Grand Rounds - Apr. 8, 2022
"Benzodiazepines - How They Work & How to Withdraw"

Speaker: Michael Levine, MD. University of California, Los Angeles.

Objectives

1. Follow recommendations on CURES website for benzodiazepine prescribing.
2. Manage the goals and limitations of benzodiazepine therapy with the patient, including the meaning of physical dependence and its implications.
3. Recognize signs and symptoms of withdrawal.
4. Implement validated clinical tools to assess and treat patients with these withdrawal symptoms and know when to refer.
5. Utilize information relative to culture, age, and socioeconomics in indications and prescribing of benzodiazepines.

Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. St. Charles Health System designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.

The period to claim credit for this activity expires one year after its original publication. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Target Audience: Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists, Allied Health Professionals

Accessibility/Program Questions: St. Charles Health System encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact Continuing Medical Education at [email protected].

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Grand Rounds - Mar. 25, 2022
"Sleep Disorders"

Speaker: Natalia Usatii, MD. Medical Director of Sleep Medicine Clinics in Bend and Redmond, St. Charles Medical Group.

Objectives

1. Discuss and overview the most common sleep disorders.
2. Identify who and when a patient would require a formal sleep consultation and/or a sleep test.
3. Review diagnostic approach for sleep disorders in pediatrics.
4. Review management of adult and pediatric sleep disorders.

Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. St. Charles Health System designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.

The period to claim credit for this activity expires one year after its original publication. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Target Audience: Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists, Allied Health Professionals

Accessibility/Program Questions: St. Charles Health System encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact Continuing Medical Education at [email protected].

Oher CME or Clerkship questions: also contact Continuing Medical Education at [email protected].

Grand Rounds - Mar. 11, 2022
"The Newest Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Omicron, and Beyond"

Speaker: Diane M. Birnbaumer, MD, FACEP. Emeritus Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Senior Clinical Attending, Department of Emergency Medicine Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. .

Objectives

1. Describe characteristics of the Omicron variant, including transmissibility and severity of illness.
2. Detail effectiveness of available vaccines in protecting against the Omicron variant.
3. Describe the risk of post-vaccination infections and severity of illness where cases occur.

Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. St. Charles Health System designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.

The period to claim credit for this activity expires one year after its original publication. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Target Audience: Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists, Allied Health Professionals

Accessibility/Program Questions: St. Charles Health System encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact Continuing Medical Education at [email protected].

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Grand Rounds - Feb. 25, 2022
"Sepsis Update & Treatments"

Speaker: Presented by Clinton Coil, MD. Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Associate Medical Director for Quality and Safety, LA County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.

Objectives

1. Follow current guidelines and evidence-based practice in sepsis management.
2. Recognize and diagnose sepsis in a timely and efficient manner.
3. Utilize new treatment modalities to aggressively treat the sepsis patient.
4. Prioritize treatment for septic patients effectively.
5. Determine when and how to use procalcitonin (PCT).
6. Identify high-risk patient groups, such as the elderly and immune-compromised patients.

Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. St. Charles Health System designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.

The period to claim credit for this activity expires one year after its original publication. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Target Audience: Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists, Allied Health Professionals

Accessibility/Program Questions: St. Charles Health System encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact Continuing Medical Education at [email protected].

Oher CME or Clerkship questions: also contact Continuing Medical Education at [email protected].

Grand Rounds - Feb. 18, 2022
"Multiple Myeloma"

Speaker: Kanwarpal S. Kahlon, MD. Division of Hematology-Oncology, UCLA.

Objectives

1. Demonstrate an awareness of the epidemiology, clinical presentation, laboratory, and diagnostic evaluation.
2. Differentiate multiple myeloma from other paraprotein disorders and plasma cell dyscrasias: monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS), smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM), Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia (WM), plasmacytoma, primary amyloidosis, and POEMS Syndrome.
3. Acquire an awareness of risk stratification, staging, prognosis and therapeutic options for Multiple Myeloma.
4. Recognize and manage medical complications.
5. Describe age, gender, racial, ethnic and socioeconomic factors in the incidence, manifestation, and management of Multiple Myeloma.

Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. St. Charles Health System designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.

The period to claim credit for this activity expires one year after its original publication. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Target Audience: Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists, Allied Health Professionals

Accessibility/Program Questions: St. Charles Health System encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact Continuing Medical Education at [email protected].

Oher CME or Clerkship questions: also contact Continuing Medical Education at [email protected].

Grand Rounds - Feb. 11, 2022
"Anxiety Disorders for the Primary Care Physician"

Speaker: Steven L. Schandler, PhD. Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Chapman University, Orange, CA; Laboratory and Service Chief (Retired, 32-years), VA Medical Centers, Long Beach, CA and North Hills, CA.

Objectives

1. Identify the signs and symptoms of anxiety disorders.
2. Evaluate psychological, biological, and sociological factors influencing anxiety behaviors.
3. Employ appropriate treatment interventions.
4. Refer to a specialist, when necessary.
5. Apply strategies and techniques to help patients manage their anxiety.
6. Assess the cultural considerations of patients with anxiety disorders.

Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. St. Charles Health System designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.

The period to claim credit for this activity expires one year after its original publication. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Target Audience: Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists, Allied Health Professionals

Accessibility/Program Questions: St. Charles Health System encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact Continuing Medical Education at [email protected].

Oher CME or Clerkship questions: also contact Continuing Medical Education at [email protected].

Grand Rounds - Feb. 4, 2022
"CRISPR for Clinicians"

Speaker: Wayne Grody, MD PhD. Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Pediatrics, and Human Genetics UCLA School of Medicine; Director, Molecular Diagnostic Laboratories and Clinical Genomics Center UCLA Medical Center.

Objectives

1. Describe the function of CRISPR technology.
2. Define how it works and how it is being used in the research lab.
3. Describe one or two examples of clinical applications of CRISPR to the human disease for diagnosis or treatment.
4. Identify some of the pitfalls of using this technology in the clinic.

Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. St. Charles Health System designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.

The period to claim credit for this activity expires one year after its original publication. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Grand Rounds - Jan. 28, 2022
"Screening for Cervical Cancer and Management of Abnormal Results"

Speaker: Michael Policar, MD MPH, Professor Emeritus of Ob, Gyn, and Repro Sciences UCSF School of Medicine.

Objectives

1. Integrate either the USPSTF or American Cancer Society cervical cancer screening intervals into clinical practice.
2. Describe the risk-based paradigm for managing abnormal cervical cancer screening test results.
3. Demonstrate use of the ASCCP app to apply the new guidelines to patient care.

Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. St. Charles Health System designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.

The period to claim credit for this activity expires one year after its original publication. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Grand Rounds - Jan. 21, 2022
"Behavioral Addictions: Gambling, Internet, Sex & Shopping"

Speaker: Timothy Fong, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA Gambling Studies Program.

Objectives

1. Identify behavioral addictions, including gambling, problematic internet use, problematic sexual behaviors, and compulsive buying disorder.
2. Recognize clinical clues for diagnosis, and ways to differentiate from use that is not problematic.
3. Identify treatment of behavioral addictions and complications resulting from these.

Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. St. Charles Health System designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.

The period to claim credit for this activity expires one year after its original publication. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Grand Rounds - Jan. 14, 2022
"Alzheimer’s Disease"

Speaker: Erik D. Roberson, MD, PhD, Rebecca Gale Endowed Professor of Neurology; Director, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center; Director, Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics.

Objectives

1. To understand current concepts for the cause of Alzheimer’s disease.
2. To understand current and future strategies for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.
3. To understand current and future treatment approaches for Alzheimer’s disease.

Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. St. Charles Health System designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.

The period to claim credit for this activity expires one year after its original publication. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Target Audience: Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists, Allied Health Professionals

Accessibility/Program Questions: St. Charles Health System encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact Continuing Medical Education at [email protected].

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