Topics in Family Medicine and Primary Care 2018 by Continuing Education, Inc

Topics in Family Medicine and Primary Care is organized by Continuing Education, Inc and will be held from Aug 31 - Sep 10, 2018 at 10-Night Italy and Greek Isles Cruise Conference Round-trip Rome, Rome, Lazio, Italy.

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.

Topics:
Optimizing Results through Teamwork
• Apply the characteristics of successful teams and tools to build teamwork and improve outcomes
• Describe how teamwork can improve chronic disease metrics
• List and explain stages of team formation

Preparing Your Patients for a Successful Transition to their Golden Years
• Improve the wellness of the elder patients seen
• Address preventive measures for elder patients
• Provide appropriate medication management for the elderly
• Improve communication strategies in discussing advance directives with patients

Medical Error Reduction: Optimizing Outcomes and Patient Safety
• Discuss types of medical errors that can result in increased morbidity and mortality
• Minimize potential cognitive error risks to result in improved outcomes and patient safety
• Explain how diagnosis momentum can result in medical errors

Travel Medicine: Prevention Goes International
• Discuss the scope of US travelers abroad
• Assess appropriately the medical risk to the traveler
• List commonly needed Immunizations for travelers
• Implement helpful travel preventative treatments
• Utilize travel medicine related website resources

Optimizing Patient Safety - Appropriate Opioid Prescribing
• Appropriately evaluate a patient for Chronic Pain
• Utilize general guidelines for prescribing Controlled Substances / Opioids, including the new CDC guidelines
• Implement the use of multiple modalities in managing chronic pain
• Explain the added risks when prescribing opioids in excess of 100 mg Morphine Equivalent Dosing (MED)
• Implement strategies to improve patient safety and compliance with guidelines for prescribing opioids and other Controlled Substances

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