This course will be live-streamed and includes real-time audience-response questions, live demonstrations and interactive Q&A sessions allowing you to pose specific questions to our expert faculty via online chat. All presentations and course materials will be available immediately to watch and review at your convenience.
All live-stream sessions are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and ABIM MOC points, as well as other relevant CME credits.
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Utilize cutting-edge, contemporary guidelines and standards for screening in primary care across multiple disciplines
Demonstrate competency and knowledge of the principles of screening: what factors must be present for a condition to qualify for population-based screening
Discuss how and when lifestyle and pharmacologic interventions are most effective in prevention of specific chronic diseases
Identify clinical and legal aspects of interventions to reduce the potential for prescription opiate abuse and inadvertent overdose
Incorporate recent evidence regarding pharmacologic, dietary and other interventions to prevent obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other serious chronic illnesses into daily clinical practice
Develop and utilize tools and checklists that integrate into medical records in order to maximize preventive interventions in primary care practice
Eliminate preventive strategies in practice that are proven to be ineffective
WHY ATTEND?
Practitioners from around the world attend this unique course to ensure they are current with the latest updates, practice recommendations and skills, including:
Understanding when to refer patients for genetic testing for a personalized cancer risk assessment
Strategizing how to effectively promote cigarette cessation
Navigating guidelines and best practices regarding the safe use of chronic opioid therapy in primary care
Improving outcomes for treating hypertension
Optimizing screening options to reduce the risk of breast cancer
Being prepared to answer patient questions about healthy lifestyles
Improving outcomes by prescribing pre-exposure prophylaxis to reduce the risk of HIV infection
For patients and members of the lay community, you will learn up to date prevention strategies to improve wellness from nationally recognized experts and walk away with a greater understanding of the controversies around screening for illness.