Oakstone CME Courses

Convenient Allergy & Immunology CME

The Brigham Board Review in Allergy & Immunology online CME course provides in-depth coverage of a range of practice improvement areas to help you stay on top of the latest advances in the field. This online CME course includes case-based lectures on topics like ocular allergies, skin testing, asthma, anaphylaxis, dermatitis, mastocytosis, immunodeficiencies and more. It’s continuing medical education that will help you:

• Integrate and demonstrate improved understanding of allergy/immunologic diseases
• Identify and improve clinical competence-based practice gaps in allergy/immunology
• Correlate pathophysiology and pathobiologic principles with clinical presentations
• Describe optimal therapeutic strategies and their risks and benefits
• Apply the knowledge and strategies gained to the board exam and daily practice

Learning Objectives

After viewing this activity, participants will demonstrate the ability to:

• Integrate and demonstrate increased overall knowledge of allergy/immunologic diseases
• Identify and improve knowledge and clinical competence-based practice gaps in allergy/immunology
• Correlate pathophysiology and pathobiologic principles with clinical presentations
• Describe optimal therapeutic strategies and their risks and benefits
• Apply the knowledge and strategies gained through participation in this activity to the board exam and daily practice

Intended Audience

This educational activity was designed for fellows/trainees and practicing allergists/immunologists and other professional affiliates, such as internists, with an interest in allergy/immunology or who seek CME in an attempt to improve patient care.

Stay Abreast of Current Trends

This online CME program is a thorough review of the core concepts and emerging trends in the field of cardiology. The Brigham Board Review in Cardiology features case-based lectures and in-depth discussions from cardiology experts who cover a range of topics, including coronary and peripheral artery disease, heart failure, cardiovascular disease prevention, hypertension, obesity, non-invasive testing, pericardial and valvular heart
disease, and atrial fibrillation. It will help you to better:

• Apply current/recommended cardiology guidelines in clinical practice
• Perform differential diagnosis of complex clinical presentations related to cardiology disorders
• Identify/integrate current therapeutic options for specific cardiology disorders
• Analyze and interpret up-to-date literature relevant to clinical practice in cardiovascular medicine
• Express knowledge of pathophysiology as it applies to management of cardiology disorders
• Apply knowledge gained to the ABIM certification/recertification cardiology examinations

Expand Your Skills

Available online, The Brigham Board Review in Cardiology provides AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and access to unbiased, evidence-based content and case-based reviews so you can expand your knowledge and incorporate the latest guidelines into your daily practice.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Apply current/recommended cardiology guidelines in clinical practice
• Perform differential diagnosis of complex clinical presentations related to cardiology disorders
• Identify/integrate current therapeutic options for specific cardiology disorders
• Analyze and interpret up-to-date literature relevant to clinical practice in cardiovascular medicine
• Express knowledge of pathophysiology as it applies to management of cardiology disorders
• Apply knowledge gained to the ABIM certification/recertification cardiology examinations

Intended Audience

The primary group of learners will be fellows/trainees and practicing cardiology specialists (MDs) and other professional affiliates (internists with an interest in cardiology) who are preparing to become board certified, maintaining their certification, or who seek CME activities to improve patient care in the area of cardiovascular medicine.

Radiology CME from the Experts

With lectures developed by directors of vascular labs at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, as well as esteemed faculty from Stanford University Hospital, University of Colorado, and Johns Hopkins, this online CME program thoroughly covers topics focused on vascular ultrasound interpretation.

Practical examples and case presentations establish a foundation in vascular lab while enhancing your ability to apply knowledge directly to patient situations. The Clinical Approach to Vascular Ultrasound and RPVI Prep Course is available whenever, wherever, so you can earn CME credits and be better prepared to:

• perform and interpret vascular laboratory studies
• sit for the Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI) exam
• develop a vascular laboratory program at your home institution

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate clinical interpretation of arterial and venous vascular noninvasive studies in the peripheral, cerebrovascular, and abdominal systems
• Discuss the clinical application of velocity criteria for grading of stenosis in the vasculature including dialysis grafts, endovascular interventions in the aorta and peripheral system, and bypass grafts
• Summarize basic ultrasound physics and ultrasound technology as it applies to vascular diagnostics
• Review topics commonly found on the Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI) exam
• Develop and start a vascular laboratory program at their home institution

Intended Audience

This course is targeted to primary care physicians and specialty physicians. This course may also be of interest to ultrasound technologists, general and specialty surgeons, practitioners preparing for the RPVI, and practitioners who wish to start a vascular lab.

Continuing Medical Education: Advances in Musculoskeletal Imaging

UCSF Musculoskeletal Imaging is a comprehensive state-of-the-art update on various aspects of musculoskeletal imaging. This well-planned online CME course, directed by Ramya Srinivasan, MD, reviews pertinent anatomy and joint conditions for the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, ankle and foot, in addition to high-yield pathology topics such as musculoskeletal trauma, metabolic bone disease, arthritis and infection, and more. It’s radiology CME that will help you to better:

• Apply the latest knowledge to diagnoses and differentials for common musculoskeletal tumors
• Identify and differentiate various arthritides
• Diagnose osseous infections and mimics
• Recognize normal joint anatomy from pathology, and avoid common pitfalls
• Spot commonly-missed fractures
• Implement ultrasound as a useful tool in musculoskeletal imaging

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

• Apply new knowledge to diagnoses and differentials for common musculoskeletal tumors
• Identify and differentiate various arthritides
• Identify osseous infections and mimics
• Recognize normal joint anatomy and pathology, and avoid common pitfalls
• Identify commonly-missed fractures
• Implement ultrasound as a useful tool in musculoskeletal imaging

Intended Audience

This educational activity was designed for radiologists and other medical professionals who will benefit from a greater understanding of abdominal and pelvic imaging.

Important Topics in Hospital Medicine CME

This continuing medical education course covers the clinical issues most relevant to hospitalists and other clinicians who care for inpatients. UCSF’s top teachers and selected guest faculty highlight recent advances and current controversies, delivering lectures on infectious diseases (including updates in COVID), critical care, perioperative care, consult medicine, nephrology, and much more.

With the Hospital Medicine: Evidence to Practice online CME course, you’ll gain new or improved strategies to:

• More easily and effectively diagnose common inpatient clinical presentations
• Perform an evidence-based evaluation for common inpatient clinical presentations
• Apply modern therapeutic approaches to common inpatient disorders
• Appreciate the emerging scientific understanding of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients

ESSENTIAL TOPICS IN HEMATOPATHOLOGY CME

Nephrology CME: Board Prep, Best Practices and More

With 70+ lectures, case discussions, and board preparation sessions, this online CME program is an indispensable and comprehensive review of state-of-the-art nephrology practices offered by the clinical faculty of Harvard Medical School.

Intensive Review of Nephrology also offers board review practice sessions and board-relevant Q&As, with a particular focus on acid base and electrolyte disorders, glomerulonephritis, transplantation, renal pathology, and clinical images. Plus, you get valuable continuing medical education insight on:

• Genetic testing for improved prognosis and therapy selection
• Introduction to point-of-care ultrasound: fundamentals for acquisition and interpretation
• Physical exam of the dialysis access
• Expanding the role of SGLT2i in diabetic and non-diabetic kidney disease
• Cases in cryptonephrology
• The new fundamentals in immunology and nephrology (it’s not just for transplant patients)

Learn Now: Advances in Abdominal and Pelvic Imaging

This online CME program, featuring experts in the practice of radiology, is an updated review of state-of-the-art abdomino-pelvic imaging and interpretation. It covers a plethora of topics and aims to keep you abreast of the latest advances in the field. UCSF Abdominal & Pelvic Imaging is continuing medical education will help you to better:

• Identify indications for the use of CT/MRI/US for various abdomino-pelvic organs and conditions
• Recognize postop appearances in the upper abdomen
• Apply practical approaches to diagnose benign and malignant diseases of the abdomen & pelvis
• Interpret and assess ultrasound elastography studies
• Recommend management strategies of incidental findings
• Predict possible pitfalls in abdomino-pelvic imaging and interpretation

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

• 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
• Recognize postoperative appearances in the upper abdomen
• Recommend management strategies of incidental findings
• Interpret and evaluate US elastography studies

Intended Audience

This educational activity was designed for radiologists and other medical professionals who will benefit from a greater understanding of abdominal and pelvic imaging.

Learn Now with Breast Imaging CME

UCSF Breast Imaging delivers an expert overview of clinically relevant continuing medical education topics and apprises you of the latest trends in breast imaging. Under the direction of Bonnie N. Joe, MD, PhD, FSBI, lecturers in this online CME course share recent developments, with a strong focus on the use of multimodality imaging and intervention (mammography with tomosynthesis, ultrasound and MRI).

You’ll get a UCSF breast imaging program that will help you:

• Appropriately apply and use BI-RADS
• Develop a skillful, practical approach to performing and interpreting mammography with tomosynthesis, breast US, and breast MRI
• Comply with reporting guidelines and manage breast imaging patient follow-up

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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…