Oakstone CME Courses

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…

Key Topics in Oncology CME

The Brigham and Dana-Farber Board Review and Comprehensive Update in Oncology is an online CME course designed to update knowledge and improve management strategies. This collection of case-based presentations — presented by a distinguished faculty of experts — will help enhance patient care while you prep for your board exam. It’s continuing medical education that helps you to:

• Apply recommended oncology guidelines in clinical practice
• Perform differential diagnosis of complex oncologic disorders
• Identify and apply current therapeutic options for oncologic disorders
• Evaluate and interpret up-to-date literature relevant to oncology
• Illustrate knowledge of pathophysiology as it applies to management of oncology disorders
• Apply knowledge gained to the ABIM certification/recertification oncology examinations

This program is also available as part of the combined Brigham and Dana-Farber Board Review and Comprehensive Update in Hematology and Oncology CME course found here.

Key Topics in Perioperative Management CME

UPMC Perioperative Management Update provides anesthesiologists and perioperative care team members with an up-to-date review of common topics that may not be encountered in daily practice.

This convenient online CME course explores key issues relevant to everyday practice — from the community hospital to the university medical center — including:

• management and optimization of medical co-morbidities
• major organ system pathology relative to perioperative care
• operating room and practice management
• difficult patient scenarios, including cardiac optimization
• point-of-care testing and ultrasound
• common pediatric and obstetrical problems
• and more…

Learning Objectives

After viewing this program, participants will be better able to: This course is designed to provide the anesthesiologist and Perioperative Care Team an up-to-date review of current topics relevant to perioperative management of the patient in 2021. Relevant issues dealing with everyday practice from the community hospital to the university medical center will be addressed. This includes topics in management and optimization of medical co-morbidities, review of major organ system pathology relative to perioperative care, operating room and practice management, quality improvement and the impact of COVID to name a few.

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…

Learn Now: Advances in Psychopharmacology and Psychotherapy

In addition to highlighting emerging strategies in the assessment and treatment of major depression and bipolar illness, this online CME course defines approaches to mood and anxiety disorders, including psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive and behavioral therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy for depression and other psychotherapeutic approaches.

Assessment and Treatment of Depression and Anxiety: Integrating Psychopharmacology and Psychotherapy also addresses comorbid conditions such as Axis II personality disorders, management of patients with medical conditions, management of the geriatric patient, and more. It’s psychiatry CME that offers insight into:

• Issues around the choice of specific antidepressants, mood stabilizers and anti-anxiety medications
• Psychopharmacologic management of the treatment resistant patient
• Recent developments in neuropsychiatry, including brain imaging and therapeutic stimulation techniques
• Therapeutic efficacy and risks associated with ketamine administration
• Obsessive-compulsive disorders including skin-picking, trichotillomania and body dysmorphic
• Management of anxiety in patients vulnerable to abuse of alcohol
• 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

Learn Now: Advances in Molecular Diagnostics

In Molecular Diagnostics: Cancer Diagnosis and Patient Management, experts in the field review current concepts and up-to-date techniques, delving into the appropriate use of molecular assays for different tumor types to inform diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment using evidence-based guidelines.

Lectures in this online CME course illustrate common diagnostic pitfalls, with additional focus on variant interpretation and the complexity of billing for molecular tests. It’s continuing medical education that will help you to:

• Develop appropriate tissue-handling protocols
• Evaluate cytogenetic and molecular techniques, including next generation sequencing assays
• Recognize cost-effective, time-sensitive approaches to molecular studies, including cell free DNA testing
• Determine the process of clinical interpretation of genetic variation
• Analyze costs and potential sources of revenue for molecular diagnostics programs
• Consider essential and emerging biomarkers in common adult and pediatric solid and liquid tumors

Expert Clinicians Share Lessons Learned from Medical Mishaps

What My Mistakes Taught Me is a truly unique and illuminating online CME program. In 22 one-hour lectures, physicians from different areas of medicine and surgery discuss the expertise they’ve gained from problems, mistakes, and errors in clinical practice.

Led by Martin A. Samuels, MD, these experienced clinicians share case studies and the take-away messages learned from their own medical mishaps, emphasizing that:

• While we’re not perfect, we’re still valued contributors to our profession and society
• Perceived mistakes help us live with our imperfections and strengthen our integrity
• Recognized mistakes tell us what works and what doesn’t
• Accepting mistakes helps us take responsibility for erroneous ideas or actions
• Open acknowledgement of mistakes inspires others to do likewise

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Enhance Your Approach to Substance Use Disorders with Online CME

In addition to an emphasis on alcohol use disorder — especially the underlying neurobiology and medication intervention — this online CME course explores opioid use disorder, medication treatment options and how best to use them, and at-risk subpopulations. Assessment and Effective Treatment of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Disorders is psychiatry continuing medical education that takes an in-depth look at:

• Nonmedication treatment options, including behavioral strategies and pharmacological interventions
• The role of psychotherapy, referral to AA, and SMART Recovery
• Helping family members of patients with substance use disorders
• Techniques to deal with the unmotivated patient’s denial, ambivalence, and reluctance to change, demonstrating how to motivate, persuade and confront effectively
• Assessment and treatment of patients with co-occurring disorders such as trauma