Featured online UPDATES Programs

  • Practical Perspectives on Pain: Optimizing Opioid Effects for Optimum Outcomes

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    • Identify best practices in pain management which includes supporting tools such as the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) and the Opioid Risk Tool (ORT)
    • Identify and discuss solutions for common adverse effects associated with opioid therapy
    • Implement practices that create a patient-friendly balance between risk and benefits of opioid therapy
    • Work with patients to set realistic goals of treatment that support optimum outcomes in pain management
    • Implement improved opioid monitoring practices, including documenting the 6A's and using the Opioid Manager

  • The Three Chefs in Eye Care: A Collaborative Approach to Management of Glaucoma, Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Cataracts, and Diabetic Retinopathy

    3chefsLearning Objectives:

    • Review epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), cataracts, and diabetic retinopathy.
    • Examine the roles of family or general practitioners (GPs), optometrists, and ophthalmologists in the eye care pathway.
    • Summarize best practices for the inter-professional care of eye health.

  • Anti-Bacterial Vignettes: A Focus on Skin & Soft Tissue Infections, Pneumonia, and MRSA Guidelines


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    • Describe the epidemiology and risk factors of skin and soft tissue infections (STTIs) and pneumonia, particularly for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections
    • Define anatomical and clinical aspects of mild, moderate, and severe or complicated SSTIs
    • Define community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP), hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)
    • Review diagnostic and management strategies for SSTIs, including cellulitis, as well as pneumonia, including VAP
    • Discuss new clinical data and treatment options for MRSA STTIs and pneumonia
  • Practical Perspectives on Pain
  • The Three Chefs in Eye Care
  • Anti-Bacterial Vignettes

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