Oakstone CME Courses

Convenient and Comprehensive Pathology CME

This online CME course stresses tips and pearls relevant to modern diagnostic pathology. What Every Pathologist Needs to Know covers major areas of diagnostic surgical pathology: breast, genitourinary, gastrointestinal, skin, gynecologic, hematopoietic, frozen sections, head and neck, pulmonary, cytopathology, neuropathology, and bone and soft tissue.  Speakers draw from their own slide collections, reviewing cases at the microscope and presenting lectures that address real time issues of daily practice. It’s continuing medical education that will help you to better:

• Define key benign breast lesions likely to be overdiagnosed as carcinomas
• Explain clues for separating reactive and dysplastic gastrointestinal tract lesions
• Assess frozen sections, including pancreatic, parathyroid, and CNS
• Explain an approach to HPV testing in head and neck tumors
• Discuss issues in urothelial cytology

Learning Objectives

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

• Define key benign breast lesions likely to be over diagnosed as carcinomas
• Understand an approach to bladder and prostate lesions
• Explain clues for separating reactive and dysplastic gastrointestinal tract lesions
• Assess melanocytic neoplasms
• Recognize clues in interpreting pancreatic frozen sections
• Analyze parathyroid frozen sections
• Explain an approach to HPV testing in head and neck tumors
• List appropriate testing for lung carcinomas
• Discuss issues in urothelial cytology
• List key features in pulmonary cytology
• Assess CNS frozen sections
• Evaluate benign bone lesions
• Discuss some key soft tissue lesions

Intended Audience

This activity is designed for pathologists, pathology fellows, community pathologists, and academic pathologists.

Enhance Your Critical Care Knowledge with Online CME

The Brigham Board Review in Critical Care Medicine is case-based, online continuing medical education focused on improving overall knowledge and clinical competency. Earn CME credits and ABIM MOC points while exploring comprehensive updates on basic principles, changing guidelines and therapeutic strategies, including:

• Goals and management strategies for patients with respiratory failure
• Interpretation of data from hemodynamic monitoring devices
• Definitions and management of sepsis and shock
• Identification and treatment of acute cardiovascular emergencies
• Neurologic crises and their treatments
• 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

The Smart Way to Study

Dental Hygiene Decks provides you with a fast, convenient, proven way to learn. Dental Hygiene Decks features just over 1,300 individual Q&A cards formatted with a question on the front and a detailed, comprehensive answer and topic review on the back.

Print and Online Q&A Cards

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.)

We Guarantee You’ll Pass.

Diligent use of the Dental Hygiene Decks Q&A product ensures the strongest likelihood of passing your National Board Dental Hygiene Examination (NBDHE). We are so confident of your success that we guarantee it.

If you do not pass the NBDHE on your first attempt, we will provide a full refund of the purchase price. Refunds are contingent on reviewing 75% of the questions and having taken the section tests available in the online product.

The pass guarantee is only applicable to purchasers of the Dental Hygiene Decks online product. Applicable purchasers are those with a registered Oakstone Dental Hygiene Decks account and respective User ID and password. User IDs and passwords may not be shared.

Dental Hygiene Decks Guarantee Procedure

Send a copy of your notification of failure from the board to:
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If you have reviewed 75% of the questions, you will receive a full refund of your purchase price. Your exam record will be destroyed.

What’s NRCME Certification?

As of May 2014, a federal ruling requires that healthcare professionals performing physical exams on commercial motor vehicle drivers must have National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners (NRCME) certification. In order to receive certification, you must complete training and pass a federal certification test to meet the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) guidelines.

Why is This a Great Opportunity for You?

With an estimated 7 million to 14 million commercial drivers coupled with legislation requiring every state to track and electronically tie the medical exam to the Commercial Drivers License (CDL), the number of exams performed is expected to increase exponentially. Use this requirement to retain your position as a DOT examiner in your community or to expand your practice base as a certified DOT examiner.

What is the NRCME Plus Online Training System®?

NRCME Plus Online Training System® gives healthcare providers — MDs, DOs, DCs, NPs/APNs, and PAs — the knowledge to become a certified medical examiner and apply the FMCSA driver physical qualifications standards and guidelines. This training program is 100% online in a self-guided module format that is mobile device ready, does not require audio or flash, and is equipped with auto-save features to set your place if your training is interrupted.

Why Choose Oakstone CME’s Training Program?

NRCME Plus Online Training System® is the only NRCME training on the market that:

• Includes unlimited access to training and no expiration date or time period to complete your training
• Offers a Q&A deck with 550+ practice questions to help you assess your knowledge
• Offers an online resource library with valuable information to support and supplement your training and to provide a continuing reference throughout your service as a certified medical examiner

Additionally, NRCME Plus Online Training System® was developed by 1 of the 10 original consultants who convened in Washington, DC to develop the FMCSA guidelines. It’s also worth noting that 95% of those who complete our training pass the certification test the first time.

Learning Objectives:

After successful completion of this CME activity, the participant will be able to:

• Apply the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) driver physical qualification regulations and advisory criteria to pass the FMCSA certification test for the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners (NRCME)
• Apply the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) driver physical qualification regulations and advisory criteria when performing examinations for CMV drivers and determining medical certification
• Gain specific guidance and understand sources of information for questions on CMV examinations and requisite documentation necessary for such exams

Intended Audience:

Medical doctors, doctors of osteopathy, doctors of chiropractic, physicians assistants, nurse practitioners, and advanced practice nurses who are specifically interested in performing CMV driver physical exams and obtaining NRCME certification.

PM&R CME from the Experts

NYU Comprehensive Review of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is a broad review of clinically relevant continuing medical education topics in physical medicine and rehabilitation. This expert-led online CME course includes case-based lectures on topics like rehabilitation of children with spina bifida and cerebral palsy, interventional pain procedures, cardiac rehabilitation, traumatic spinal cord injury, sports injuries, and more. You’ll gain valuable knowledge on core topics, including:

• Evidence-based techniques for electrodiagnostic tests
• Diagnostic strategies for traumatic brain injury
• Diagnosis and management of the concussed athlete
• Botulinum toxin injection and ITB pump implant techniques for spasticity management
• Clinical guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders
• Limitations and capabilities of musculoskeletal ultrasound for diagnosis and intervention
• Regulatory changes in PM&R

Learning Objectives

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

• Incorporate evidence-based techniques for performing electrodiagnostic tests into practice.
• Incorporate a diagnostic strategy for traumatic brain injury, based on awareness of high incidence. Apply traditional physiatric care regarding traumatic brain injury for assessment and treatment of the concussed athlete.
• Demonstrate knowledge of diagnosis and management of the concussed athlete.
• Demonstrate correct injection and implanting techniques when treating spasticity management with botulinum toxin or use of an intrathecal baclofen (ITB) pump.
• Incorporate best evidence-based clinical guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of Musculoskeletal Disorders. Evaluate limitations and capabilities of musculoskeletal ultrasound for diagnostic and interventional procedures.
• Incorporate the regulatory changes in PM&R and options for MOC lecture and discussion.

Intended Audience

• Senior PM&R resident physicians preparing for Part I (Written) of the Board Certification Examination
• PM&R physicians in their first year of practice preparing for Part II (Oral) of the Board Certification Examination
• Practicing PM&R physicians seeking continuing medical education and knowledge update
• Practicing PM&R physicians preparing for their ABPM&R Maintenance of Certification Examination

Explore Non-invasive Vascular Testing

This online CME program — developed in partnership with the Society for Vascular Medicine — spans 30+ lectures that will expose you to all aspects of non-invasive 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. It’s a continuing medical education program that provides valuable insight on:

• Imaging techniques (B-mode, 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

Unique Learning Objectives

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

• Recognize basic ultrasound physics concepts and their application to vascular ultrasound
• Identify common imaging and Doppler artifacts encountered in the vascular laboratory
• Use B-mode imaging, color Doppler analysis, and spectral Doppler waveforms to assist in the diagnosis of arterial and venous disease
• Apply interpretation skills for diagnosis of internal carotid artery stenosis using duplex ultrasound
• Apply interpretation skills for diagnosis of acute venous thrombosis and venous valvular reflux using duplex ultrasound
• Use arterial duplex and physiological testing to assess severity and anatomic location of lower extremity arterial disease
• Apply standard diagnostic criteria to diagnose abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and renal and mesenteric artery stenosis using duplex ultrasound
• Recognize uncommon and rare vascular disorders encountered in the vascular laboratory
• Identify areas of knowledge deficit to improve preparation for the ARDMS Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI) examination

Intended Audience

This program is designed for cardiologists, vascular medicine specialists, vascular surgeons, vascular technologists, vascular and general sonographers, radiologists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.

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 and Comprehensive Neurology CME

The Electrodiagnostic Medicine and Neuromuscular Disorders – A Case-Based Approach continuing medical education program consists of 35 one-hour lectures that focus on a wide range of peripheral nerve diseases.

Key sections include focal syndromes, generalized disorders, motor neuron diseases, polyneuropathies, neuromuscular junction disorders, myopathies and special topics. This online CME course incorporates patient examples to illustrate typical and atypical presentations, and will help you to better:

• Apply best practices for evaluation of patients presenting with actual or suspected neuromuscular complaints
• Recognize classic, possible, and unlikely neuromuscular disorders according to clinical symptoms
• Assess the need of laboratory tests, electrodiagnostic studies, imaging, and muscle and nerve biopsies to establish a diagnosis
• Illustrate effective management of painful neuropathies
• Outline strategies to deliver the best care possible to patients with neuromuscular disorders

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Describe the diagnostic approach to a patient presenting with myotonia
• Discuss the diagnostic tests used for focal syndromes
• Explain the classic signs and symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• Distinguish between Guillain-Barré syndrome and other acquired neuropathies
• Identify the differences between metabolic myopathies and mitochondrial myopathies
• Explain the electrodiagnostic approach to the patient with generalized weakness
• Compare neuropathies found in systemic disease with those found in cancer
• List commonly found neuromuscular mimics

Intended Audience

This educational activity was designed for neurologists, physiatrists (physical medicine & rehabilitation doctors), neurology residents and fellows, PM&R residents and fellows.

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…