May Virtual Spring CME Series
Join us for a virtual Spring continuing medical education (CME) refresher for a wide-ranging overview of family medicine-specific content.
Hear from expert speakers in the areas of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Menopause, and Alzheimer’s Disease. Stay current in your practice with up-to-date strategies for your patients managing these conditions, including underserved and ethnically diverse populations.
Attend one webinar or all three! Sessions will ONLY be offered live (archived webinars will not be available).
A Narrow Window of Opportunity: Diagnosis and Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Underserved Populations
Wednesday, May 3 | 3:00-4:00 p.m. | Speaker: Katherine Sheridan, MD, FAAFP
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Primary care physicians will recognize the symptoms of RA earlier and refer when they can or feel comfortable prescribing DMARDs when a rheumatologist is not available. |
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Improvement in disease knowledge in an ethnically diverse population. Knowing minority patients prefer one-on-one contact, care teams leverage a strong provider-patient relationship to provide patient-specific interventions that address issues such as cost, health literacy and beliefs and fears about medicines. |
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Primary care physicians and their practice teams build a culture of equity, screen for racial bias, using evidence-based interventions to mitigate the bias, and use quality measures to analysis the impact of the interventions. |
Risks in the Changing Tide: Protecting Emotional Health in Menopause
Wednesday, May 17 | 3:00-4:00 p.m. | Speaker: Alexa Fiffick, DO, MBS, NCMP
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Improve primary care physicians’ ability to recognize and treat depression in a menopausal, ethnically diverse population. |
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Facilitate patient-physician discussions about menopause symptoms, especially mental health, and depression |
Working Together: Improving Early Diagnosis and Management of Alzheimer’s Disease in Primary Care
Wednesday, May 31| 3:00-4:00 p.m. | Speaker: Heidi Yount, MD, FAAFP
Learning Objectives | Goals/Expected Outcomes |
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Primary care physicians require education to overcome their commonly cited barriers to the diagnosis and management of AD. Education should be aimed at an improved recognition of the benefits of early diagnosis; the use of office-based cognitive-assessment tools; the management of common behavioral disturbances in AD; the importance of clear communication with patients and caregivers; and guidance for establishing effective connections with relevant community-based, social, and long-term care clinicians. |
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Primary care physicians need education to grasp the benefits of an early AD diagnosis. They specifically require guidance on the use of recommended office-based cognitive assessment tools for at-risk patients. |
Registration Fees and Cancellation Deadlines
- $25 for OAFP Members per webinar
- $40 for Non-Members per webinar
- $15 for Resident Members per webinar
- $0 for Student Members per webinar
Registrations for the Wednesday, May 3, Rheumatoid Arthritis webinar will close Tuesday, May 2. Cancellations will receive a full refund minus $10 for administrative fees if provided via email to Saeeda Fotheringham by Tuesday, May 2.
Registrations for the Wednesday, May 17, Menopause webinar will close Tuesday, May 16. Cancellations will receive a full refund minus $10 for administrative fees if provided via email to Saeeda Fotheringham by Tuesday, May 16.
Registrations for the Wednesday, May 31, Alzheimer’s Disease webinar will close Tuesday, May 30. Cancellations will receive a full refund minus $10 for administrative fees if provided via email to Saeeda Fotheringham by Tuesday, May 30.
CME Accreditation
Application for continuing medical education credit will be filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians for each webinar. We anticipate the approval of 1.0 live Prescribed credit per webinar. Determination of credit is pending.
Questions
For more information, please contact Director of Education Erin Jech or call 800.742.7327.