CME Sam Continuing Medical Education and Self Assessment Modules

Continuing Medical Education and Self Assessment Modules: Meetings, Webinars, and Self Study Courses

Preventive Cardiology Mediterranean Cruise
Monday, May 30, 2016 - Friday, June 10, 2016

CME Provider:
Continuing Education, Inc. ›
5700 4th Street N
St. Petersburg, Florida (FL) 33703
United States

Phone: (800) 422-0711

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Conference Center:
Aboard Holland America's ms Eurodam
Mediterranean Cruise Conference
Departs Barcelona,
Spain

Phone: (800) 422-0711

Description:
Preliminary Topics for Activity

•Obesity and Co-morbidities
•Lowering Triglycerides and Raising HDL: How to do it and is it of value?
•Lipids in Children & Adolescents: Challenges and Solutions
•Cost Effective Strategies for Assessing and Treating Cardio-metabolic Risk: Role of Biomarkers
•Advanced Lipid testing – Case Based Discussion
•Familial Hypercholesterdemia – Genetics, Diagnosis, New Therapies
•Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and Cardiac Risk: Management of Insulin Resistance Syndrome
•Preventive Medicine Form A to Z
•Reaching Blood Pressure Goals – A Focus on Isolated Systolic and Resistant Hypertension
•The Impact of Recent Clinical Trials on Preventive Cardiology in the Office – Let’s make the Cardiologist and Lonely as the Maytag Repairman
•Defeating Dementia – What Can We Do?
•Travel Medicine – Staying Well Away from Home
•Is Something Fish Here? The Facts about Marine Oils and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
•Case Studies on Reducing Cardiovascular Residual Risk

At the completion of this educational activity participants should be able to:

•Discuss the significance of addressing triglycerides and non-HDL abnormalities for reducing cardiovascular risk
•Identify medical factors, medications, insulin resistance as secondary causes of obesity and how to workup, address and treat these conditions
•Discuss practical approach to work up pediatric patients with dyslipidemia and discuss use of pharmaco therapy in youth and adolescents,
•Discuss outcomes data for CRP, ApoB, LDL-P, and cost effective approach to treatment of residual risk
•Describe the concept of concordance and discordance of LDL Cholesterol versus LDL Particle or ApoB and apply to management
•Describe work up and diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia and explain treatment approach inclusive of new therapies
•Diagnose PCOS and describe the approach to management
•Discuss state-of-the art Cardiovascular and Global Preventive Medicine Patients
•Differentiate Methods to Diagnose and Treat Resistant Hypertension
•Apply Primary and Secondary Cardiovascular Prevention Goals
•Explain Diagnostic, Treatment and Prevention Strategies for Alzheimer’s Disease and Vascular Dementia
•Analyze patients’ requirement for prevention and treatment of travel-related health problems
•Assess the pros and cons of omega-3 fatty acids for cardiovascular disease prevention and global health
•Discuss office-based treatment strategies for maximal reduction of cardiovascular residual risk

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Instructors:
Wayne L. Peters, MD
Tara Dall, MD, FNLA

CME Credit:
Physicians:  14.00 Hours
Physician Assistants:  14.00 Hours
Nurses:  14.00 Hours

Self Assessment Module (SAM): No

Specialty Audience:
Emergency Medicine    Family Medicine    Internal Medicine    Obstetrics / Gynecology    Preventative Medicine

CME Sam Course #12080

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