CMEs for Hospitalists
In an effort to provide our members with the numerous opportunities
to gain continuing medical education (CME) relevant to hospital
medicine, leaders of the hospital medicine community have lent their
expertise to develop online CME modules. Our current offering of SHM
developed modules as well as a listing of peer reviewed online
accessible CME modules around various topics for healthcare
professionals who specialize in hospital medicine are featured
below.
In addition to the listings below, be sure to visit SHM’s Quality
Improvement Resource Rooms for additional CME.
Online CME Listings
Team Communications for the Management of the Hospitalized
Patient with Heart Failure
This CME activity is intended for clinicians caring for
patients with heart failure (HF) across the care continuum. They may
include hospitalists, cardiologists, other physician specialists, and
nonphysician clinicians such as advance practice nurses who are involved
in the treatment and management of patients with advanced HF who may
benefit from palliative care.
On completion of this offering, participants will be able to:
- Identify three communication issues related to heart failure (HF)
management.>
- Define strategies to improve communication within the team and with
the patient and the family.
- List three areas of self-management that must be reviewed with the
patient prior to discharge from hospital.
This case is worth 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ & 1
nursing contact hours.
View the Team Communications CME/CNE Module
Optimizing the Heart Failure Discharge
Transition
This CME activity is intended for hospitalists, cardiologists, primary
care providers, other physicians, and non-physician clinicians such as
advance practice nurses specializing in the management of patients with
heart failure. Upon completion of this educational offering,
participants will be able to:
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Employ a multidisciplinary approach to the care of patients with
heart failure that begins at hospital admission and continues through
all care transitions
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Accurately and effectively reconcile medications across the care
continuum
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Recognize the value of initiating discharge planning early in the
course of the hospitalization, including communication with outpatient
clinicians
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Recognize the importance of post-discharge follow-up
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Effectively communicate with patients and families critical
elements of successful self-management, especially in the post-discharge
period
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Identify specific issues that increase the risk of care transitions
for patients with heart failure
The case is worth 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
View
the Optimizing the Heart Failure Discharge Transition Module
Johns Hopkins Consultative Medicine Essentials (JHCME) for
Hospitalists
This online consultative medicine resource created and designed for
hospitalists by hospitalists, will provide authoritative and
comprehensive training in general medical consultation for hospitalized
patients through eight accredited case-based modules. Topics
include (but are not limited to):
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Perioperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Management
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Diagnosis and Management of Acute Mental Status Changes:
Delirium
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Perioperative Acute Renal Failure Diagnosis and Management
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Pulmonary Risk Management
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Perioperative Management of Anticoagulation
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Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis
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The Role of the Medical Consultant
Each module includes its own set of objectives and knowledge
assessment activities. Three more modules will be available by the end
of 2008 and another eight new modules will be available by the end of
2009. Please contact the course director, Dr. Lenny Feldman, at LF@jhmi.edu with questions.
Advisory Board Members: Dr. Alpesh Amin, Dr. Andrew Auerbach, Dr.
Steven Cohn, Dr. Leonard Feldman, Dr. Paul Grant, Dr. Amir K. Jaffer,
Dr. Peter G. Kallas, Dr. Sylvia Cheney McKean, Dr. Kurt Pfeifer, and Dr.
Gerald Smetana.
Each module is worth up to 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1
Credits™. After completion, the content will be available
for review and reference.
View the
website and complete the modules
Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Medical Patients
On completion of this CME offering, participants will be able
to:
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Perform risk stratification for the development of venous
thromboembolism (VTE) in the hospital setting
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Describe evidence-based prophylactic strategies to prevent VTE in
high-risk medical patients
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Initiate a quality improvement project to address underutilization
of preventative measures aimed at predictable complications of
illness
Credit hrs: 1.0
Certification: ACCME
Price: FREE
Release date: 2006-03-27
Valid through: 2007-03-27
Although the option to apply for CME credit has expired, the teaching
points in this module continue to provide value.
View the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Medical
Patients CME
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Firefox.
Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Surgical Patients
Upon completion of this CME offering, participants will be able
to:
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Perform risk stratification for the development of venous
thromboembolism (VTE) in patients undergoing surgical procedures
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Apply evidence-based prophylactic strategies to prevent VTE in
patients undergoing surgical procedures, including special
populations
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Initiate a quality improvement project to address underutilization
of VTE prophylaxis to reduce the incidence of predictable complications
of illness
Credit hrs: 1.0
Certification: ACCME
Price: FREE
Release date: 2006-08-17
Valid through: 2007-08-17
Although the option to apply for CME credit has expired, the teaching
points in this module continue to provide value.
View the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in
Surgical Patients CME
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Firefox.
The Hospitalists' Perspective: Evidence-Based Strategies for
Inpatient Anemia
Evidence-Based Strategies for Inpatient Anemia: Decision makers for
surgery and oncology inpatients will examine the risks of anemia
including those associated with transfusion, and assess effective anemia
management strategies for better clinical and economic outcomes.
View
The Hospitalists' Perspective: Evidence-Based Strategies for Inpatient
Anemia.
Stroke and TIA: Truths, Half-truths, and Outright Lies
Dr. David Likosky presents a free CME audio lecture with
synchronized slides.
View
the Stroke and TIA: Truths, Half-truths, and Outright Lies Audio
Lecture.
Continuous Quality Improvement (Individual and
System)
Preventing
Health Care Aquired Infections
Patient Safety
AHRQ
WebM&M
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
Be sure to visit the Quality
Improvement Resource Rooms for additional CME options.
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