Topics in Addiction Medicine, Mental Health, Obesity, and Sports Medicine by Continuing Education, Inc

Topics in Addiction Medicine, Mental Health, Obesity, and Sports Medicine is organized by Continuing Education, Inc and will be held from Dec 23 - 30, 2018 at 7-Night Eastern Caribbean Holiday Cruise Conference Round-trip Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event is Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Improve primary care providers competence in identifying, evaluating, and managing sports medicine/musculoskeletal conditions. The health care team performance will be improved by improved communication and efficiency due to improved selection of diagnostic modalities and evidence-based treatment options.

Topics:
•Overview of substance use disorders (addiction) and diversion: epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis and pharmacological and pharmacokinetic properties of commonly abused substances - Part one:
•Describe the scope of the problem of substance-related disorders (substance use, abuse, diversion)
• Overview of substance use disorders (addiction) and diversion: epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis and pharmacological and pharmacokinetic properties of commonly abused substances - Part two, and Consequences and Prevention of Substance Abuse and Addiction
• Distinguish the changes to diagnostic criteria between DSM-IV-TR to DSM-5 for substance-use disorders
• Pharmacotherapy for Substance Use Disorders - Ethanol, Nicotine, and Opioids
• Compare and contrast the efficacy of drugs used to treat substance use disorders
• Obesity and weight control including pharmacotherapy for both OTC and prescription drugs
• Compare and contrast the efficacy of drugs used for the short- and long-term treatment of obesity. Knee examination workshop
• Select the most effective and evidence based physical examination tests to establish the diagnosis for knee pain
• Shoulder examination workshop
• Select the most effective and evidence based physical examination tests to establish the diagnosis for shoulder pain
• Ankle injuries and workshop
• Utilize evidence based examination tests to evaluate ankle injuries
• Hip pain evaluation and management
• Select physical examination test to evaluate hip pain
• Tendonitis
• Select evidence based treatments for tendonitis
• Concussion
• Determine medical clearance and return to play recommendations following a concussion
• MSK imaging
• Educate patients on indications and limitations of MRI

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.