Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, and Geriatrics

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT A CURRENTLY ACTIVE PROGRAM.

Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, and Geriatrics is organized by Continuing Education, Inc. and will be held from Sep 27 - Oct 04, 2020 at Royal Caribbean's Harmony of the Seas, Port Canaveral, Florida, United States of America.

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

Credits:
• 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
• 14 ACPE Credits 
• 14 (part II) MOC points in medical knowledge in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program 
• 14.0 Contact Hours 

Topics:
• Osteoporosis
? Evaluate screening recommendations and apply them to everyday practice
? Utilize therapies that include bisphosphonates, PTH and inhibitors of the RANK/RANKL/OPG system
? Review the current controversies and clinical studies regarding Vitamin D
? Better advise patients on calcium supplementation
• MCI and Alzheimer's Disease
? Define Mild Cognitive Impairment in both amnestic and non-amnestic disease states
? Understand the potential implications of early diagnosis of dementia for patient care outcomes
? Describe the clinical manifestations of Alzheimer's disease
? Evaluate patients for symptoms of cognitive and functional loss
? Apply appropriate drug and non-drug interventions for patients with dementia
? Counsel families and caregivers at all stages of disease
• To Sleep: Perchance to Dream
? Describe the age-related changes in sleep
? Evaluate the psychiatric, medical, and neurological causes of sleep problems
? Implement office-based and objective methods for evaluating sleep disordered breathing
? Intervene with appropriate treatments for complaints of insomnia including CBTI as first line guideline directed care
• Management of Constipation
? Understand the common barriers that hinder the optimal management of chronic constipation in health care settings
? Define primary as well as secondary causes of hypertension in the older adult
? Provide a rational strategy to manage constipation based on current best evidence of the drug classes currently available
• Where Pain Management Meets Addiction Medicine
? Understand the pathogenesis of pain
? Apply recent guidelines in pain management including calculations for Morphine Milligram Equivalent Units
? Choose appropriate drug therapy and multimodal interventions for the relief of pain
? Consider the metabolic breakdown of different narcotics and their contribution to serotonin syndrome
? Employ newer tools to determine the potential for opioid dependence
• Pulmonary Disease in the Elderly
? Evaluate current trends in pulmonary disease in the elderly
? Review current immunization guidelines and supportive therapy
? Include new therapies like LAMA/LABA combination inhalers and roflumilast in the management of COPD
? Implement the appropriate use of nebulizers, MDIs and oxygen
? Apply guideline directed care to patients with COPD
• Nutritional Supplements: When East meets West
? Understand that adequate nutrition is a prerequisite for the maintenance of good health and optimum efficiency
? Find the on-line resources that provide the best evidence in support of dietary and nutritional supplements
? Identify targeted supplements for heart disease, vision, depression/mood, and urologic disorders
? Council patients on the risks of certain therapies in the presence of other disease
? Improve your working knowledge of the Mediterranean diet.