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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:

• Employ a multidisciplinary approach to the care of patients with heart failure that begins at hospital admission and continues through all care transitions
• Accurately and effectively reconcile medications across the care continuum
• Recognize the value of initiating discharge planning early in the course of the hospitalization, including communication with outpatient clinicians
• Recognize the importance of post-discharge follow-up
• Effectively communicate with patients and families critical elements of successful self-management, especially in the post-discharge period
• 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):

• Perioperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Management
• Diagnosis and Management of Acute Mental Status Changes: Delirium
• Perioperative Acute Renal Failure Diagnosis and Management
• Pulmonary Risk Management
• Perioperative Management of Anticoagulation
• Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis
• 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:

• Perform risk stratification for the development of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in the hospital setting
• Describe evidence-based prophylactic strategies to prevent VTE in high-risk medical patients
• 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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Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Surgical Patients
Upon completion of this CME offering, participants will be able to:

• Perform risk stratification for the development of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients undergoing surgical procedures
• Apply evidence-based prophylactic strategies to prevent VTE in patients undergoing surgical procedures, including special populations
• 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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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.