Family Medicine Canada / New England Cruise

1. Review diagnostic criteria; review goals of therapy; update current recommendations regarding treatment and monitoring
2. Discuss burden of the disease; review definition, pathogenesis and diagnosis of asthma; discuss current classification, treatment and monitoring guidelines
3. Identify current issues related to changing epidemiology of seasonal influenza
4. Review evaluation and treatment for common thyroid disorders
5. Improve knowledge and treatment plans for the care of febrile children based on age and most probable diagnosis
6. List current treatment options and how to create ideal smoking cessation strategies into practice to improve smoking cessation rates
7. Increase provider awareness of pertussis diagnosis and management due to the recent increase in pertussis outbreaks
8. Describe new guidelines in JNC-8
9. Update physicians on new concensus guidelines
10. Classify the different types of dementia
11. Describe the pathology of an uncommon medical case
12. Review the diagnostic criteria for RLS
13. List up-to-date treatment options for Polymyalgic Rheumatica
14. Review literature provided for each topic