2018 CME Session Topics

Cardiovascular

• (PBL) Arrhythmias and Dysrhythmias
• (PBL) Atrial Fibrillation: Outpatient Management of Non-Valvular A-Fib
• (PBL) Cardiomyopathies
• (PBL) Managing Acute and Chronic Heart Failure
• (PBL) Venous Thromboembolism Management: VTE & PE - The Clot Thickens
• Acute Coronary Syndromes: ACS in Women!
• Adult and Elderly Hypertension
• Arrhythmias and Dysrhythmias
• Ask the Expert: Evaluation of Syncope, The Diagnostic Puzzle
• Atrial Fibrillation: Outpatient Management of Non-valvular A-Fib
• Cardiomyopathies
• Cardiovascular Pharmacology
• Cardiovascular Physical Exam: Putting your Finger on the Pulse
• Evaluation of Syncope, The Diagnostic Puzzle
• Managing Acute and Chronic Heart Failure
• Peripheral Vascular Disease (Screening, Diagnosis and Management): Peripheral Arterial Disease
• Venous Thromboembolism Management: VTE & PE -  The Clot Thickens

Clinical Procedures Workshops

• Acne Treatment and Procedures*
• Aesthetic Dermal Filler Injections for Facial Rejuvenation*
• Botulinum Injections for Cosmetic Rejuvenation and Medical Applications: Advanced*         
  
• Botulinum Injections for Cosmetic Rejuvenation: Fundamentals*
• Dermoscopy Workshop for Skin Cancer Diagnosis
• Dermoscopy Workshop for Skin Cancer Diagnosis with Online Module (Flipped Classroom) 
• ECG Analysis: Advanced 
• ECG Workshop: The Fundamentals
• ECG Workshop: The Fundamentals with Online Module (Flipped Classroom)
  
• Electrosurgery and Cryosurgery*
• Insertions and Removals of IUDs and Contraceptive Implants: Fundamentals
• Insertions and Removals of IUDs and Contraceptive Implants: Advanced With Online Module (Flipped Classroom)
• Intro to Acupuncture/Manipulation Techniques for Pain Management
• Musculoskeletal Injections: Joint and Soft Tissue Injections
• Nail Procedures: Best Practices and Updates
• Sideline Management Assessment Response Techniques (SMART)
• Soft Tissue Surgery: Advanced*
• Soft Tissue Surgery: Fundamentals*
• Splinting, Casting, and Wrapping
• Ultrasound Guided Joint Injections
• Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta, IVC and Renal/Bladder with Online Module (Flipped Classroom)
• Ultrasound of the Liver, Gallbladder, Spleen and Peritoneal Cavity with Online Module (Flipped Classroom)

*These workshops are taught using animal products (i.e., pig feet, pork shoulder, chicken).

Emergency and Urgent Care

• Abdominal Pain and Acute Abdomen Emergent and Urgent Care: Acute Abdomen in the Elderly Patient - What is in that Black Box?
• Hyperglycemic Emergency: DKA and HHS
• Evaluation and Management of Sepsis/Septic Shock in Adults: 2017 Sepsis Care - Outpatient to Inpatient

Endocrine

• (PBL) Care of Diabetes Complications by Family Physicians
• Adult Obesity Management: Mindful Eating for Patients with Obesity
• Care of Diabetes Complications by Family Physicians
• Customizing Diabetes Intensification Based Upon Cardiovascular Risk: Diabetes Cardiovascular Outcomes First Do No Harm
• Diabetes Treatment Update 2018
• Hyperthyroidism and Hypothyroidism: I Heat Up, I Cool Down
• Hypogonadism in Men
• Prediabetes Screening and Management: A Spoon Full of Prevention! Get Ahead of Diabetes
• Strategic Lifestyle Interventions for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Gastrointestinal

• Clostridium Difficile (Pseudomembranous Colitis): Evidence-Based Approach to Clostridium Difficile Colitis
• Hemorrhoids and Anal Fissure: Anorectal Disease - Diagnosis and Treatment
• Hernia (Abdominal) 
• Liver Function Tests: Is Something Wrong With My Liver? (CME104-105)
• Probiotics and the GI Tract, What Should A Busy Clinician Know (CME106-107)

Geriatrics

• (PBL) Osteoporosis and Osteopenia Prevention and Treatment: Building Strong Bones for Life (CME108-109)
• (PBL) Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Myositis: Oh My Aching Muscles!            (CME110-111)
• Osteoporosis and Osteopenia Prevention and Treatment: Building Strong Bones for Life (CME112-113)
• Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Myositis: Oh My Aching Muscles! (CME114-115)
• Urinary Incontinence and Urinary Frequency (CME116-117)
• (PBL) Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Using the AAFP Cognitive Care Kit to Identify, Treat and Support Patients with Cognitive Impairment       (CME118-119)
• Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Using the AAFP Cognitive Care Kit to Identify, Treat and Support Patients with Cognitive Impairment (CME120-121)
• Dizziness and Balance Disorders: Dizziness and Vertigo - A Step-Wise Approach (CME122-123)
• Stroke (CME124-125)
• Geriatric Grief Reaction: Grief and Depression in the Elderly (CME126-127)

Hematologic/Immune

• Adult Immunization Update: Grown-ups Need Shots Too (CME128-129)
• Anticoagulation Management Update (CME130-131)
• What's New With Zika Virus (CME132-133)

Infectious Disease

• Hepatitis C Treatment Update: Prepare for the Approaching Wave
• Sexually Transmitted Infections Update: Stopping the Rise of STIs
• HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis in Primary Care: Stepping Into PrEP and PEP
• Office Immunization Management: It Takes A Team!
• Office Immunization Management: It Takes A Team! (Workshop)
• Screening and Treating Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Still Battling the White Plague

Integumentary

• Common Skin Infections
• Nail Disorders/Abnormalities: How To Treat That Ugly, Painful Toe
• Skin Cancer Update for the Family Physician
• Wound Care Management: The Art and Science of Wound Healing

Men's Health

• Diagnosis of Male Genital Tract Cancers: Complications of Prostate Cancer Screening/Diagnosis
  

Musculoskeletal / Sports Medicine

• (PBL) Fracture Management: Breaks for the FP to Fix
•  (PBL) Upper & Lower Extremity Musculoskeletal Exam Techniques: Evidence-Based Treatment
• Ask the Expert: Connective Tissue Disorders
• Common Shoulder and Knee Problems in the Elderly
• Connective Tissue Disorders: Antibodies Gone Dark Side
• Degenerative Joint Disease: DJD/OA and Our Future
• Fracture Management: Breaks for the FP to Fix
• Limping Pediatric Diagnosis and Orthopedics: The Challenge of the Limping Child
• Lower Extremity Musculoskeletal Exam Techniques: Evidence-Based Treatment
• Tendinopathy: Evaluation and Treatment of Common Tendinopathies
• Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Exam Techniques: Evidence-Based Treatment

Nephrologic

• Ask the Expert: Chronic Kidney Disease and End-Stage Renal Disease            
• Chronic Kidney Disease and End-Stage Renal Disease: Screening Monitoring and Treatment by the Family Physician

Neurologic

• Why Am I So Sleepy?: Evaluation and Treatment of Hypersomnolence

Pain

• Acute Pain Management: Evaluating and Treating
• Ask the Expert: Nonopioid Treatment of Chronic Pain
• Nonopioid Treatment of Chronic Pain
• Somatic Symptom Disorder
• (PBL) Fibromyalgia: Its a Pain in My Neck!
• Fibromyalgia: Its a Pain in My Neck!
• Practical Approaches to Low Back Pain in Primary Care
• Headache, Migraine, Tension, and Cluster: Taking the Headache Out of Migraine

Pediatric

• Ask the Expert: Pediatric Obesity
• Pediatric Obesity
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Food Allergies in Children and Adolescents
• Pediatric and Adolescent Immunization Update
• (PBL) Adolescent Concussion and Return to Play Guidelines: The Headaches and Confusions of Concussions
• Adolescent Concussion and Return to Play Guidelines: The Headaches and Confusions of Concussions
• (PBL) Adolescent Depression Management and Bullying Mitigation: Interventions That Make A Difference
• Adolescent Depression Management and Bullying Mitigation: Interventions That Make A Difference
• Diagnosing and Managing ADHD in Clinic and in Schools
• Pediatric Asthma
• (PBL) Adolescent Contraception Management
• Adolescent Contraception Management

Practice Management and Leadership

• Leadership Skills for the Non-Leader Can Improve Job Satisfaction and Patient Care
• 2-Step Risk Stratification and Risk Stratified Care Management
• Are You the Family Physician You Wanted to Be? The Journey of an Old Goat to Direct Primary Care
• Ask the Expert: Direct Primary Care: A Pro & Con Discussion of an Emerging Model
• Ask the Expert: Making Sense of MACRA - Advanced Alternative Payment Models
• Ask the Expert: Making Sense of MACRA - Ensure a Positive Adjustment in 2018
• Ask the Expert: Shared Decision Making in Cancer Screening
• Attack the WAC (Work After Clinic): Building Resilience and Efficiency
• Becoming a More Relaxed, Healthy Physician: Reducing Frustration and Increasing Fulfillment
• Burned Out or Fired Up? Transforming You, Your Team, and Your Culture
• CCM: Getting Paid For What We Do Best
• Clinical Transformation-Population Team based Care
• Creating a Thriving Practice Culture: By Design
• Direct Primary Care: A Pro & Con Discussion of an Emerging Model
• Getting Paid for What You Do
• HCC Crash Course: Absorbing the Impact
• How Team Based Care can Achieve the Quadruple Aim
• Living the "Marcus Welby MD" Dream
• Mindful Engagement with Our Work: Skills to Address Burnout, Resilience and Wellbeing
• Rejuvenation: Bringing Energy and Passion to Your Work
• Setting up a Patient Family Advisory Council (PFAC) in Your Practice
• Shared Decision Making in Cancer Screening
• Ten Steps for Writing a Good Clinical Review Article
• Towards the Optimal Use of Health Information Technology
• Unlocking Engagement with Culture & Education
• Your Prescription for MIPS
  

Psychogenic

• Adult Depressive Disorder Updates: Improving Treatment in Primary Care
• Anxiety Disorders Treatment: Effectively Treating the Anxious Patient
• Ask the Expert: Assisting Patients with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Treatment
• Assisting Patients with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Treatment: Identifying and Treating Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care Settings
• Bipolar Disorder Demystified
• Main Stage: Responding to the Opioid Crisis: Perspectives from Family Physicians
• Smoking Cessation and Tobacco Use Prevention: Evidence-Based Smoking Cessation and Motivational Interviewing

Public Health

• ABFM's Performance Improvement (former part IV)-NEW and Helpful Practical Time-Saving Methods to Complete this Required Activity Successfully: Family Medicine Certification Update
• Adult Transgender Wellness: Providing Appropriate and Compassionate Care to Transgender Adults
• Ask the Expert: ABFM's Performance Improvement (former part IV)-NEW and Helpful Practical Time-Saving Methods to Complete this Required Activity Successfully
• Family Medicine: Advancing Health Equity
• Food Insecurity and Its Impact on Health
• Global Health at Home - Applying Lessons Learned from Short-term Global Health Experiences
• It's All in the Genes: Understanding Genetics Testing and Counseling in Family Medicine (Workshop)
• Leading the Way: Family Physicians Advancing Health Equity
• Main Stage: Top 10: EBM Updates
• Recent AAFP Clinical Practice Guidelines on Hypertension and Atrial Fibrillation: Interpreting and Applying the Evidence in Your Practice
• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Update
• Understanding and Unlearning Implicit Bias

Respiratory

• Allergic Rhinitis: I Can't Breathe!
• Asthma Updates
• Bronchiolitis and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD): A Breath of Fresh Air
• Pneumonia: The Forgotten Killer

Special Sensory

• Cochlear Implants Have Evolved: Which Patients in your Practice are Now Candidates? Diabetes: Interprofessional Management of A Public Health Crisis - A Collaborative Effort of Dentists, Physicians, and Diabetes Educators
• Management of Eye Injuries: Managing the Red or Injured Eye

Women's Health

• (PBL) Well Woman Exam: The New Well Woman Visit
• Female Cancer Prevention, Screening, and Diagnosis: Listen to WOMEN! The Current Recommendations on Cancer Prevention and Screening
• First Trimester Bleeding: Evaluation and Management
• Pelvic Pain
• Well Woman Exam: The New Well Woman Visit
• Menopause / Hormone Replacement Therapy: ...and the HEAT GOES ON!