Traveling CME Events

Find detailed descriptions of our featured Traveling CME events below.

Neurosurgery

Evaluation of a new brain mass

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Learning objectives

  • Identify acute and chronic brain lesions on imaging
  • Differentiate urgent versus non-urgent lesions in the brain
  • Review diagnostic testing for common brain lesions
  • Identify providers who can best help patients with new brain lesions

Integrated Decision-Making and Triage in Patients with Brain Metastases

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Learning objectives

  • Explore data guiding evidence-based medical management of patients with brain metastases (steroids, anti-seizure medications)
  • Describe indications for surgical resection of brain metastases
  • Describe evidence for up-front and adjuvant radiation of brain metastases

Multi-disciplinary approach to brain tumor treatment

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Learning objectives

  • Understand the initial medical management for brain tumors
  • Describe how to do a complete diagnostic work-up for brain tumors and approach to surgical planning,
  • Describe routine post-operative treatment and indications for adjuvant treatment after brain tumor surgery

Stereotactic Radiosurgery: A multidisciplinary treatment for brain lesions

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Learning objectives

  • Define stereotactic radiosurgery
  • Understand roles of neurosurgery and radiation oncology in the care of patients with brain lesions
  • Identify brain lesions that may benefit from noninvasive treatment with focused radiation
  • Differentiate the role of stereotactic radiosurgery, stereotactic radiotherapy and fractionated brain radiation for different brain diseases

Spine

Adult Spinal Deformity: Evaluation and Management in the Sagittal Plane

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Learning objectives

  • Explain spine alignment
  • Define normal and abnormal alignment
  • Review epidemiology and clinical impact of adult deformity
  • Discuss patient presentation and evaluation
  • Explain the role of surgery and techniques for deformity correction

Back and leg pain for the non-surgeon

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Learning objectives

  • Discuss concerning signs/symptoms
  • Describe diagnostic and management strategies
  • Discuss a spine surgeon’s perspective

Cervical and Lumbar Disc Replacement

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Learning objectives

  • Review indications, innovations, challenges and latest very favorable literature on disc arthroplasty options that now exist for patients instead of fusion

Cervical Spinal Deformity (CSD)

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Learning objectives

  • Explain the diagnosis and management of cervical spine deformity
  • Review of disability associated with CSD, imaging modalities and workup, routine versus urgent referrals and surgical management options

Cervical Stenosis: The basics in diagnosis and management

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Learning objectives

  • Explain etiologies of cervical stenosis, overview of radiculopathy versus myelopathy, indications for MRI, routine versus urgent referrals, surgical options and patient counseling

Common Conditions of the Lumbar Spine

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Learning objectives

  • Understand the basic clinical presentation, pathoanatomy and fundamental clinical management of common pathological conditions of the lumbar spine

Common conditions of the Cervical Spine

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Learning objectives

  • Understand the basic clinical presentation, pathoanatomy and fundamental clinical management of common pathological conditions of the cervical spine.

Is it the neck or the shoulder? Understanding cervical radiculopathy

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Learning objectives

  • Define cervical radiculopathy
  • Differentiate degenerative shoulder symptoms from nerve pain
  • Review diagnostic tools helpful in workup of shoulder pain
  • Identify providers who can help with diagnosis and management of shoulder pain and dysfunction

Miniaturizing Spine Surgery – Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

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Learning objectives

  • Understand the scope and basic capabilities of endoscopic and minimally invasive spine surgery

Minimally Invasive Spinal Deformity Surgery

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Learning objectives

  • Define scoliosis and kyphosis and tools to identify and treat the pathology in a minimally invasive fashion
  • Discuss the literature and new methods of reducing risk and morbidity related to intervention

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery for Lumbar Degenerative Patients

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Learning objectives

  • Review the indications and advantages of minimally invasive spinal surgery for disc herniation, stenosis, lumbar spondylolisthesis and lumbar degenerative disc disease

New Innovations in Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery

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Learning objectives

  • Explain new options for lumbar fusion surgery for patients
  • Explain the literature surrounding minimally invasive surgery for the spine
  • Review the risk reduction potential for spinal surgery
  • Discuss the options to reduce adjacent segment disease with fusion

Revision of Prior Spinal Instrumentation

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Learning objectives

  • Overview of symptoms and imaging of adjacent segment disease or instrumentation failure
  • Review strategies for medical and surgical management of patients with prior spine surgery

Scoliosis: Intro to spinal curvatures

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Learning objectives

  • Discuss clinical evaluation
  • Explain a diagnostic work up
  • Discuss a spine surgeon’s perspective

Technology and Innovation in Spine Surgery

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Learning objectives

  • Understand the scope and diversity of technology and technological innovation in surgery of the spine

Tumors of the Spine and Spinal Column

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Learning objectives

  • Introduction and overview of common spinal tumors (metastatic and primary)
  • Review possible management algorithms, imaging modalities, determination of urgent versus non-urgent referrals
  • Review of operative indications and non-operative management strategies

Orthopedics

Ankle arthritis: Advances in surgical treatment

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Learning objectives

  • Explain the epidemiology and diagnosis of ankle arthritis

Pediatrics

Flu vaccine updates

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Learning objectives

  • Describe updates to clinical guidelines for flu vaccines

Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS)

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Learning objectives

  • News about NOWS – improving care of babies with opioid withdrawal

NICU graduate follow-up needs

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Learning objectives

  • Describe best practices in primary care follow-up for NICU graduates

Physical Medicine

Electrodiagnostic interpretation for primary care physicians

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Learning objectives

  • Review the timing of ordering nerve conduction studies
  • Assess whether the conclusions are consistent with the clinical assessment and discuss management options based on outcomes
  • Provide evidence-based criteria for patient selection

The numb hand: Differential and treatment options

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Learning objectives

  • Recognize, diagnose and provide appropriate treatments for cubital and carpal tunnel syndromes