The purpose of this CME activity is to update the family practitioner, general internist or primary care physician on current diagnosis and management of commonly encountered adult and pediatric diseases.
Topics:
1. Subclinical Thyroid Disease-Treat or Watch
2. Smoking Cessation Strategies
3. Thyroid Disorders-Review and Update
4. Asthma
5. Influenza Update
6. Evaluation and Management of Infants and Young Children with Fever
7. Pertussis Update
8. Hypertension Update
9. Hyperlipidemia Update
10. Dementia: Daignosis and Current Treatment Options
11. Clinical Pathological Conference
12. Restless Leg Syndrome
13. Polymyalgic Rheumatica
14. Evidence Based Review: A potpouuri of adult and pediatric topics
Objectives:
1. Review diagnostic criteria; review goals of therapy; update current recommendations regarding treatment and monitoring
2. Discuss burden of the disease; review definition, pathogenesis and diagnosis of asthma; discuss current classification, treatment and monitoring guidelines
3. Identify current issues related to changing epidemiology of seasonal influenza
4. Review evaluation and treatment for common thyroid disorders
5. Improve knowledge and treatment plans for the care of febrile children based on age and most probable diagnosis
6. List current treatment options and how to create ideal smoking cessation strategies into practice to improve smoking cessation rates
7. Increase provider awareness of pertussis diagnosis and management due to the recent increase in pertussis outbreaks
8. Describe new guidelines in JNC-8
9. Update physicians on new concensus guidelines
10. Classify the different types of dementia
11. Describe the pathology of an uncommon medical case
12. Review the diagnostic criteria for RLS
13. List up-to-date treatment options for Polymyalgic Rheumatica
14. Review literature provided for each topic