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Etiology and epidemiology of HIV in the United States, with attention to transmission and precautions for prevention. Clinical manifestations and common testing and counseling requirements for HIV-infected individuals with thorough consideration of the psychosocial issues facing infected people and their caregivers. When you finish this course, you will be able to: *Describe the etiology and epidemiology of HIV in the United States. *Identify transmission and infection control precautio...

Provide pharmacists with an update on the newer approaches to the management of osteoarthritis and provide strategies for educating, counseling, and monitoring patients about the relief of joint pain. EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES: Discuss the etiology and pathophysiology of osteoarthritis. Describe the changing environment and its newest approach to treating osteoarthritis. Describe strategies for educating, counseling, and monitoring patients about the relief of joint pain.

Addresses the requirement for the 7-unit course on HIV/AIDS for healthcare workers in Washington State. Covers six subject areas: HIV etiology and epidemiology, transmission precautions and infection control, testing and counseling, clinical manifestations and treatment, legal and ethical issues, and psychosocial issues. When you finish this course, you will be able to: *Discuss the etiology and epidemiology of HIV in Washington State and the United States. *Describe transmission and i...

The Medical Doctor is ultimately responsible for obtaining written informed consent, but allied health professionals, including the Dysphagia Therapist, are expected to provide specialized counseling. Many therapists feel unprepared for this task. How much information is enough? When is the Patient a rehab candidate? What if the Patient refuses traditional recommendations? Basic legal concepts including the elements of informed consent are covered in this course. Specific instruction is given ...

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder in which clusters of nerve cells in the brain sometimes signal abnormally. This disorder affects about 2.7 million Americans, and results in an estimated annual cost of $15.5 billion in medical costs and lost or reduced earnings and production. People of all ages are affected, but particularly the very young and the elderly. For epilepsy, understanding the disorder and behaviors associated with it is imperative. The pharmacological approach to this issue is ...

Developing Spanish counseling skills will help increase patient compliance and build customer loyalty while setting your pharmacy’s level of customer service apart from competitors. Spanish for Pharmacists is a comprehensive, 52-page book enabling pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to learn the basics of Spanish for effective patient counseling. Spanish for Pharmacists was written by practicing pharmacists specifically for the retail pharmacy community and contains more than 250 pharmacy-s...

This program is designed to educate pharmacists on the treatments for excessive sleepiness and offer them counseling points to communicate effectively with excessive sleepiness patients and providers in their role as a pharmacist.

This course will provide an overview of the different types of workplace violence, risk factors, emotional, social, and behavioral ramifications of workplace violence, and specific interventions and policies that have been implemented by organizations to address workplace violence and enhance practitioners safety.

To provide pharmacists with an update on the newer approaches to the management of osteoarthritis and provide strategies for educating, counseling, and monitoring patients about the relief of joint pain.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION/IDENTIFICATION OF NEED The psychosocial, emotional and ethical complexities of third party reproduction require thorough exploration, both for those donating and those receiving gametes or embryos or for those undertaking a surrogate or gestational carrier arrangement. The decision to proceed with third party reproduction is complex, and psychological counseling may aid patients and their partners in this decision. Many infertility counselors, professional organizations...

By the time you complete this educational course, you will have met these learning objectives: * Describe the burden of family tobacco use * Demonstrate ways that you and your practice can ask families about tobacco use and tobacco smoke exposure * Learn how you and your practice can ask what help the families want with tobacco use * Learn how you and other clinicians can assist interested families in quitting smoking and establishing smoke-free rules * Understand th...

Many managers/supervisors are reluctant to give feedback when it is not positive. Thus many employees continue to perform marginally without the proper counseling and direction to improve. In developing a high performance team, continual feedback and at times effective discipline needs to occur. This interactive, hands-on audio conference will prepare you with the knowledge, skills, courage, and confidence to give appropriate feedback to improve performance. You will learn how to interact effe...

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: * Trace the etiology and epidemiology of HIV. * Name the factors affecting risk for transmission of HIV in general and among healthcare workers in particular. * Discuss accepted procedures for HIV testing and post-test counseling. * Describe the clinical manifestations and treatment guidelines for HIV/AIDS. * List confidentiality and legal reporting requirements for HIV/AIDS. * Summarize the psychosocial issues associated with HIV/AI...

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: * Trace the etiology and epidemiology of HIV in Washington State and worldwide. * Name the factors affecting risk for transmission of HIV in general and among healthcare workers in particular. * Discuss accepted procedures for HIV testing and post-test counseling. * Describe the clinical manifestations and treatment guidelines for HIV/AIDS. * List confidentiality and legal reporting requirements for HIV/AIDS. * Summarize the psychoso...

This course fulfills the Florida requirement for 2 hours of Domestic Violence Education. Domestic violence continues to be a prevalent problem in the United States today. Because of the number of individuals affected, it is likely that most healthcare professionals will encounter patients in their practice who are victims. Accordingly, it is essential that healthcare professionals are taught to recognize and accurately interpret behaviors associated with domestic violence. It is incumbent u...

A large percentage of the population in the United States indicates that they are affiliated or adhere to a specific religious orientation. Despite the general population's reliance on spirituality, the fields of social work, mental health counseling and nursing have been reluctant to introduce and incorporate religion and spirituality in the professional training curricula, and faculty and practitioners are frequently ill-equipped to discuss these themes with clients and patients. At the same...

Learning Objectives: Upon successful completion of this activity, pharmacists should be able to: 1. Describe unintended pregnancy in Iowa and factors that contribute to it. 2. Understand what you, as a pharmacist, can do to reduce unintended pregnancies. 3. Know hormonal contraceptive options, their effectiveness and time to pregnancy when stopped. 4. Examine the purpose of the Iowa Initiative to Reduce Unintended Pregnancies in increasing women's contraceptive knowledge, attitudes and ...

The course will highlight the daily decisions and decision analyses made by internists in recommending procedures for the early detection of prostate cancer. The internists' role in helping the patient make appropriate treatment decisions and counseling the patient to understand the implications of treatment -both risk and benefits -will be emphasized. The internists' role in both recognizing and managing complications of prostate cancer itself and the consequences of prostate cancer treatment...

**Upon completion of the activity, participants should be able to:** * Recognize the importance of statewide initiation of routine HIV testing to permit early diagnosis and help limit the spread of HIV in the community * Identify the requirements pertaining to HIV counseling, testing, reporting, and confidentiality based on the Rhode Island Department of Health's rules and regulations * Develop new policies and procedures for HIV testing that comply with the changes required by the De...

If your interviewing skills don’t use a modern approach, you’re at risk for making a costly, embarrassing hiring mistake. Without question, the ability to make informed hiring decisions is the single most important management skill that every team leader, supervisor, manager, business owner and HR professional must possess. Qualified employees drive your organization’s success … and unqualified employees can cost you thousands of dollars. You need to know that you can put an end to ...

Pharmacist Objectives: 1. Interpret the latest evidence on the use of SSRI’s in pregnant and lactating women, and be able to come up with a counseling plan for a pregnant or lactating woman with depression and/or anxiety. 2. Describe the rationale regarding the need for caution in the use of narcotic analgesics in lactating women. 3. Given a female patient, determine when the use of aspirin is appropriate for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Technician Objectives: 1. ...

Early adolescence is a time of great physical and emotional transition and growth. An early adolescent assessment has been recommended over ten years but remains underutilized. This important milestone assessment is not only an opportunity to assess immunization needs, but also a time to reinforce positive behaviors and to screen for and address problems. Nursing tools of anticipatory guidance, education, and counseling for health promotion and disease prevention can not only encourage the ear...

Brief overview of HIV infection, its cause and mechanism, plus modes of transmission and infection control procedures. Presents the basic components of HIV antibody testing and confirmation and includes clinical management of HIV patients. Summarizes the main components of the Florida Omnibus AIDS Act. This course meets the HIV 1-unit continuing education requirement for healthcare providers in Florida. When you finish this course, you will be able to: *Explain the cause and mechan...

The solution … Attend the 15th Perinatal Dilemmas conference and explore these and other challenges that you confront daily in your practice. From preconception counseling to fetal monitoring challenges, and ethical dilemmas at the edge of viability to management of neonatal pain, the faculty will address both the art and the science of caring for the high-risk dyad of mother and fetus/neonate. Highlights of this conference include: Interaction with nationally recognized experts, prov...

This program will review the results from landmark clinical trials that provided the foundation for how metastatic melanoma is currently managed. A particular focus of this educational activity will be methods by which care can be personalized for patients with these tumors, including how to optimize counseling in the setting of the most advanced forms of melanoma.

It is estimated that nearly 45 million children and adolescents in the United States participate in some form of organized athletics. Therefore, it is safe to assume that all practicing pediatricians will encounter sports-related injuries and issues as part of their daily routine. Although not every child is an elite athlete, many will encounter injuries as part of their participation in athletics, no matter at what level. Although sports medicine is not part of residency training, it is an ar...

Hans Liu, MD, FACP, is a professor of medicine at Jefferson Medical College and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Here, he defines chronic fatigue syndrome, discusses the diagnostic approach, and evaluates therapies. Historically, chronic fatigue syndrome was known as neurasthenia or nervous exhaustion and also as benign myalgic encephalomyelitis. This lecture and the post-test is worth 1.5 credit hours. Describing chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) as "severe and disabling and...

Components of HIV antibody testing and confirmation, and initial evaluation and clinical management of HIV patients. Summarizes HIV prevention strategies, clinical evaluation and management of HIV, and management of occupational exposures. Continues with an analysis of HIV laws in Kentucky and attitudes and behaviors towards those infected with HIV. Concludes with Kentucky’s programs for HIV patient care. This multidisciplinary course is approved by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Fam...

Most obstetrician-gynecologists and family practitioners, as well as many dermatologists and advanced practice clinicians, treat genital human papillomavirus (HPV) lesions. However, few understand the critical role that the immune system plays in treatment outcomes. An increased understanding of the role of immunity in the successful clearance of these lesions should improve clinical management of genital warts and cervical, vaginal, vulvar, penile, and anal intraepithelial neoplasia. An impor...

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the United States, accounting for more than 200 000 new cancer cases and more than 150 000 cancer-related deaths each year. Non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for more than 85% of lung cancer cases, and is usually associated with a poor prognosis. Health-system pharmacists play a significant role in the treatment of NSCLC by providing valuable information for clinicians and patients throughout the course of therapy, inc...