Enhancing the Skin Barrier of the Perineal Skin is organized by Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN) and will be held during Nov 17, 2017 - Nov 17, 2020. The target audience for this medical event is RN, Nurse Practitioners, Health Care Professionals who work with WOC patients. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 1.12 Contact Hours. Course Description: The skin is the largest organ of the human body that fulfills multiple essential tasks. Among others, it forms the boundary between the inside and outside and it provides protection against mechanical and chemical threats. Prolonged and repeated exposures to irritants like urine, stool, skin cleansing chemicals and procedures may exceed the protective capacity of the skin barrier resulting in an incontinence-associated dermatitis of the perineal skin. This session will describe how the perineal skin is damaged and it will explore in detail the underlying mechanisms to enhance and restore the skin barrier function with topical leave-on products. Course Objectives are: Upon successful completion of this session, you will have a better understanding how topical leave-on products work in the context of IAD prevention which will enables you to make informed decisions regarding product selection. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Managing Moisture-Associated Skin Damage (MASD) - Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis & Intertriginous Dermatitis (IAD & ITD) is organized by Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN). Release Date: Nov 28, 2017 Expiration Date: Nov 28, 2020 Accreditation: This Online CME Course has been accreditated for a maximum of 1.02 Contact Hours. Course Description: Moisture-associated skin damage (MASD) has gained enhanced attention as a relevant cause of pressure injuries, but also as skin damage is often overlooked for pressure injuries. Incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) and Intertriginous dermatitis (ITD)/intertrigo are different, yet often co-related phenomenon. This course will examine the current literature regarding IAD and ITD, highlighting the evidence, reimbursement, and regulatory gaps. The session will present best practice guidance for the prevention and treatment of both IAD and ITD, including over the counter and prescriptive interventions. Course Objective: Upon successful completion of this session, as a respondent, you will be able to combine best practice recommendations for IAD and ITD into your clinical practice. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Granulomatous Dermatitis: Histopathology with Clinical Correlates is organized by Opus Medicus, Inc. Dates: Release Date: 11-Dec-2017 Expiration Date: 10-Dec-2020 Accreditation: Opus Medicus designates this Internet enduring material for a maximum of 1.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity / 1.75 ABP SAM for MOC/CC Credits1. Topics: • Identification of granulomatous inflammation and specific subtypes. • Differential diagnoses for specific types and patterns of granulomatous inflammation in the skin. • Utilization of special stains for diagnosis. • Integration of histologic findings with clinical features for a more accurate diagnosis. Course Description: This online CME course provides Pathologists, Dermatopathologists, Dermatologists, and trainees criteria to correctly identify the type of granulomas encountered in skin biopsies. It covers the clinical entities that correlate with types of granulomatous inflammation and reviews additional studies that may be helpful to further specify the diagnosis. The course explains how to integrate histologic findings with clinical features and ancillary studies into a specific diagnosis. The information presented facilitates effective histopathology consultations to clinical colleagues for improved therapies and clinical outcomes. Objectives:  • Correctly identify the type of granulomas encountered in skin biopsies. • Learn the differential diagnosis that specific types of granulomatous inflammation imply. • Learn what additional studies may be used to help specify the diagnosis. • Integrate histologic findings with clinical features and ancillary studies into a specific diagnosis. • Expand understanding of the power of detailed hisopathologic evaluation for providing effective histopathology consultations to clinical colleagues.

Ulcerating and Necrotizing (non-vasculitic) Skin Disorders: Histopathologic Keys to Clinical Correlations, a How-to Guide is organized by Opus Medicus, Inc.  Dates: Release Date: 05-Jan-2018 Expiration Date: 04-Jan-2021 Accreditation: Opus Medicus designates this Internet enduring material for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity / 2.0 ABP SAM for MOC/CC Credits. Topics: • How-to guide to evaluating skin specimens with ulceration and necrosis. • Types of necrosis. • Physical injuries. • Vascular insufficiency: histologic features of ischemia and vasculopathy disorders. • Herpes simplex and Varicella-Zoster. • Arthropod bites (including tick and brown recluse spider) • Infections including ecthyma gangrenosum. • Necrobiosis lipoidica and necrobiotic xanthogranuloma. • Protothecosis. • Acanthamebiasis. • Pyoderma Gangrenosum. • Calciphylaxis. • Pancreatic fat necrosis. • Necrotizing fasciitis. Course Description: This course addresses the need for recognition of critical differential diagnoses in skin specimens with the principle finding of ulceration and/or necrosis. It employs an algorithmic approach using a microanatomic pattern to delineate a list of potential etiologies and elucidates key histopathologic features that enable identification of specific entities of clinical importance. Essential elements of the clinical context will be highlighted when required for further diagnostic differentiation. Objectives:  • Recognize key features present in a skin specimen with ulceration/necrosis to develop a specific list of differential diagnoses. • Understand the optimal type and location of skin sample for the best diagnostic yield. • Utilize patient demographics and clinical history, including information on underlying disorders, a specific timeline of lesional development, lesional morphologic features, and anatomic site to enhance the specificity of diagnosis.

Lichen Sclerosus and Lichen Simplex Chronicus (On Demand) is organized by American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP) and will be held from Mar 20, 2018 - Mar 20, 2021. Course Summary: This presentation will focus on lichen sclerosus & lichen simplex chronicus—two of the most important, common and sometimes challenging vulvar dermatologic conditions: We will present images and comparisons as we discuss their clinical presentation, diagnosis, microscopic findings, pathophysiology, and treatment. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Melanocytic Lesions with Scarring and Desmoplasia is organized by Opus Medicus, Inc. and will be held from Sep 27, 2018 - Sep 26, 2021. Credits: AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Opus Medicus designates this Internet enduring material for a maximum of 1.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Credits: In addition to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, Opus Medicus designates this course for Specialty Board MOC Program Credits: 1.75 ABP SAM for MOC/CC Credits1 Description: This course is designed to identify the problems and pitfalls associated with pathologic diagnosis of melanocytic lesions with fibrosis. It presents multiple case examples and decriptive summary slides to describe the characteristics features of irritated melanocytic nevi, recurrent banal and dysplastic nevi, regression-associated fibrosis in malignant melanomas, sclerosing nevi and desmoplastic melanoma. It describes pitfalls, limitations of interpretation, and applications of immunohistochemicstry, utilizing an image-intensive format. Topics: • Irritated nevi. • Recurrent nevus phenomenon. • Regression in melanoma. • Sclerosing nevi, desmoplastic melanoma, and utility of immunostains. Conference Objectives are : • Identify the histology of irritated nevi. • Identify the histology of recurrent nevi and limitations of diagnosis based on recurrence. • Understand pitfalls in interpretation in relation to the diagnosis of malignancy. • Differentiate sclerosing nevi from desmoplastic melanoma and understand the utility of immunostains. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

BAP1 Gene Inactivation/Loss: Relevance to Skin Tumors is organized by Opus Medicus, Inc. Dates: Release Date: 05-Dec-2018 Expiration Date: 04-Dec-2021 Accreditation: Opus Medicus designates this Internet enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity / 1.0 ABP SAM for MOC/CC Credits. Topics: • Characteristics of the BAP1 gene and its function. • Germline mutations in BAP1 and associated tumor syndrome. • Somatic mutations in BAP1 and associated tumors. • BAP1 inactivated atypical epithelioid melanocytic tumors. • BAP1 inactivated skin tumors and BRAF mutations. • Behavior of BAP1-inactivated skin tumors. • BAP1 in cellular blue nevi and melanomas mimicking cellular blue nevi. Course Description: This course is an update on the current understanding of the BAP1 gene, its functional domains, tumor syndromes associated with loss of function germline mutations, and tumors with somatic loss of BAP1 gene expression. It concentrates on cutaneous tumors associated with BAP1 loss, their work-up, and clinical implications. Objectives: • BAP1 gene and function of its product. • Implications of germline and somatic BAP1 mutations. • Cutaneous melanocytic lesions with loss of BAP1. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Melanocytic Lesions is organized by Opus Medicus, Inc. and will be held during Sep 10, 2017 - Sep 09, 2020. The target audience for this medical event is Dermatologists. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Course Description: This course illustrates common pitfalls in the histopathologic diagnosis of melanocytic lesions using a case-based approach. Topics: • Combined melanocytic lesions • Proliferative nodules versus melanoma within large congenital nevi • Nevoid melanoma and other deceptive nevoid melanocytic lesions • Superficial pigmented spindle and epithelioid melanocytic proliferations • Recurrent melanocytic lesions Conference Objectives : After taking this course, participants are expected to improve their ability to diagnose combined melanocytic nevi, proliferative nodules versus melanoma arising within large congenital nevi, nevoid melanomas, superficial pigmented spindle and epithelioid melanocytic proliferations, and recurrent melanocytic lesions. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Atopic Dermatitis Management in Rural and Underserved Communities: Overcoming the Distance for Improved Dermatology Care is organized by RME Collaborative and will be held from Nov 01, 2019 - Oct 31, 2020. Accreditation: Physician Credit Designation: The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Nursing Continuing Education Credit Designation: The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hour. Designated for 1.0 contact hours of pharmacotherapy credit for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses. Program Overview: Atopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that affects up to 10% of adults and 25% of children in the United States, and its prevalence is on the rise. Underrecognition and undertreatment of atopic dermatitis are common, leading to increased morbidity, poor quality of life, and rising healthcare costs. Patients in rural and underserved areas, where access to dermatology specialty care and follow-up are challenging, are particularly at risk for undertreatment. Given that primary care clinicians are often the sole provider of dermatology care and treatment in rural and underserved communities, this CME/CE program is designed to update these healthcare professionals about the latest advances in the recognition, diagnosis, and treatment of atopic dermatitis. Faculty will discuss guideline-recommended management strategies, insights into the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis, and the impact of the disease on quality of life. Real-world patient experiences and strategies to overcome rural-specific barriers, including the use of teledermatology, will also be discussed. Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to: • Describe how to prepare clinical practice settings for telehealth adoption and implementation • Discuss the pathophysiology and immunologic factors associated with atopic dermatitis • Differentiate atopic dermatitis from other skin conditions • Integrate clinical data and guideline recommendations into individualized treatment decisions for patients with inadequately controlled atopic dermatitis Faculty: Elizabeth A. Kiracofe, MD Board-Certified Dermatologist Illinois Dermatology Institute Chicago, IL Peter A. Lio, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology & Pediatrics Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Director, Chicago Integrative Eczema Center Founding Partner, Medical Dermatology Associates of Chicago Chicago, IL

This GP Update Refresher course will take place online as a LIVE STREAM webinar from 26 - 29 November 2020.  Accreditation: A submission will be made end of October to the CPD Certification Service. The courses in the past have been accredited by the CPD Certification Service, worth 30 hours of CPD credits. Description: In 4 days, the course format offers a structured and practice-oriented update on all relevant subject areas of general medicine. The neutral and comprehensive programme is tailored to your specific needs in everyday practice life. Participate from home via live-stream-broadcast. You can ask your questions and give feedback to each session.  What can you expect? • Speakers icon Experienced approachable speakers • presentation icon Short focused talks • Frage Interactive Q&As and Case Studies • handbook icon Digital handbook with presentations • LS Logo OnDemand Plus access to re-watch the course