Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Hepatology

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT A CURRENTLY ACTIVE PROGRAM.

Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Hepatology is organized by Continuing Education, Inc. This onsite medical conference will be held from Jan 02 - 09, 2021 at Royal Caribbean's Symphony of the Seas, Miami, Florida, United States of America.

Who should attend?
This CME conference is specially intended for Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacists

Accreditation:
• 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

Program Purpose:
The goal of these lectures is to evaluate and update knowledge on the mechanisms and pathogenesis, the latest developments in the diagnosis, treatment, and guidelines for significant diseases involving the gastrointestinal tract and liver. Lectures will address epidemiology, risk factors, clinical pearls, new methodology, imaging, and evidence-based guidance to allow the audience to discover how best to alter clinical practices to promote health care team performance and outcomes with regards to digestive diseases.

Topics:
? Celiac disease
• Identify risk factors, symptoms, signs, tests, treatment for celiac disease

? C. difficile colitis
• Define risk factors, symptoms, signs, tests, treatment for C. difficile colitis

? Eosinophilic esophagitis
• Define risk factors, symptoms, signs, tests, treatment for eosinophilic esophagitis

? Fulminant hepatic failure
• Cite risk factors, symptoms, signs, tests, treatment for fulminant hepatic failure

? Update, chronic hepatitis C
• Identify risk factors, symptoms, signs, tests, treatment for chronic hepatitis C

? Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
• Explain risk factors, symptoms, signs, tests, treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

? Cirrhosis and complications
• Recognize risk factors, symptoms, signs, tests, treatment for cirrhosis and complications

? Health Promotion: Encouraging a Healthy Body, Mind, and Spirit
• Evaluate the patient's current state of physical, psychological, and spiritual health
• Examine the patient's current dietary and exercise practices
• Consider an individualized health-promotion strategy for the patient.

? "Oh, My Aching Head": Managing Migraine, Tension, and Cluster Headaches
• Describe the classification of headaches
• Examine the appropriate use of brain imaging in evaluating patients with headache
• Define the relevant use of abortive and preventive medications in the treatment of migraine.

? "What Goes Up Must Come Down!": Diagnosis and Management of Hypertension
• Describe the appropriate measurement and classification of hypertension
• Discuss the laboratory testing and imaging needed to diagnose common causes of secondary hypertension
• Describe the major classes of antihypertensive treatment and discuss the type of patient most likely to benefit from each class.

? "Get Me Out of Here!": Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia in the Primary Care Setting
• Elicit and assess symptoms of panic disorder and agoraphobia
• Apply appropriate lifestyle modification and stress management skills, including muscle relaxation, breathing control, thought-stopping, and cognitive restructuring
• Recognize and manage the side effects of anxiolytics.

? Male Sexual Disorders: Treatment of Hypogonadism, Erectile, and Ejaculatory Dysfunction
• Elicit a thorough, non-judgmental sexual history
• Describe appropriate laboratory and radiologic testing in the evaluation of male sexual problems
• Discuss the effects, risks, and benefits of testosterone replacement and medications to improve the patient's erectile and ejaculatory function.

? Enhancing Clinician - Patient Communication: Becoming a Healer
• Identify the technical, biomedical aspects of the clinician?s role from the personal and psychosocial aspects of care
• Explain specific attitudes and values needed to create a healing environment
• Employ techniques for establishing and maintaining rapport with patients.

? The Faith Factor: Practicing Spiritually - Sensitive Care
• Obtain a spiritual history in an ethically-appropriate manner
• Examine the physiologic, psychological, social, and lifestyle effects of religious beliefs upon health outcomes
• Define the spectrum of possible interventions available for addressing patients' spiritual needs.