Grand Rounds - Sept. 11, 2020
"Collateral morbidity and mortality of the COVID-19 Pandemic"

Speakers: 
Archie Bleyer, MD, Clinical Research Professor, Radiation Medicine, The Knight Cancer Institute, OHSU
Dan Weinberger, PhD, Associate Professor, Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases and Public Health Modeling Unit, Yale School of Public Health
Whitney Schumacher, MPH, Suicide Prevention Coordinator, Deschutes County

Objectives

1. To realize to what extent the pandemic is causing other morbidities and deaths

2. To deliberate the causes of the excess mortality and disease burden

3. To recognize that the age of those dying of Covid-19 is decreasing

4. To anticipate an even shorter life expectancy in the U.S.

5. To consider what should be done to reverse these all-time ominous trends

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].

Special CME - Sept. 10, 2020
"Psilocybin Therapy for Relief of Refractory Anxiety and Depression in Terminally Ill Patients"

Speaker: 
Kathryn Tucker, JD, Special Counsel, Emerge Law Group

Objectives

1. Understand Measure 109 and recognize its implications for relief of non physical suffering in patients with terminal illness, PTSD and other difficult conditions.
2. Identify types of suffering of psychological, emotional, social, spiritual, or existential nature that are potential indications for supervised therapy involving psilocybin.

Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Oregon Medical Association 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 - July 31, 2020
"COVID Update" and "Contact Tracing Strategies: Oregon and COVID-19"

Speakers: 

Shira C. Shafir, Ph.D., MPH, Director, MPH for Health Professionals Department of Community Health Sciences, Director of Field Internships Department of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

Jill Johnson, RN, Deschutes County Health Services Communicable, Disease Programs Supervisor

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Objectives (COVID-19 update):

1. Describe the current state of the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak
2. Understand what is currently known and unknown from the rapidly evolving literature on SARS-CoV-19
3. Explain updated understanding on the pathophysiology of the virus and how it affects multiple body systems
4. Describe updates on drug and vaccine testing

Objectives (COVID-19 Contact Tracing Strategies in Oregon):

1. Discuss the Public Health role in preventing the spread of COVID-19 through case investigation and contact tracing.
2. Understand COVID-19 prevalence in the Central Oregon Region and contributing factors.
3. Describe how syndromic surveillance may provide an early indicator of changes in COVID-19 infections

Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Oregon Medical Association 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 - July 17, 2020
"Telemedicine"

Speaker: Jesse Pines, M.D., MBA, MSCE, Director of the Center for Healthcare Innovation & Policy Research, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Health Policy, The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences

Objectives:

1. Describe the overall landscape of telemedicine and use cases
2. Analyze the shift that has occurred in the past few months with the Covid-19 pandemic
3. Explain what the future of telemedicine will look like in the short-run and long-run

Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Oregon Medical Association 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 - July 10, 2020
"Ventilator Associated Pneumonia"

Speaker: Antonio Anzueto, M.D. Chief, Pulmonary Disease Section, The South Texas Veterans Health Care System Professor of Medicine University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio

Objectives:

1. Discuss the incidence, etiology and risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia

2. Describe symptoms, pathophysiology and diagnostic tests

3. Review effective strategies for prevention & treatment based on clinical guidelines

4. Recognize that preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia improves patient care outcomes & decreases healthcare costs

5. Appropriately care for patients with increased risk of VAP, such as the elderly patent and very young patient

Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Oregon Medical Association 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 - June 26, 2020
"Gut Health and Intestinal Hyperpermeability"

Speaker: Michelle Hirschy-Baker, FNP-C, Functional Medicine Nurse Practitioner

Objectives:

1) Explain the basic physiology of intestinal hyperpermeability

2) Explain how untreated intestinal hyperpermeability can lead to the development of autoimmune conditions

3) Demonstrate the basic recommendations to reverse intestinal hyperpermeability and when it may be appropriate to refer to a functional medicine provider for further evaluation

Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Oregon Medical Association 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.

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 - June 19, 2020
"Antibiotic Update"

Speaker: Steven T. Park, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine

Objectives:

1. Understand the extent and harm of inappropriate antibiotic use.
2. Describe the components of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs
3. Understand the methods that Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs utilize to encourage appropriate use of antibiotics

Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Oregon Medical Association 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. The period to claim credit for this activity expires one year after its original publication. 

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 - June 12, 2020
"Hospital Acquired Infections and COVID-19"

Speaker: Thomas C. Cesario, MD

Objectives:

1. List at least three preventable healthcare acquired conditions
2. Categorize healthcare acquired infections vs. community-acquired ones
3. Identify symptoms for CAUTI, CLABSI, C-Diff
4. Implement strategies to prevent healthcare acquired infections
5. Take cultural-linguistic factors into account when pre-screening patients for infections before surgery and when discussing infection risks and prevention strategies

Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Oregon Medical Association 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 - June 5, 2020
"Antiviral Treatment Update"

Speaker: Rajendra Kapila, MD

Objectives:

1. Describe the indication for the use of antiviral medications
2. Evaluate the use of antiviral medications for the treatment of HIV
3. Evaluate the use of antiviral medications for herpes, hepatitis and influenza
4. Understand the current investigation into the use of antiviral medications for COVID-19

Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Oregon Medical Association 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.

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 - May 29, 2020
“Medical Conspiracy Theories and Covid-19"

Speaker: Joseph Pierre, MD

Objectives:

1. Identify how common it is to believe at least one medically-related conspiracy theory.
2. Describe at least one conspiracy theory related to COVID-19.
3. Describe how mistrust and misinformation can lead to belief in medical conspiracy theories.
4. List one strategy to decrease belief in medical conspiracy theories.
5. Define the role that cultural diversities (gender, age, race, religion, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, socio-economics, etc.) may play in medical conspiracy theories

Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Oregon Medical Association 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.

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].