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Educational Objectives: At the conclusion of the course, participants should be able to: * Improve the diagnosis and treatment of common family practice problems * Apply traditional modes of diagnosis and management more effectively * Apply information to commonly asked questions in office practice * Increase proficiency and maintain competence by updating cognitive understanding of family medicine * Feel better prepared to pass the American Board of Family Medici...

Top 10 Family Practice/Internal Medicine Coding Errors to Avoid for 2010

Features/Benefits: By the end of this webinar the participants will be able to: * Learn how to gain buy in and involve parents/caregivers in planning and implementing their projects and practice * Understand the opportunities for different levels of family participation in their projects and practice * Evaluate ways to maintain and sustain family participation in their projects and practice

Circadian Rhythm Disorders - Asking the Right Questions This activity is designed to meet the needs of family physicians, primary care physicians, and related health care providers. Needs Assessment Circadian rythym disorders (CRDs) are prevalent, underrecognized, and inadequately treated, in part because of their varied symptomatology and the lack of assessment skills among clinicians in the family medicine and primary care settings. CRDs reflect misalignment between the biologic slee...

Managing the pain component of fibromyalgia is challenging and frustrating for the family physician for many reasons.1 In particular, fibromyalgia pain is often refractory to standard clinical interventions, and physicians need to deal with misconceptions surrounding the disease.2 This activity aims to overcome these practice barriers by putting the growing body of evidence-based guidelines into clinical context and by providing a clear strategy for the management of pain associated with fibro...

Studies have shown that patients with DNR orders receive less pain medication, less food, less water, less frequent vital signs monitoring, fewer visits from the nurse and fewer visits from family members. DNR orders may be open to interpretation by the physician, physician's family and patient. Most patients have a limited understanding of the complex medical interventions and the implications of their decisions. Communication barriers between the physician, medical team and patient may ex...

A 34-year-old woman is suspected of having neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) after her physician finds skin fold freckling and suspects cutaneous neurofibromas on a routine physical exam. Based on the family history, she appears to be the first individual in her family with NF1 (not surprising since half of all cases of NF1 are the result of new mutations). She is, however, considering starting a family, and a diagnosis of NF1 has significant implications for any pregnancies. This case discusses the d...

What does it mean to treat patients and families with dignity and respect? It means that health care providers listen to and honor patient and family perspectives and choices. Providers incorporate patient and family knowledge, values, beliefs, and cultural background into the planning and delivery of care. Providers anticipate patient and family needs, and meet those needs in a clean, safe environment. The health care team provides emotional support to patients and families, and strives to al...

This course is a comprehensive program for family physicians, general internists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and registered nurses that practice primary care medicine. It consists of lectures, discussions, and workshops on topics of general interest in various areas of medicine. Attendees are encouraged to bring their laptops to the meeting to view the syllabus on the flash drive.

Primary care physicians are in short supply, posing the risk of patient overload and increased medical error. Malpractice claims for Family and General Practitioners are on the rise. This Internet presentation reviews the most common medical misadventures for Family and General Practice (missed or delayed diagnosis of myocardial infarction, breast cancer, appendicitis and colon cancer). The claims data are reviewed for each, and recommendations are presented for reducing malpractice risk and ...

Presented by Continuing Education Company for the past 20 years, our Primary Care CME Conference Series is designed to update primary care clinicians in rapidly changing therapeutic areas. The emphasis is on practical and useful information for clinical practice. This year, the Primary Care Fall Conference is being held in Maui, Hawaii at the Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa, a AAA four diamond oceanfront resort situated along a spectacular stretch of the famed Ka'anapali Beach and on the legendar...

Continuing Education Company has been organizing its' Primary Care CME Conference Series for the past 20 years. The Essentials in Primary Care Conference is designed to update primary care clinicians in rapidly changing therapeutic areas. The emphasis is on practical and useful information for clinical practice. Join us this November when we hold the Essentials in Primary Care Fall Conference at the amazing Hawks Cay Resort on Ducks Key in the beautiful Florida Keys. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES �...

This activity is intended for primary care physicians and other health care providers who treat patients with male hypogonadism (MHG).

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...

The purpose of this conference is to review common problems in family medicine and provide evidence based, practical approaches to their prevention, evaluation and treatment.

Presented by Continuing Education Company for the past 20 years, our Primary Care Conference Series is designed to update primary care clinicians in rapidly changing therapeutic areas. The emphasis is on practical and useful information for clinical practice. This year, the 20th Annual Primary Care Conference is once again being hosted at the beautiful Kiawah Island Golf Resort on Kiawah Island, South Carolina. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES As a result of this conference, participants will be ab...