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Pathways to Precision: Integrating Genetic Counseling and Testing Into Cancer Care
STATEMENT OF NEED
Precision medicine is a cutting-edge approach that incorporates an individual’s genomic, environmental, and lifestyle information to deliver personalized healthcare. Genetic testing and counseling are crucial components of precision medicine, enabling clinicians to deliver the right care to the right patient at the right time (Turbitt et al, 2023). However, genetic testing often remains an untapped resource for patients who may benefit from genetic risk assessment and ca... |
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What’s New With HER2: Charting New Paths in NSCLC Care - Module 1: HER2 in NSCLC: Actionable Insights and Testing Recommendations
STATEMENT OF NEED
With the identification of oncogenic drivers and the development of targeted therapies, comprehensive molecular assessment has become a cornerstone of non"small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) management. Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) alterations, which include gene mutations, gene amplifications, and protein overexpression, are emerging therapeutic targets. While testing can be used to guide treatment decisions, the heterogeneity of HER2 alterations and th... |
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What’s New With HER2: Charting New Paths in NSCLC Care - Module 2: Current and Emerging Treatments for HER2-Mutated NSCLC
STATEMENT OF NEED
In recent years, the discovery of oncogenic drivers and development of targeted therapies have transformed the treatment of advanced non"small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Alterations in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), which include gene mutations, gene amplifications, and protein overexpression, are therapeutic targets. Several HER2-targeted therapies are under investigation in NSCLC and have demonstrated clinical benefit, with trastuzumab deruxtecan re... |
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Podcast: What’s New With HER2: Charting New Paths in NSCLC Care - Module 1: HER2 in NSCLC: Actionable Insights and Testing Recommendations
STATEMENT OF NEED
With the identification of oncogenic drivers and the development of targeted therapies, comprehensive molecular assessment has become a cornerstone of non"small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) management. Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) alterations, which include gene mutations, gene amplifications, and protein overexpression, are emerging therapeutic targets. While testing can be used to guide treatment decisions, the heterogeneity of HER2 alterations and th... |
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Podcast: What’s New With HER2: Charting New Paths in NSCLC Care - Module 2: Current and Emerging Treatments for HER2-Mutated NSCLC
STATEMENT OF NEED
In recent years, the discovery of oncogenic drivers and development of targeted therapies have transformed the treatment of advanced non"small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Alterations in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), which include gene mutations, gene amplifications, and protein overexpression, are therapeutic targets. Several HER2-targeted therapies are under investigation in NSCLC and have demonstrated clinical benefit, with trastuzumab deruxtecan re... |
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Introduction to Adult Echocardiography - Live Course
The Introduction to Adult Echocardiography Live Training & CME Course is a five (5) day comprehensive echocardiography course in St. Petersburg, FL that is taught by leading echocardiography experts and is designed to provide a strong foundation to perform and/or interpret adult cardiac ultrasound examinations. All topics of discussion are based on ASE, ACEP and AFFP ultrasound practice guidelines.
The structure of the course is a combination of live lectures, scanning demonstrations, i... |
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Improving Equity in Endometrial Cancer Care and Treatment: Accelerating Change to Improve Patient Outcomes in Rural and Underserved Communities
Target Audience
This activity is designed specifically for oncologists, advanced practice providers, and other members of the healthcare team who serve patients from rural and underserved communities.
Program Overview
In rural and underserved communities, disparities in incidence, treatment, and prognosis are pervasive among women with endometrial cancer. Key factors contributing to these gaps include limited access to oncology specialty care and lack of familiarity with current therapeut... |
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Evolving Treatment Paradigms in HR+/HER2- Early Breast Cancer: Advancing Equitable Care in Rural and Underserved Communities
Target Audience
This activity is designed specifically for oncologists, advanced practice providers, and other members of the healthcare team who serve patients from rural and underserved communities.
Program Overview
Hormone receptor"positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2"negative (HR+/HER2-) breast cancer accounts for up to 70% of all breast cancer cases. In recent years, therapies such as CDK4/6 inhibitors, PARP inhibitors, and novel endocrine therapies have been ... |
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Targeting the PI3K/AKT/PTEN Pathway for Treatment of Breast Cancer: Innovative Solutions for Equitable Care
Target Audience
This activity is designed specifically for oncologists, advanced practice providers, and other members of the healthcare team who serve patients from rural and underserved communities.
Program Overview
The PI3K/AKT/PTEN pathway has emerged as a key player in breast cancer development. Notably, up to 50% of patients with hormone receptor"positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2"negative (HR+/HER2-) breast cancer have actionable biomarkers within this pat... |
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Cognitive Impairment Associated With Schizophrenia: Evaluating Emerging Therapies
Target Audience
This educational activity has been designed to meet the needs of psychiatrists, psychiatry mental health therapists (eg, psychologists, social workers, case managers), nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, primary care providers, and other clinicians involved in the management of patients with cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia (CIAS).
Program Overview
CIAS is a core symptom domain of schizophrenia that can impose even greater long-term da... |
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Brain Trust 2.0: Creating and Managing a Dementia Friendly Primary Care Clinic
Learning Objectives:
Develop key elements of plan of care that meets primary care principles of care access, continuity, coordination, and comprehensiveness.
Deliver trustworthy relationship building that is culturally and contextually tailored.
Name at lest one community resource available to support the person living with ADRD, their caregivers, and the primary care physician
CME Credit Claim: https://form.jotform.com/sortega801/TBT20OnlineCreditClaim
Please complete the posttest, e... |
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Hazardous Drug Handling - Primer for Pharmacy Personnel Home Study
This 6-hour knowledge-based home study learning program is tailored for pharmacy technicians and pharmacists, focusing on regulations and standards related to handling hazardous drugs. By grasping these guidelines, participants can implement optimal practices at work, ensuring the safety of both compounded hazardous preparations and the staff handling them. Pharmacy Technicians can utilize this program to equip themselves for the CPhT Advanced Certification Examination on hazardous drug handli... |
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Management of Venous Thromboembolism in Ambulatory Patients With Cancer
STATEMENT OF NEED
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common and potentially deadly complication in patients with cancer. The risk of cancer-related VTE has risen in the past 2 decades, with up to 15% of patients with cancer now experiencing VTE. Oncology nurses are ideally situated to assist in the identification of patients at risk for thrombotic events. This activity will discuss strategies for early identification of patients receiving outpatient (ambulatory) chemotherapy who are at high ... |
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Ethical Considerations in Speech-Language Pathology
Ethical Considerations in Speech-Language Pathology is a 1-hour audio continuing education (CE) course that provides general information on ethical behavior.
Participants will review the types of mistakes made and the importance of honesty and rule-following in practice. The course highlights the differentiation between ‘Principles of Ethics’ and the ‘Rule of Ethics’ and discusses the four general principles of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Code of Ethics.
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Compounding for the Veterinary Patient Home Study
In this 6-hour knowledge-based home study learning program, participants will review the regulations of veterinary medicine and recommendations for veterinary compounding, as well as the challenges in compounding for a veterinary patient. Participants will explore ways to help patients and owners by adjusting dosage strength, customizing dosage forms, and tailoring ingredient selection by animal species.
Participants will review important compounding principles, including the benefits an... |
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Management of Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalized Patients With Cancer
STATEMENT OF NEED
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common and potentially deadly complication in patients with cancer, and hospitalized cancer patients are at an increased risk for both first-time and recurrent VTE. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recommends VTE prophylaxis for all hospitalized cancer patients. Therefore, it is crucial for oncology nurses to be aware of risk factors, prevention, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and management of VTE. This activity will discu... |
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Management of Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalized Patients With Cancer
TATEMENT OF NEED
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common and potentially deadly complication in patients with cancer, and hospitalized cancer patients are at an increased risk for both first-time and recurrent VTE. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recommends VTE prophylaxis for all hospitalized cancer patients. Therefore, it is crucial for oncology nurses to be aware of risk factors, prevention, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and management of VTE. This activity will discuss ... |
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Nursing Management of Oral Mucositis
STATEMENT OF NEED
Oral mucositis (OM) is the inflammation of oral mucosa resulting from cancer therapy and manifesting as atrophy, swelling, erythema, and ulceration (Oronsky et al, 2018). Patients with OM may experience moderate-to-severe pain, difficulty speaking, difficulty eating and drinking, and ulcerations characterized by submucosal hemorrhaging and infection (Bolton, 2021). Due to these crippling effects, OM is considered one of the most debilitating toxicities of cancer therapy (W... |
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Nursing Management of Cancer Treatment Induced Cardiotoxicity
STATEMENT OF NEED
Several studies reveal that certain cancer therapies adversely affect the heart and lead to various types of injuries, which often result in death. Adverse cardiac effects may occur immediately after cessation of therapy or, in some cases, years after the therapy has been discontinued. Often the cardiotoxicity presents in subtle ways, and a lack of awareness results in high morbidity and mortality. It is important for oncology nurses to be aware of current advances in the ... |
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Clinical Competence in Breast Imaging, Interventions and Management
Clinical Competence in Breast Imaging, Interventions and Management provides a complete tutorial in all modalities, diagnostic strategies and interventional considerations encountered in the modern breast imaging practice. Its fifty cases allow the participant to explore a wide range of benign and malignant disease, with special focus placed on the variety of presentations and patterns of enhancement observed on mammogram, ultrasound, MRI and tomosynthesis. This activity also expounds on the... |
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Navigating the Gray: Ethical Practice - Laurel Kirby, MS, CCC-SLP
Presenter: Laurel Kirby, Ms CCC-SLP
Rehabilitation professionals are dedicated to working with human beings in complex academic and medical settings, which naturally results in conflicting priorities, unclear boundaries and overlapping relationships. In order to serve client populations well, and to maintain ethical integrity, the rehab professional must be able to recognize, navigate and mitigate ethical dilemmas to the best of their ability. This 2-hour course provides practical informat... |
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Aided Language Stimulation: An Essential Strategy for Teaching Language - Lauren S. Enders, MA, CCC-SLP
This course will begin with a quick review of core language principles for vocabulary selection and language teaching and the need for access to robust vocabularies. Participants will then learn how typical language learners acquire language and why the technique of aided language stimulation/aided language input is an essential component of any successful AAC implementation plan, regardless of a student’s age or language level. Sample activities for various age ranges will be described and ... |
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Developing Oral Narrative Skills - Lorraine Maida, MS CCC-SLP
In this participatory and lively workshop, you will engage with new, entertaining ways to develop vocabulary, language processing skills and prerequisite skills for oral narrative in young children. Walk away with a better understanding of the developmental sequence of narrative growth in children as well as over 25 new ways to present children's classic stories through song, movement and hands on visual imagery. Each participant will receive materials and ideas for exciting activities you can... |
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EBP/PBE: What Do I Do When There is No Evidence - Dr. Rik Lemoncello
This course provides learners with an understanding of the purpose, procedures, and limitations of evidence-based practice (EBP) in clinical decision-making applied to speech-language pathology. Participants will learn about the important role of practice-based evidence (PBE) and how it complements EBP to support management decisions for individual clients. Practical strategies and resources will be presented so that learners can implement course ideas immediately into practice. |
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Introduction to Tablets for Professionals - Lucas Steuber, MS, CCC-SLP, MA-T
This course will review the current state of iOS and Android technology for education. Essential cabling, setup, and configuration will be discussed. Finally, participants will be shown how to control the use of technology in the schools to best serve learning outcomes. |
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iPad Apps: Review and Application - Lauren S. Enders, MA, CCC-SLP
In this course, participants will learn how treatment can be enhanced by using iPad apps. Lauren explores different apps that are low cost and engaging for use in speech and language therapy.
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Naturalistic Intervention With Young Children: How to Partner with Parents - Heather Moore, Ph.D. CCC-SLP
Participants will learn how to teach and support parents’/caregivers’ use of naturalistic language-enhancing strategies during everyday routines. Strategies for increasing parent/caregiver responsivity, targeting new vocabulary, and increasing rate of communication will be reviewed through individual and group coaching procedures. Participants will also learn how to use technology to improve reflective practices. |
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Structured But Fun: Effective Practices for Early Childhood Classrooms - Lorraine Maida, MS CCC-SLP
Through presentation of highly engaging multimodality teaching strategies, participants will engage in activities that emphasize the best practices utilized throughout the day in early childhood settings that will allow for full participation of children at all ability levels. Music, movement, rhythm, visual supports, oral language and print literacy practices, transition practices, large group management and engagement will all be addressed. Handouts will give information that allows practic... |
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Teaching Articulation to Special Populations - Linda D'Onofrio, MS CCC-SLP
An articulation disorder may stand alone, be the symptom of another underlying disorder, and can co-occur with developmental challenges. A thorough differential diagnosis, a prioritized treatment plan, and individualized care can help produce more effective outcomes. Participants learned how to discuss the importance of differential diagnosis, prioritize care within and outside the scope of practice, teach to the individual not the disability, and identify communication goals. |
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Thinking with a Visual Brain in an Auditory World - Ellyn Lucas Arwood, Ed.D., CCC-SLP
Most people learn to think with a visual brain but live in an auditory culture. This workshop provides participants with the neuroscience behind how learners become literate through the Neuro-Semantic Language Learning Theory (NLLT). Participants will be provided with numerous examples of how to use language strategies for increased literacy across ages and populations. |
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Dysphagia Therapy in Adult Settings: Providing Skilled Services and Documentation - Amber B. Heape, ClinScD, CCC-SLP
Documentation of skilled services has never been more crucial for appropriate reimbursement. Attendees at this session will identify and analyze the provision of skilled services to patients with dysphagia. Participants will be educated on Medicare and insurance guidelines, including writing appropriate goals and skilled daily notes. |
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Language Assessment in Young Children: Partnering with Parents/Caregivers - Heather Moore, Ph.D. CCC-SLP
Participants will learn about measures and practices that can be used to assess young children (under age 3), which promote parent/caregiver engagement and help to identify meaningful goals and strategies that can be used for naturalistic interventions. |
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Assessment & Treatment for Stuttering - Jessica Fanning, PhD CCC-SLP
Part 1: for this course reviews procedures for assessing stuttering concerns across the lifespan. The instructor will also review a variety of iPad apps that support data collection. This course is appropriate for clinicians seeking review of current assessment procedures and assumes clinicians have worked with several fluency clients. Participants will review differential diagnostic guidelines for identifying developmental stuttering versus typical disfluency. The course will review how to us... |
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Carryover Techniques in Articulation and Phonology - Pam Marshalla, MA, CCC
This is the 2nd of a 2 part seminar for 2 courses, so it is for the PREMIUM subscribers only. The first is either Successful R Therapy or Frontal and Lateral Lisp.
In this seminar Pam Marshalla presents a wide variety of practical methods designed to stimulate carryover in articulation and phonological therapy. Content of the class is based on material abstracted from research, historic and modern textbooks, and more than three decades of clinical experience. Topics include: Client attitud... |
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Charting Your Career Path to Private Practice - Jan Ward, M.Ed., CCC-SLP
Many clinicians generally see private practice as perhaps something more glamorous than it actually is. Types of private practice service delivery will be discussed such as contracting with facilities, contracting with school districts, working independently or starting a business with other speech-language pathologists. Legal and financial responsibilities will be explained. The participants will be encouraged to create personal goals for clinical experience, along with building “their t... |
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Collaborative Instruction for Students with Autism and Challenging Behaviors - Rosemarie Griffen, MA, CCC-SLP, BCBA COBA
In this course participants will learn about effective strategies for providing collaborative services for students with autism and for those with challenging behavior. We will discuss evidenced based assessments for helping to get a better understanding of this learner’s overall communication skill set. In addition, we will focus on understanding the variety of communicative functions and why working on requesting for early learners is so very important for helping students acquire a functi... |
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Maximizing Outcomes in Patients with Cognitive Impairments - Dr. Robert Winningham
Patients with cognitive impairment often have difficulty with functional activities as well as learning or relearning behaviors in the clinic. Many clients are functioning below their potential, because of fear or other psychological barriers. In addition, depressed, unmotivated, apathetic and/or anxious clients often do not benefit from treatment as much as others. As you know, these patients often pose difficult challenges for therapists. In this exciting and unique 2 day course, we will lea... |
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Providing Access to Language and Curricular Content with Core Vocabulary - Lauren S. Enders, MA, CCC-SLP
In this course, participants will learn why the provision and teaching of core vocabulary is a best practice when supporting individuals with complex communication needs. Instruction will be provided on where to find research-based lists of core vocabulary words that can be used to aid in appropriate vocabulary selection. Participants will learn about the principles of an important language teaching model called the Descriptive Teaching model (a method of teaching language within academic co... |
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SMARTER Steps to IEP Goals - Lara Wakefield, PhD, CCC-SLP and Kelly Ott, MEd, MHS, CCC-SLP
This course will focus on teaching the S.M.A.R.T.E.R. steps framework that SLPs can use to develop IEP goals that align with the 13 federal mandates. These steps contain a variety of time-saving tips to help SLPs understand the legal jargon to become empowered in their roles on IEP teams. The presentation explores the following components of an IEP goal:
1) Specific;
2) Measurable;
3) Attainable;
4) Research-based;
5) Teachable;
6) Evaluated and communicated to parents; and
7) Rele... |
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SMARTER Steps to IEP Goals: Save Time and Optimize Outcomes - Killy Ott, MHS, MEd, CCC-SLP and Lara Wakefield, PhD, CCC-SLP
This course is a longer version of another course with a similar name. It includes more detail.
This workshop will focus on teaching the S.M.A.R.T.E.R. steps framework that SLPs can use to develop IEP goals that align with legal mandates. These steps contain a variety of time-saving tips to help SLPs understand the legal jargon to become empowered in their roles on IEP teams. The presentation explores the following components of an IEP goal: 1) Specific; 2) Measurable; 3) Attainable; 4) R... |
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Start Your Own Telepractice, Now! - William Connors, M.A., CCC-SLP, Certified TCC provider
Telepractice, providing treatment and services from a distance, represents a rapidly growing opportunity in the field of rehabilitation. This course will primarily focus on how to start or grow a telepractice. Practical skills, techniques, technology, and tools that a therapist can use to most efficiently and effectively use telepractice to treat patients and expand business will be discussed in detail. The course will demonstrate how to schedule, host, conduct and save notes for a telepract... |
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Telepractice Made Easy - William Connors, M.A., CCC-SLP, Certified TCC provider
This course will introduce the basics of providing services at a distance using telepractice. Practical skills, techniques, technology, and tools that a therapist can use to most efficiently and effectively use telepractice to treat patients will be discussed. This course will also discuss administrative concerns such as professional, regulatory, and technological information relative to telepractice. Since these issues are changeable and fluid, resources on how to stay up to date will be prov... |
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Treating Voice Disorders in the Pediatric Population - Ellen Friedman, MA, CCC-SLP
The human larynx is ever changing, from the first cries of infancy, through puberty, and until full its maturation at age 18. As such, treating voice disorders in pediatric patients can be tricky, and the early vocal habits of children will affect the health and potential of their larynges forever. In this workshop participants will learn how to do a thorough clinical/perceptual evaluation of the pediatric voice using developmentally meaningful methodologies. Participants will learn how to dev... |
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Using Improv Theater Techniques in Speech/Language and Cognitive Treatment - Ruth Jenkins, MS, CCC-SLP
In this course, participants will have hands-on experience, backed by written instructions, in exercises that are challenging and engaging and yet require little planning/prep time. Many of the exercises address multiple goals, which make them particularly good for groups such as school aged students and stroke or head injury groups. They are most useful in the learning and generalization phases of skill acquisition. Each exercise will be explained regarding its format/rules and regarding its ... |
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Voice, Breathing, and Digestion: The Triad Relationship and its Holistic Treatment - Ellen Friedman, MA, CCC-SLP
Digestive issues are responsible for many of the breathing and voice deficits we see in infants, children, and adults. While Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease affects millions of Americans, its serious illness potential is widely misunderstood. Gastroesophageal reflux disease is a high contributor to esophageal, throat, oral,. And lung cancers, COPD, pnuemonia, nasal-sinus issues,and dysphonia. This workshop will outline the intricate relationship between GERD, breathing, and voice, for patients... |
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Non-Sterile Compounding: Canadian Regulatory Standards Home Study
This 6.0-hour (0.6 CEUs) knowledge-based home study program equips pharmacists and pharmacy technicians with skills for non-sterile compounding. Participants will learn to evaluate procedures, implement quality controls, and ensure compliance with Canadian regulatory standards.
Key Topics:
Regulatory Guidelines & Compliance Strategies
Risk Assessment & Quality Control
Facility, Equipment, & Documentation Best Practices
Product & Preparation Requirements... |
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IEP Goals: S.M.A.R.T.E.R. STEPS® Guide
IEP Goals: S.M.A.R.T.E.R. STEPS® Guide is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that provides a framework for writing legally compliant IEP goals.
Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings give parents and professionals a chance to work together to design an IEP for children with learning disabilities who have been determined eligible for special education. The goals for academic achievement and functional performance set for each child are the core of the IEP. Goals r... |
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Advances in™ Beta-Thalassemia: The Evolving Therapeutic Landscape
Target Audience
This educational activity is directed toward hematologists and hematologist-oncologists, as well as pediatricians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other clinicians involved in the management of patients with beta-thalassemia.
Program Overview
This online educational activity is designed to provide expert interpretation of new and emerging data on the treatment of β-thalassemia, with a forward-looking perspective on how new and novel agents might imp... |
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Improving Communication with Young Clients
Improving Communication with Your Young Clients is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE) course that teaches communication skills for use with young clients and their families.
Healthy professional and personal relationships rely heavily on effective and respectful communication skills. Professionals can benefit from enhancing their repertoire of communication techniques to improve the quality of relationships with families and children who have communication skills deficits. The compet... |
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Psychotherapy Myths & Faulty Beliefs
Psychotherapy Myths & Faulty Beliefs is a 1-hour video continuing education (CE) course that explores some of the key beliefs concerning standard of care and ethics in psychotherapy. Dr. Zur’s critical approach will help participants redefine best practices as they consider the following myths:
The Inherent ‘Power Differential’
Physical Touch in Psychotherapy is Unethical and Leads to Sex
The DSM is a Scientifically Valid and Reliable Document
Dual Relationships in Counseling are A... |
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