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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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 - 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].

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

Grand Rounds - Jan. 7, 2022
"Long COVID"

Speaker: Benjamin Abramoff, MD, MS, Director of Post-COVID Assessment and Recovery Clinic, Director of Spinal Cord Injury Services, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pennsylvania-Perelman School of Medicine.

Objectives

1. Describe the prevalence and trajectory of persisting symptoms post-COVID ("long-COVID").
2. Understand existing evidence about management of persistent symptoms post-COVID.
3. Prescribe rehabilitation focused treatments of post-COVID symptoms.

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 - Dec. 17, 2021
"COVID-19 Update: Where Do We Go from Here?"

Speaker: Waleed Javaid, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA, Professor of Medicine, Hospital Epidemiologist Director, Infection Prevention and Control, Mount Sinai Downtown

Objectives

1. Discuss the public health recommendations for patients with high-risk exposures to SARS-CoV-2, both the vaccinated and the unvaccinated.
2. Explain the healthcare risks of being infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the vaccinated and unvaccinated population.
3. Elucidate the debate about boosters and their potential benefits and what is yet unknown about boosters.
4. Discuss the variants and the impact on infection and vaccination efficacy.

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 - Dec. 12, 2021
"Vaccines and You: Patients, Patience, Politics and Perseverance"

Speaker: Kenneth Zangwill, MD, Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Director, Infection Prevention and Control Harbor-UCLA Medical Center; Professor of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Objectives

1. Address patients' concerns about vaccinations, correcting misconceptions and providing adequate information on evidence based benefits and risks.
2. Cite public health concerns faced with the increased trend of vaccination exemptions.
3. Follow the current recommendations for immunizations.
4. Navigate patients' cultural beliefs concerning vaccinations and address concerns as they arise.

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 - Oct. 15, 2021
"Guillain‐Barré Syndrome (GBS)"

Speaker: Shadi Milani‐Nejad DO, Assistant Professor, University of California Irvine.

Objectives

1. Evaluate the immunologic basis of GBS.
2. Recognize typical signs, symptoms, and laboratory and electrophysiologic findings of GBS.
3. Utilize appropriate treatment and supportive care in patients with GBS.
4. Describe the incidence of GBS in COVID-19 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.

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 541-706-4680, [email protected]. For CME or Clerkship questions, contact Sheila Jordan, MMGT, CHCP, Manager of Continuing Medical Education at 541-706-6780, [email protected].

Grand Rounds - Nov. 19, 2021
"Advances and Improvements of Outcomes in Prostate and Gynecologic Cancer Brachytherapy"

Speaker: Jenna M. Kahn MD, Director of Brachytherapy, Assistant Professor, Oregon Health & Science University

Objectives

1. Review and understand brachytherapy as a modality of radiation therapy.
2. Review the indications for brachytherapy in gynecologic malignancies.
3. Review the indications for brachytherapy in prostate cancers.
4. Review advances and modernization of brachytherapy treatment.

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.

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 541-706-4680, [email protected]. For CME or Clerkship questions, contact Sheila Jordan, MMGT, CHCP, Manager of Continuing Medical Education at 541-706-6780, [email protected].

Grand Rounds - Nov. 12, 2021
"Antimicrobial Stewardship and Use of Short-Course Antibiotics in Common Infections"

Speakers: ,

• Todd A. Berger RPH, PharmD, Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist, St. Charles Health System
• Cynthia L. Maree, MD, Medical Director, Infection Prevention, ASP, Caregiver Health, ID St. Charles Health Services

Objectives

1. What is antimicrobial stewardship and why it’s needed.
2. Describe what we are doing here at St Charles to accomplish AMS.
3. Distinguish how to treat common infections (COPD exacerbations, CAP, UTI, non-purulent cellulitis) with short-course therapy to improve stewardship.

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.

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 541-706-4680, [email protected]. For CME or Clerkship questions, contact Sheila Jordan, MMGT, CHCP, Manager of Continuing Medical Education at 541-706-6780, [email protected].

Grand Rounds - Nov. 5, 2021
"Fasting and Fasting Mimicking: Science behind Treatment of Metabolic Syndrome, Inflammation, and Immune Disorders"

Speaker: Kurt Hong, MD, PhD, FACN, Director, Center for Clinical Nutrition & Applied Health Research Keck, Hospital of USC; Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Objectives

1. Evaluate aging, health span, and the biological pathways linked to the development of chronic diseases.
2. Integrate diet, nutrition, and lifestyle in healthy aging.
3. Compare impact of fasting and fasting-mimicking diet on longevity, cellular regeneration, autophagy, metabolic profile, and reversal of autoimmunity.

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.

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 541-706-4680, [email protected]. For CME or Clerkship questions, contact Sheila Jordan, MMGT, CHCP, Manager of Continuing Medical Education at 541-706-6780, [email protected].

Grand Rounds - Oct. 29, 2021
"Informed Consent: Don't be Sued for Assault"

Speaker: Jeffrey Spike, PhD, Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University School of Medicine; Member, Children's National Hospital Ethics Committee; Affiliate Faculty, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities

Objectives

1. Define the ethical basis of informed consent within the context of bioethics and patient autonomy.
2. Describe the elements and process of obtaining informed consent in a variety of situations.
3. Understand legal liability and the importance of documentation and obtaining an ethics consult.

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.

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 541-706-4680, [email protected]. For CME or Clerkship questions, contact Sheila Jordan, MMGT, CHCP, Manager of Continuing Medical Education at 541-706-6780, [email protected].