CME Sam Continuing Medical Education and Self Assessment Modules

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

Selected topics in ENT, Sleep Medicine, and the Medical Management of Pain Western Caribbean Cruise
Saturday, April 6, 2019 - Saturday, April 13, 2019

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 Royal Caribbean's Symphony of the Seas
7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise Conference
Departs Miami, Florida (FL)
United States

Phone:

Description:
Topics:

1. Levorphanol, tapentadol
Participants will be able to differentiate the actions and pharmacokinetics of tapentadol and tramadol, levorphanol and methadone

2. Nalbuphine
Participants will be able to employ nalbuphine in clinical situations for which it has an advantage

3. Visceral pain
Participants will be able to recite the neuroanatomical differences between somatic and visceral pain and the difference in pain characteristics

4. Neuropathy
Participants will be able to recite the reasons why neuropathic pain is relatively opioid resistant

5. Opioids: The Good, Bad and Ugly
Participants will be able to recognize the role mu receptor subtypes and bias signaling have lead to the potential of better analgesics

6. Opioids: Where is the balance
Participants will be able to recite the lesser known risks with opioids such as depression, infections, primary hypogonadism, falls , fractures , impaired wound healing and myocardial infarction

7. Opioid Induced Hyperalgesia: Does it Exist, What Does It Mean
Participants will be able to discuss the evidence for opioid induced hyperalgesia based on a review of 10-14 studies

8. Opioid Dosing Strategies for Cancer Pain
Participants will apply the WHO stepladder to cancer pain management

9. Link between psychiatric illnesses and pain
Participants will be able to discuss the close connection between the presence of chronic pain depression and analgesic responses

10. Facial Paralysis and Bell's Palsy
Participants should be able to differentiate the potential causes of unilateral facial paralysis and know the present AAO-HNS guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

11. Head and neck manifestations of Reflux
Participants should be able to list and associate symptoms that may be caused by reflux in patients that have no heartburn or GI symptoms

12. Rhinitis- not just Allergy
Participants should be able to recognize allergic from non-allergic rhinitis and improve patient care with most appropriate treatment.

13. Sinus headaches and Facial Pain syndromes
Participants should be able to differentiate facial pain arising from sinus disease from the many other causes of facial pain and headache. and determine symptoms that suggests other etiologies of headache.

14. Narcolepsy and other sleep disorders
Participants should be able to diagnose other causes of daytime sleepiness and discuss diagnostic testing and treatment options.

15. Sleep Apnea Update 2019
Participants should be able to Identify risk factors for OSA and co-morbidities. Treatment options and follow-up will be emphasized.

16. Incorporating CPAP care into the primary care office
Participant should be able to understand positive airway pressure machines and the differences between CPAP, BPAP,ASV and autoPAP. Attendees will understand Medicare guidelines for treatment and follow-up.

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Instructors:
J. David Cunningham, Jr., MD, FACS
Mellar Davis, MD, FCCP, FAAHPM

CME Credit:
Physicians:  14 Hours
Physician Assistants:  14 Hours
Nurses:  14 Hours

Self Assessment Module (SAM): No

Specialty Audience:
Anesthesiology    Family Medicine    Internal Medicine

CME Sam Course #19227

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