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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

Palliative Care for Patients 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:

• Recognize that a broad spectrum of patients with HF can benefit from palliative care
• Describe effective dyspnea management, as well as pain and symptom control, for patients with HF
• Recognize the value of implementing early discharge plans, communication with outpatient clinicians, and the importance of coordination of palliative care during care transition
• Describe hospice criteria for patients with HF and recognize the importance of ascertaining patients’ goals when developing a treatment plan

The case is worth 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
www.HeartFailure-CME.com

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™
www.Case2.HeartFailure-CME.com  

Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Medical Patients
Credit hrs: 1.0
Certification: ACCME
Price: FREE
Release date: 2006-03-27
Valid through: 2007-03-27
View the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Medical Patients CME.

Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Surgical Patients
Credit hrs: 1.0
Certification: ACCME
Price: FREE
Release date: 2006-08-17
Valid through: 2007-08-17
View the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Surgical Patients CME.

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.