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Family Medicine: Women's Health Alaskan Cruise
Friday, August 18, 2017 - Friday, August 25, 2017
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CME Provider:
Continuing Education, Inc. ›
5700 4th Street N
St. Petersburg, Florida (FL) 33703
United States
 
Phone: (800) 422-0711
 
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Conference Center:
Aboard Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas
Alaskan Cruise Conference
Departs Seattle, Washington (WA)
United States
 
Phone: (800) 422-0711
 

Description:
Following attendance at this educational activity, participants should be able to:
•Explain evidence-based approaches to disease management
•Provide an update on some of the newer treatment regimens for diabetes
•Review the role of unstable coronary artery plaque as a cause of acute cardiac death
•Discuss the more frequent incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease in individuals with migraine with aura
•Review the medications that are associated with osteoporosis
•Analyze the role of calcium and Vitamin D for bone health
•Recognize the risk of sexually transmitted infections after a single unprotected sexual encounter
•Review the role of expedited partner therapy in the treatment and prevention of STDs
•Discuss the risk factors and clinical presentations of cardiovascular disease in women compared to men
•Identify the America Diabetic Association diagnostic guidelines for the diagnosis of Prediabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, the Joint National Committee on Hypertension (8) guidelines for blood pressure and the National Cholesterol Education Program III guidelines for lipid treatment in women
•Appreciate the clinical nuances and differences between mono-polar and bipolar depression
•Provide an overview of the benefits and limitations of the various medication classes presently available to treat mono-polar and bipolar depression disorders
•Review the similarities and differences between migraine, tension, cluster, and sinus headache in adults and children
•Discuss the pharmacologic therapies for migraine including “abortive” and “preventative” therapy
•Recognize the prevalence and risk factors associated with osteoporosis
•Emphasize the lifestyle and therapeutic options for the prevention of osteoporosis
•Review the clinical features of the more common sexually transmitted diseases
•Discuss the rational use of pharmacologic agents for the treatment of common STDs, excluding AIDS, following the most recent guidelines of the Center of Disease Control
•Understand the recent controversies in hormonal contraception
•Describe changes in the management of an abnormal Pap test
•Formulate a strategy for menopausal therapy
•Define a medical approach to abnormal uterine bleeding
 
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Instructors:
H. James Brownlee, MD

J. Kell Williams, MD
 
 
CME Credit:
Physicians:  14.00 Hours
Physician Assistants:  14.00 Hours
Nurses:  14.00 Hours

Self Assessment Module (SAM):  No

Specialty Audience:
Family Medicine    Obstetrics / Gynecology    

CME Sam Course #14031

Map of Aboard Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas, Alaskan Cruise Conference, Departs Seattle, Washington (WA), United States
 
 
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