Oakstone CME Courses

Expert Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine CME

Designed to help you establish a strong foundation in both performance and interpretation of vascular ultrasound, this online CME program was developed in conjunction with the medical and technical directors of the 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 Hospital.

The Clinical Approach to Vascular Ultrasound and RPVI Prep Course delivers practical examples and case presentations that will enhance your ability to apply knowledge in patient situations. Online continuing medical education lecture topics include:

• Fundamental lower extremity physiologic and imaging studies used to diagnose and treat peripheral artery disease
• Normal and abnormal anatomy and imaging of the subclavian and vertebral arteries
• Techniques and indications used to predict impending bypass graft failure
• General overview for diagnosing and characterizing deep vein thrombosis, pelvic congestions syndrome, May-Thurner syndrome and venous thoracic outlet syndrome
• Dynamic TCD studies and their resulting surgical interventions and follow-ups
• and more…

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)

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!

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…

Earn Credits with the Latest in Radiology CME

This online CME course delivers a comprehensive state-of-the-art update on clinically relevant topics in neuroradiology and musculoskeletal imaging, including a discussion of optimized protocols with 1.5T and 3T MR. Faculty review indications commonly seen in general practice, along with updates designed to improve image acquisition and interpretation strategies.

Radiology continuing medical education topics covered in UCSF Neuro and Musculoskeletal Imaging include:

• Imaging overview of neuroradiological emergencies
• Head & neck tumor staging
• Advanced imaging techniques (MR neurography, fMRI, DTI)
• Major joints
• Introduction to musculoskeletal ultrasound
• Bone marrow and tumors
• And more…

Breast Imaging CME: Keep Pace with the Latest

Topics in Mammography is the eighth edition of our comprehensive evidence-based breast imaging program. This online CME course features engaging commentary of case-based topics and state-of-the-art literature updates. Under the direction of University of California, San Diego’s R. James Brenner, MD, JD, FACR, FCLM, speakers guide you in evaluating the potentials and pitfalls of both current and new imaging approaches.

Learn at your own pace with presentations focused on specialized topics — artificial intelligence (AI), supplementary screening (including a special lecture on contrast enhanced mammography), the physics of DBT, imaging of young cancer patients — as well as:

• New, more efficient approaches to traditional imaging work-ups
• A comprehensive anatomy-pathophysiology discussion clarifying the correlation between imaging and histology
• An extensive review of MRI and multifaceted applications
• Insightful commentary on medical legal aspects for your practice, avoiding false negatives, communication, implications and consequences related to use of AI and DBT
• Critical analyses of different imaging approaches and avoiding advocacy or bias
• And more…

Radiology Imaging CME from the Experts

In this comprehensive online CME program, high caliber faculty deliver 119 lectures spanning multiple radiology subspecialties, including Chest, Musculoskeletal, Breast, Gastrointestinal, Ultrasound, Emergency, Genitourinary, Neuroradiology, and Cardiovascular.

World Class CME’s National Diagnostic Imaging Symposium is designed to meet the continuing medical education needs of radiologists — whether in general or specialized care — and radiology residents/fellows who wish to learn to use imaging in a clinical practice setting for screening, diagnosis and staging of injury and disease, including:

• Using CT and MRI to assess injury and disease in the extremities, spine, and cranium
• Applying ultrasound to musculoskeletal, gynecological, obstetrical, cardiovascular, and other organ systems
• Effectively using MDCT and MR imaging to evaluate the abdomen, liver, pancreas, spleen, and bowel
• Improving assessment of genitourinary malignancies, masses, and anomalies using MRI, CT, and US
• Correctly interpreting and staging CT findings in the context of a lung cancer-screening program
• And more…

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

Unique Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this CME activity, you will be better able to:

• Increase diagnostic capabilities in multiple radiology sub-specialties
• Utilize CT and MRI to assess injury and disease in the extremities, spine, and cranium
• Apply ultrasound to musculoskeletal, gynecological, obstetrical, cardiovascular, and other organ systems
• Effectively use MDCT and MR imaging to evaluate the abdomen, liver, pancreas, spleen, and bowel
• Plan the appropriate imaging of emergency department patients
• Improve assessment of genitourinary malignancies, masses and anomalies using MRI, CT, and US
• Improve diagnostic accuracy in breast imaging and distinguish advantages of the newest breast screening and diagnostic technologies
• Correctly interpret and stage CT findings in the context of a lung cancer-screening program
• Understand how to utilize non-invasive options such as CT, MR, and ultrasound for the evaluation of vascular problems
• Improve skills in MR and US-guided radiology procedures

Intended Audience

National Diagnostic Imaging Symposium was designed to meet the educational needs of radiologists whether in general or specialized care and radiology residents/fellows who desire to learn, in depth, how to use imaging in a clinical practice setting for screening, diagnosis and staging of injury and disease.