Topics in Family Medicine by Continuing Education, Inc - North Holland

Topics in Family Medicine is organized by Continuing Education, Inc and will be held from Jul 08 - 20, 2019 at Celebrity Reflection, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.

Target Audience:
Physicians, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners.

Credits:
14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
14 ACPE Credits 
14.0 Contact Hours 

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 2016 Centers for ? Disease Control guidelines
? Implement the use of multiple modalities in managing chronic pain
? Explain the added risks when prescribing opioids more than 100 mg / day Morphine Milligram Equivalent (MME)
? Implement strategies to improve patient safety and compliance with guidelines in prescribing opioids and other Controlled Substances
• Abdominal Pain Considerations
? The clinician will be able to recognize the likely diagnosis and apply that knowledge to management plans.
• Exercise in Pregnancy
? The clinician with propose appropriate exercise for the pregnant patient.
• Marine injury and how to code it with ICD10.
? The clinician will be able to conclude the proper code based on knowledge of injury.
• Sports Head and Heart Issues
? The clinician will be able to diagnose a concussion and recognize the common athletic heart issues.
• Pap smear
? Pap smear, when and how often?
• Thyroid Considerations
? The clinician will be able to confidently diagnose and devise treatment and follow-up for abnormal thyroid tests.
• USPSTF Recommendations and Overview
? The clinician will be able to translate evidence based recommendations into a patient management plan.