Neurologic crises and their treatments
• Diagnosis and management of critical illness in the pregnant patient
• Acute kidney failure and renal replacement therapies
• Infectious diseases common in the critically ill and how to prevent some of them
• How to best provide nutrition to critically ill patients
• Diagnostic and management issues specific to surgical patients
• Current guidelines for the management of agitation and delirium
• Palliative care in the ICU and post intensive care issues

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Dental Hygiene Decks is available in two formats. Choose online only, or online with printed Q&A cards. Q&A cards are a simple, effective way to learn and retain knowledge. Use them to review all the areas covered in the NBDHE exams. (Print cards shipped to the US and Canada only.)

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Online PM&R CME from the Experts

NYU Langone Comprehensive Review of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is an intensive online CME program that examines current practices in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation with an emphasis on recent clinical advances.

In addition to a written questions workshop and special lectures on the maintenance of certification process and electrodiagnosis, you can prep for exams with this broad series of clinically relevant continuing medical education topics, including:

• Diagnostic strategies for traumatic brain injury
• Assessment and management of the concussed athlete
• Botulinum toxin injection and ITB pump implant techniques for spasticity management
• Limitations and capabilities of musculoskeletal ultrasound for diagnosis and intervention
• Regulatory changes in PM&R
• And more…

Vascular Testing CME: “Head-to-Toe” Protocols

This online CME program spans 40 lectures that expose you to all aspects of non-invasive vascular testing. Abundant case study materials and over 100 registry-type exam questions will help those who work within the non-invasive vascular laboratory to prepare for the RPVI examination and maintain IAC Vascular Testing continuing medical education requirements. Nationally-renowned speakers provide expanded content on vascular lab operations and ergonomics, as well as valuable insight on:

• Imaging techniques (grayscale, color and spectral Doppler, physiological testing)
• Various testing protocols and diagnostic criteria
• A broad range of vascular pathology, both common and rare
• Fundamentals of vascular physics
• Quality improvement and patient safety
• And more…

Can’t Miss Topics in Oncology CME
Gain essential knowledge with The Brigham and Dana-Farber Board Review and Comprehensive Update in Oncology. This dynamic online CME course delivers the latest insights in oncology management through expert-led, case-based presentations designed to strengthen clinical decision-making and board exam readiness. Take advantage of continuing medical education focused on:

• Infections in Cancer Patients
• Multiple Myeloma
• Waldenstrom Macroglobulemia and Amyloidosis
• Head and Neck Cancers
• Management of Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumors
• Novel Approaches to Esophageal and Gastric Cancer Management
• and many more…

Convenient, Comprehensive Neurology and PM&R CME

Designed for neurologists and physical medicine & rehabilitation doctors, residents, and fellows, this continuing medical education program covers all diagnostic and management approaches to both inherited and acquired neuromuscular conditions.

The 41 lectures in Electrodiagnostic Medicine and Neuromuscular Disorders — each just 30 and 45 minutes in length — delve into basic techniques and clinical applications of electrodiagnosis and ultrasound, as well as generalized disorders, motor neuron diseases, polyneuropathies, neuromuscular junction disorders, and myopathies. Key take-home points from this online CME program include:

• Basics of Needle EMG: Voluntary Activity. Motor unit potential waveform reflects the change in motor unit architecture due to disease processes, while the interference pattern provides information about the number of motor units and their activation.
• Neuropathies Associated with Systemic Disease and Cancer. Countless systemic disorders — metabolic, nutritional, inflammatory, infectious, neoplastic, and others — can cause neuropathy and accordingly, neuropathy can take many forms. Carefully characterizing the phenotype of neuropathy can help narrow down the relevant causes.
• Muscle Channelopathies. For a patient with a personal and family history of muscle stiffness and pain, consider genetic testing for myotonic disorders.
• And more…

Centers on the treatment of usual psychiatric patients with emphasis on the difficult to treat or treatment-resistant. Continuing medical education lectures will enhance your ability to choose treatments as you gain an understanding of the interface between psychiatric, neurological, and medical illness.

Legendary faculty review new antipsychotic medications and treatment augmentation, potential new uses for mood stabilizers, the neurobiologic mechanisms of depression and the role of inflammation, the importance of a therapeutic alliance when prescribing psychotropic medications, and more. With this online CME program, you’ll explore current evidence-based and emerging treatments for:
• Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
• Bipolar and treatment-resistant depression
• TMS and ECT
• Anxiety spectrum and sleep disorders
• PTSD
• Alcohol and substance abuse disorders
• Women’s mental health issues
• Child, adolescent, and geriatric psychopharmacology

Gastrointestinal Pathology CME: A Practical Overview

From Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. A practical, case-based overview for those who encounter GI and liver specimens in their daily practice, this online CME program addresses interpretation of upper GI tract mucosa and liver biopsies, along with recent advances in pancreatic and biliary pathology.

Current Topics in Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology — led by renowned pathologist Lysandra Voltaggio, MD — includes case-based continuing medical education lectures designed to help you better interpret mucosal and liver biopsies, enhance your understanding of pancreatic and biliary disorders, and apply modern techniques to gastrointestinal disorders.

Radiology CME: Explore Abdominal and Thoracic Imaging

Designed for both the general and specialized radiologist, UCSF Abdominal and Thoracic Imaging is an online CME course providing an extensive review of clinically relevant topics in chest, abdominal, pelvic, and ob-gyn imaging. Speakers discuss interpretation tips for both routine and emerging applications, artificial intelligence and its implications in clinical practice, and more.

You get case-based continuing medical education lectures targeting relevant areas of focus, including:

• Abdominal — female pelvis, acute pelvic pain in the reproductive age female, early and ectopic pregnancy, male pelvis and prostate, gastrointestinal conditions including the liver, and organ transplants
• Thoracic — lung cancer screening, pulmonary embolism, mediastinal masses, chest radiographs, and other findings and indications relevant for the general radiologist

Practical Dermatology CME for PCPs

This online CME program takes a unique approach to dermatology training: Unlike most diagnosis-driven courses, Dermatology for Primary Care uses syndrome-based modules to emphasize morphology, clinical context, patient factors, and warning signs, giving you the tools to manage ongoing conditions, not just identify them. You’ll learn what to look for — so you know what you’re looking at.

Modules blend real-patient photography, focused audio commentary, and step-by-step procedural videos for a complete, immersive experience. You’ll gain practical skills in dermatologic problem-solving and disease management, from diagnosis through treatment planning and long-term care.

The shorter, high-yield lectures featured in this continuing medical education program will help you hone your ability to recognize and manage everything from acne and eczema to melanoma, autoimmune connective tissue diseases, blistering diseases, and dermatoses affecting the male and female genitalia.

Learn from the Experts: Advances in Anesthesiology

Comprehensive Review of Anesthesiology, an online video CME program, highlights the core concepts of conducting anesthesia and stresses the implementation of perioperative best practices to facilitate enhanced recovery after surgery.

Directed by Jeffrey S. Berger, MD and Eric R. Heinz, MD, this review includes case-based lectures covering a broad range of topics, including preoperative assessment and evaluation, cardiac anesthesia, the opioid crisis, robotic anesthesia, ERAS, physician impairment, and more. It’s contininuing medical education that will help you to better:

• Recognize scientific principles that guide basic anesthetic management
• Formulate a thoughtful anesthetic plan for a variety of subspecialties
• Compare the techniques and technology available at your facility with best practices
• Plan for incorporation of new knowledge into routine practice