2002 Scientific Assembly Lectures

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RealOne Player Users
RealPlayer 8 Users
Lecture Slides (PDF Files)
Interactive Slideshow
Online Quiz
CME Credit and Fee Information
Disclaimer

The assembly lectures are best viewed with RealOne Player which is available for Windows 98 / ME / 2000 /NT Service Pack 4 or later / XP and Mac OS X.

RealPlayer 8 is still available for Windows 95 and Mac OS 9 users.

Your display screen area should be set to at least 800 x 600, but 1024 x 768 or higher is best for viewing all available features.
To check/change your display settings on a PC: 1) right-click on your desktop; 2) select Properties; 3) click the Settings tab; 4) adjust Screen area by moving the slider left or right.

Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view/download the lecture slides.

RealOne Player Users

Playing Video and Navigation in RealOne Player
To view a lecture, click on Play RealVideo Lecture Video/Slide Presentation (RealOne player only!)
This will launch RealOne player in a pop-up window. You will see 4 main areas on the screen:
RealOne Player Screen shot
Video Window - Video of speaker at podium.

Navigation - Click these buttons to view different parts of the presentation (List of all lecture titles, the current lecture home page, speaker information, interactive slideshow, online quiz, help.) Most of these buttons will affect what you see in the attached Related Info Panel .

NOTE: The Online Quiz will appear in a browser window below the player in the Attached Media Browser Window.

Presentation Slides - This window displays the actual slides used during the lecture.

Related Info Panel - This window will show web pages associated with the lecture you are watching. You may also switch to any of the other lecture presentations by clicking on the "2002 Lecture Index" button in the Navigation section.

Attached Media Browser Window - This window will appear after clicking on the Online Quiz button. The window may be hard to see on a smaller screen, you can MOVE the window by clicking on the detach media browser button on the upper-right corner of the window, then click on the top section of the browser and drag it to a new position on your screen. You can also adjust the relative size of the Attached Media Browser on the Video Playback Window by click-dragging the resize handle at the top of the browser window.

RealPlayer 8 Users

Playing Video and Navigation in RealPlayer 8 and older versions
To view a lecture, click on Play RealVideo Lecture Video/Slide Presentation (Mac OS 9 and older RealPlayer versions)
This will launch RealPlayer in a pop-up window. You will see 4 main areas on the screen:
RealPlayer 8 Screen shot

Video Window - Video of speaker at podium.

Navigation - Click these buttons to view different parts of the presentation (List of all lecture titles, the current lecture home page, speaker information, interactive slideshow, online quiz, help.) The links will launch a new browser window, click the "Close This Window" button to return to the lecture video.

Presentation Slides - This window displays the actual slides used during the lecture.

Lecture Slides (Adobe PDF Files)

The lecture slides are in Adobe PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader software for viewing. Most users will have this software on their machine, you can read more about Acrobat Reader and download a free copy of Acrobat Reader if you do not already have it installed.

The slides for each lecture are available for viewing or downloading. Each lecture has a color version and a smaller black and white version. The color version has 2, full color slides on each page of the PDF file. The black and white version has 6 slides on each page and is good for printing and following along with the lecture video.


Black and white slides - PDF (sample page, numbered left to right, top to bottom)	Color slides - PDF (sample page, numbered top to bottom)

Viewing/Saving Slides - Click on Download Lecture Slides - Full color, 2 slides per page OR Download Lecture Slides - Black and white, 6 slides per page to launch Acrobat Reader. These files are quite large and may take up to a minute to load or longer for users on a dialup connection.

Once the PDF file opens, use the tools in Acrobat Reader to Save, Print, Search and Navigate the PDF file:

Acrobat Reader Toolbar

Interactive Slideshow

The interactie slideshow allows you to scroll through the slide presentation at your own speed. RealOne player users will see this feature appear in the Related Info Panel on the right side of the media player. Other users will see this feature pop-up in a new browser window. The basic controls of the interactive slideshow are listed below:

Interactive Slideshow display

Last Slide - Goes to the previous slide in the slideshow. If you are on the first slide, this will take you to the last slide in the slideshow.

Auto Run/Stop - Starts and stops the autorun feature. Slides will change automatically every 5 seconds. You may have to click this link twice when first starting the slideshow.

Next Slide - Goes to the next slide in the slideshow. If you are on the last slide, this will display a slide stating, "This is the last slide in the presentation."

Online Quiz

Each lecture has a quiz which you may take and earn CME credit. Each quiz has several multiple choice questions. Select the best answer for each question by clicking in the checkbox next to your answer. Next, click on the "Check Your Answers" button at the bottom of the page. Your responses and the correct answers will appear on the screen. To report for CME credit, click on the "Submit for Credit" button at the bottom of the page and fill out the Evaluation/CME Accreditation form, enter your contact information (for non-members only), then complete your Payment Information to charge the fees to your credit card over our secure server. Your payment and CME credit will be recorded immediately.

NOTE: RealOne player users will see the Online Quiz appear in the Attached Media Browser Window.

CME Credit and Fee Information

CME Credit
This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 10.5 prescribed credit hours (1.5 per segment) by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Term of approval is for one-year from beginning distribution date of January 15, 2003 for "West Nile Virus," "Detection and Prevention of Cervical Cancer" and "What's New From the U.S.P.S.T.F." All other segments for one-year from March 1, 2003 with option for yearly renewal.

The American Academy of Family Physicians is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Academy of Family Physicians designates this educational activity for a maximum of 10.5 hours in category 1 credit toward the American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

To receive CME credit for the online lectures, complete the post-test and choose to submit for CME credit. Physicians may not claim CME credit for those lectures for which they attended and have previously claimed credit for at the 2002 AAFP annual Scientific Assembly in San Diego.

Fees
CME credit is free for AAFP members; nonmembers will be charged a $15 fee.

Disclaimer

The materials presented on the AAFP web site are made available by the American Academy of Family Physicians for educational purposes only. This material is not intended to represent the only, nor necessarily the best methods or procedures appropriate for the medical situations discussed, but rather is intended to present an approach, view, statement or opinion of the faculty, which may be helpful to others who face similar situations. Every effort has been made to assure the accuracy of the data presented at these lectures. Physicians may care to check specific details such as drug doses and contraindications, etc. in standard sources prior to clinical application.