CME Podcast

Ask and Act - Ask the Expert: Dr. Saccocio -- Expert: Saria Carter-Saccocio, MD. Dr. Carter-Saccocio is associate director at the Floyd Family Medicine Residency Program in Rome, Georgia and is a member of the AAFP Tobacco Cessation Advisory Committee. Learn what family physicians can do to reduce harm from secondhand smoke.
(7:30-minute MP3 File; About Downloading)

Assessment and Management of Chronic Pain- Module 1 -- This podcast is part 1 of 3 podcasts that provide an overview of the issues in managing chronic, non-malignant pain in a family practice. Part of the Managing Chronic Pain series, which addresses the challenges of managing patients with chronic pain.
(23-minute MP3 File; About Downloading)

Assessment and Management of Chronic Pain- Module 2 -- This podcast is part 2 of 3 podcasts that provide an overview of the issues in managing chronic, non-malignant pain in a family practice. Part of the Managing Chronic Pain series, which addresses the challenges of managing patients with chronic pain.
(32-minute MP3 File; About Downloading)

Assessment and Management of Chronic Pain- Module 3 -- This podcast is part 3 of 3 podcasts that provide an overview of the issues in managing chronic, non-malignant pain in a family practice. Part of the Managing Chronic Pain series, which addresses the challenges of managing patients with chronic pain.
(10-minute MP3 File; About Downloading)

Managing the Chronic Pain Patient At Risk or With a History of Addiction- Module 1 -- This podcast is part 1 of 3 podcasts of the second activity in the Managing Chronic Pain series. It provides family physicians with vital information on how to improve processes and outcomes in pain management including management of pain in patients at risk or with a history of addiction.
(24-minute MP3 File; About Downloading)

Managing the Chronic Pain Patient At Risk or With a History of Addiction- Module 2 -- This podcast is part 2 of 3 podcasts of the second activity in the Managing Chronic Pain series. It provides family physicians with vital information on how to improve processes and outcomes in pain management including management of pain in patients at risk or with a history of addiction.
(29-minute MP3 File; About Downloading)

Managing the Chronic Pain Patient At Risk or With a History of Addiction- Module 3 -- This podcast is part 3 of 3 podcasts of the second activity in the Managing Chronic Pain series. It provides family physicians with vital information on how to improve processes and outcomes in pain management including management of pain in patients at risk or with a history of addiction.
(15-minute MP3 File; About Downloading)

Payment for Tobacco Cessation Treatment -- Expert: Thomas J. Weida, MD, FAAFP. Dr. Weida is a professor and clinician at PennState Hershey Medical Center and Medical Director for the University Physicians Group. He serves as Speaker for the AAFP Congress of Delegates and is a member of the AAFP Tobacco Cessation Advisory Committee. Learn how and when to bill for tobacco cessation treatment.
(12:17-minute MP3 File; About Downloading)

How to Provide Tobacco Cessation Treatment to Patients with Mental Illness -- Expert: Julie K. Wood, MD, FAAFP. Dr. Wood, Associate Director at Research Family Medicine Residency Program in Kansas City, is Chair of the AAFP Tobacco Cessation Advisory Committee, Senior Advisor to the AAFP Tar Wars Advisory Committee and a member of the AAFP Commission on Health of the Public. Find out what types of treatment are most effective or this population and the effects of tobacco cessation pharmacotherapies on other medications.
(7:43-minute MP3 File; About Downloading)

Patient Centered Approaches to Better Fitness -- Expert: Mark B. Stephens, MD, FAAFP. Dr. Stephens is an associate professor of family medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD and a member of the AAFP Americans In Motion Advisory Panel. Learn how to effectively talk to patients about nutition, physical activity and emotional well being.
(20:53-minute MP3 File; About Downloading)

Tobacco Cessation Quitlines -- Expert: Tim McAfee, MD, MPH. Dr. McAfee is Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Clinical and Behavioral Sciences at Free & Clear in Seattle and Associate Professor for the School of Public Health at the University of Washington. Find out what happens when patients call free tobacco cessation quitlines.
(13:36-minute MP3 File; About Downloading)

Pharmacotherapy for Tobacco Dependence -- Expert: Thomas P. Houston, MD, FAAFP. Dr. Houston is Director of Nicotine Dependence Programs at OhioHealth and Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at Ohio State University. He is a member of the AAFP Commission on Health of the Public and the Tobacco Cessation Advisory Committee. Learn about first line pharmacotherapies and how to determine which to prescribe.
(11:58-minute MP3 File; About Downloading)

New Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guidelines -- Expert: Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD, PhD, FAAFP Dr. Jaén, Professor and Chairman of Family and Community Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center, is Vice Chair of the guideline panel and a member of the AAFP Tobacco Cessation Advisory Committee. Find out what family physicians and their practice teams need to do to implement the new guidelines.
(11:16-minute MP3 File; About Downloading)

Overcoming Barriers to Better Fitness -- An audio program that offers strategies for addressing patient and practice obstacles related to overweight and obesity issues.
(50-minute MP3 File; About Downloading)