Grand Rounds - Oct. 7, 2022
"Water Sports and Recreation: Common Injuries and Prevention"

Speaker: Bianca R. Edison, MD, MS, FAAP. Attending Physician, Jackie and Gene Autry Orthopedic Center, Keck USC.

Objectives

1. Assess different water sports available to young athletes and the potential dangers/injuries that can occur.
2. Discuss risk factors for injuries in certain water sports.
3. Identify prevention strategies for injuries discussed.
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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 - Sep 30, 2022
"Work‐up and Diagnosis of Thyroid Disease"

Speaker: Natasa Janicic, MD, PhD. Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC.

Objectives

1. Incorporate an interdisciplinary approach to the diagnosis and management of patients with thyroid disease.
2. Evaluate screening methods for thyroid disease.
3. Recognize when to treat subclinical thyroid disease, hypothyroidism, and thyroiditis.
4. Determine whether the incidence of thyroid disease is increasing at disproportionate rates for different races and ethnicities.

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 - Sep 23, 2022
"Lessons from the Cockpit"

Speaker: Robert Stephenson. Military Pilot.

Objectives

1. Build upon medical professionals' teamwork and crisis management skills by applying 'best practices' utilized in aviation.
2. Equip medical professionals to analyze medical mishaps with techniques applied during aviation accident investigations.
3. Enable medical professionals to identify hazards, mitigate risk, and prevent mishaps based on lessons learned and existing programs in aviation.
4. Draw a direct correlation between medical and aviation professionals concerning human error and teamwork performance.
5. Identify areas for improvement in the medical profession for teamwork, risk management, and mishap prevention.

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 - Sep 16, 2022
"Aspirin for Primary Prevention"

Speaker: Matt Budoff, MD, FACC. Professor of Medicine, Director, Cardiac CT, Program Director, Division of Cardiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance CA.

Objectives

1. Review primary prevention trials for aspirin.
2. Evaluate benefit-risk balance for aspirin in primary and secondary prevention.
3. Discuss guideline recommendations.

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 - Sep 9, 2022
"Utility of Psychedelics for Palliative Care and the Treatment of End‐of‐Life Existential Distress"

Speaker: Anthony P. Bossis, MD, PhD. NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

Objectives

1. Identify factors and symptoms in existential and psycho-spiritual distress in palliative and end-of-life care.
2. Recognize the importance of meaning and transcendence in end-of-life distress and psychedelic research.
3. Describe the characteristics of mystical experience; summarize the scientific findings from current psilocybin cancer anxiety research.
4. Identify clinical implications from psychedelic research for palliative / hospice 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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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 - Sep 2, 2022
"HIV/AIDS Diagnosis, Management, and Care Updates"

Speaker: David J. Cennimo, MD, FACP, FAAP, FIDSA, AAHIVM. Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Associate Dean of Education, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.

Objectives

1. Describe the HIV disease burden in the US and the recommendations for testing.
2. Discuss and plan treatment with a patient newly diagnosed with HIV.
3. Counsel on HIV transmission and risk mitigation including PrEP, PEP, U=U.
4. Recognize new HIV treatment modalities.

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 - Jul 29, 2022
"Emerging Multi-Cancer Early Detection Strategies"

Speaker: Nima Nabavizadeh, MD. Knight Cancer Institute, OHSU.

Objectives

1. To review currently available recommended cancer screening strategies.
2. To compare and contrast single cancer and multiple cancer early detection strategies.
3. To introduce blood-based multi-cancer early detection technologies.
4. To review current results from multi-cancer early detection clinical trials.

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 - Jul 22, 2022
"Caffeine and Energy Drinks"

Speaker: Sean Patrick Nordt, MD, PharmD, DABAT, FAACT, FAAEM, FACMT.

Objectives

1. Discuss the ingredients and clinical effects of energy drinks.
2. Identify potential adverse health effects of caffeine and energy drinks.
3. Discuss the use of energy drinks and caffeine with patients and be able to develop a plan to treat adverse effects.

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 - Jul 15, 2022
"Transgender Patients: Unique Considerations"

Speaker: Jen Hastings, MD. Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine; Transgender Healthcare Consultant, Health Improvement Partnership, Santa Cruz County.

Objectives

1. Explain key elements of appropriate care for transgender patients seeking primary, specialty and emergency care across the health system.
2. Define basic terms such as; gender identify, gender expression, sexual orientation, transgender, cisgender and medical affirmation.
3. Recognize the risks and benefits of different gender-affirming therapies such as hormone therapy and surgery.

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 - Jul 8, 2022
"75 Years of ID Myth: Oral Antibiotic Therapy for Osteomyelitis, Bacteremia and Endocarditis"

Speaker: Brad Spellberg, MD. Chief Medical Officer, LAC+USC Medical Center.

Objectives

1. Be familiar with the limited historical evidence leading to IV only therapy for osteomyelitis, bacteremia, and endocarditis.
2. Be familiar with the modern evidence demonstrating oral antibiotic efficacy for these diseases.
3. Understand reasonable patient selection criteria for oral transition.

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].