May Virtual Spring CME Series

Online Registration

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

Learning Objectives Goals/Expected Outcomes
  1. Recognize the signs and symptoms which suggest the presence of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
  2. Refer patients to a rheumatologist as soon as RA is suspected
  3. Develop a comfort level in prescribing disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs).
 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.
  1. Engage in shared decision making
  2. Use low literacy tools to aid patient understanding of their disease
  3. Use motivational interviewing to understand the patients concerns.
 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.
  1. Recognize when clinical inertia is impacting patient care
  2. Recognize implicit bias and take steps to mitigate it
  3. Build a culture of equity.
 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

Learning Objectives Goals/Expected Outcomes
  1. Recognize that in the clinical setting, women from different ethnic backgrounds will characterize menopause and its associated symptoms differently
  2. Recognize the impact of implicit bias when treating a patient who is presenting with mental health-related menopausal symptoms
  3. Employ a patient-centered approach in the diagnosis and treatment of menopausal symptoms, especially depression.
 Improve primary care physicians’ ability to recognize and treat depression in a menopausal, ethnically diverse population.
  1. Employ patient-focused communication techniques when counseling patients regarding menopause and menopausal symptoms
  2. Provide menopause-specific, culturally relevant education when counseling patients about menopausal symptoms and possible treatments.
 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
  1. Explain the importance of early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD)
  2. Apply office-based cognitive assessment tools to aid in the early diagnosis of AD
  3. Employ the inter-disciplinary team in the management of behavioral issues in patients with AD
  4. Engage in dialogue with patients and caregivers in a subsequent treatment plan
  5. Outline a plan to connect with community-based resources in the long-term management of patients with AD.
 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.
  1. Explain the importance of early diagnosis of AD
  2. Apply office-based cognitive assessment tools to aid in the early diagnosis of AD.
 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

Registration Fees:
  • $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.