Free CE on Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Discovery Health is offering free CME OCD: Improving Diagnosis, Maximizing Treatment. Watch online or listen to the podcast.

On average, it takes several years from the time OCD symptoms first appear for people to obtain appropriate treatment. Because many people with OCD are acutely aware that their obsessive thoughts are irrational and are not caused by external circumstances, they may withhold information and be reluctant to reveal their condition to family members or health care professionals.

JNC-7 Guidelines for Treatment of High Blood Pressure

The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute(NHLBI) publishes clinical guidelines for the treatment of hypertension. The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure, otherwise known as JNC-7, was published in 2003 and is currently in revision for JNC-8 due out in March 2010 for comment and in final form in summer of 2010.

A JNC-7 Express Guide has been written for primary care.

A JNC-7 Pocket Reference Card contains all the main points in a concise 2 pages.

JNC-7 PDA Application

Preventive Care Guidelines for your PDA

Search and Browse U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on your PDA or mobile device with ePSS, now including iPhone and iPod Touch.

The Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS) is an application designed to help primary care clinicians identify the screening, counseling, and preventive medication services that are appropriate for their patients.

The ePSS is available both as a web application and a mobile application. The ePSS information is based on the current recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and can be searched by specific patient characteristics, such as age, sex, and selected behavioral risk factors.

Free CME from Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide

The POC-IT Center offers continuing medical education materials focused on delivering concise, practical information written by expert clinical faculty and tailored to clinicians' needs. You can access CME offerings in two convenient ways: from this CME Center page or at the point of clinical decision making. Just look for this as you browse the Guide's topics.

Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide

Launched in 2000, the ABX Guide is a state-of-the-art resource for diagnosing, managing and treating infectious diseases. It has become a popular infectious disease resource in the field with more than 350,000 registered users--half of whom download the application to their PDA devices.

Download the ABX Guide to your handheld device

• ABX Guide is available for download through SKYSCAPE
• All handheld, mobile devices are supported including Palm, PocketPC, BlackBerry^® and iPhone.
• 24x7 technical support from Skyscape.
• Mac and PC compatible.
• New "Table Viewer" allows users to easily and conveniently scroll through tables on their mobile devices.

How do I find an article? Let Us Count the Ways

Where do I find articles? In 1959, Librarian Herman H. Henkle's print journal collection, might have been your source! But in 2009, you have more options.

There are still a few print journals left on the shelves at Montgomery Hospital's Library, but most of your articles will come from three sources:


1. Medline is the largest database of article information. The National Library of Medicine(NLM) funded by the U.S. government, employs a large staff of librarians to summarize medical articles, and assign subject headings/tags to each one. The data is freely accessible, and many companies repackage it with different interfaces.

PubMed Medline: This interface is produced by the NLM, and is available from any computer for free. If you want free full text though, only 10% of the articles have a link to the full text online from the publisher. To restrict to full text articles, click the limits button, and choose the "free full text" option.

NOTE: Due to the closure of the library, no interlibrary loan is available.

2. Interlibrary Loan, otherwise known as "ILL," is your key to those several thousand other journals that aren't free in Medline.

3 NEJM: The current print issues are at the library. You can also get to the NEJM online versions from any networked pc in the hospital. The publisher will recognize your IP address, and log you in, if you are at the hospital.

4. Google: Sometimes, if you are fortunate, a publisher will post an article in free full text to the web, perhaps because of the public health implications, or just because they feel like it.
Related Posts:
How to get Full Text Articles
PubMed Medline Redesign

Free CME on Medication Reconciliation thru 11/5/10

The AMA is offering a free Patient Safety CME module on Medication Reconciliation, thru 11/5/10, AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Objectives
After completing this activity, participants should be able to:

Describe medication reconciliation principles and processes
Distinguish the physician's role in the medication reconciliation process
Integrate patient-centric aspects of medication reconciliation into practice
Create a medication management plan with your patients
Integrate principles and processes into practice in all settings of care
Identify appropriate medication reconciliation team in all settings of care
Identify proper delegation of clinical and nonclinical medication reconciliation responsibilities
Lead your organization's efforts to support medication reconciliation

New Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America is offering access to the new
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infection in Adults
SHEA/IDSA
ICHE May 2010

This guideline is designed to improve the diagnosis and management of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in adult patients. A case of CDI is defined by the presence of symptoms (usually diarrhea) and either a stool test positive for C. difficile toxins or toxigenic C. difficile, or colonoscopic or histopathologic findings revealing pseudomembranous colitis. In addition to diagnosis and management, recommended methods of infection control and environmental management of the pathogen are presented. The recommendations are based on the best available evidence and practices, as determined by a joint Expert Panel appointed by SHEA and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) (the SHEA‐IDSA Expert Panel). The use of these guidelines can be impacted by the size of the institution and the resources, both financial and laboratory, available in the particular clinical setting.

Free CME on Perioperative Care/Patient Safety

http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/online/casebased/perioperative/

Good through 8/12/10. Registration required.

The Cleveland Clinic brings this case-based cme on perioperative care. Perioperative medical complications significantly increase morbidity and mortality, as well as the financial cost associated with surgical procedures.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. This activity may be submitted for American Osteopathic Association Continuing Medical Education credit in Category 2.

VisualDxHealth

VisualDxHealth provides high quality photos in their SkinSight for patients, as well as a Clinical Decision Support software that physicians can subscribe to.

In addition there are free educational resources on pattern recognition in skin disease in their LearnDerm tutorials.

Dermatology Educational Series – Rash 101: clinical and educational insights on rash, developed by our specialists for general practitioners.

• Learn the proper process for conducting a thorough skin exam.
• Improve your understanding of rash morphology, distribution, location, and terminology.
• Go through interactive lessons and quizzes.

Earn Patient Safety CME reading Medical News

MedPage Today is a medical news service for physicians that links consumer medical news and the professional medical analysis needed by clinicians.

Co-developed by MedPage Today and The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Office of Continuing Medical Education. Physicians and other healthcare professionals may also receive Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits at no cost by completing these educational programs.

Click on the State-Required-CME link to view articles about topics like Patient Safety.

Free CME from CMELLC.com

CMELLC.com offers free CME in the following areas:

• Psychiatry
• Oncology
• Primary Care
• Practice Management

Free CME on Asthma and COPD

CME Corner is offering free CME credit thru October 31, 2010 on: Breathing Easier: Management Strategies for Uncontrolled Asthma and COPD Upon completion of this educational activity, the participant should be able to:
1.		Explain the rationale for the recent changes to both asthma and COPD treatment guidelines.
2.		Compare the benefits of ICS, LABA, and combination therapies with their associated risk profiles.
3.		Identify the appropriate patient groups who may benefit from ICS, LABA, and combination therapies.
4.		Describe the disparities in asthma and COPD care in older adults and minorities. .

CME from Audio-Digest

Audio-Digest offers cme in audio cd or MP3 file format. They have a 10 program, 20 credit Comprehensive Review of Risk Management available for $199(cd)/$169(MP3).

CONTENT AT A GLANCE
Patient Safety; Medicolegal Issues; Rules and Laws in Medical Practice: Parts 1 & 2; Patient Safety and Patient Satisfaction; Quality Improvements/Making Decisions; Risk Management: Part 1 Seclusion and Restraint; Risk Management: Part 2 Suicide/Confidentiality; Quality Metrics/Malpractice; Medical Errors/The Future of Surgery

Free sponsored CME programs are also available such as,
Chronic Pain Management in Older Adults
Atypical Psychotics in Children and Adolescents

CME from theNational Comprehensive Cancer Network

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network offers free CME on topics such as:


NCCN Task Force Report: Clinical Utility of PET in a Variety of Tumor Types (JNCCN Supplement) thru June 26, 2010

Epigenetic Modulation in Hematologic Malignancies: Challenges and Progress (Text Article) thru September 23, 2010

NCCN Task Force Report: Transfusion and Iron Overload in Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndromes (JNCCN Supplement) thru December 31st, 2010

Radiology Case Reports from the University of Washington

Radiology Case Reports is published by the University of Washington in the public interest. This journal provides a peer-reviewed open-access venue for publishing case reports that feature radiologic imaging.

UpToDate Online: Expert Opinion Clinical Reference

The Library subscribes to UpToDate Online. It is available from any networked pc at the hospital--once at the site, just click on "Accept" for the license agreement. Unfortunately, there is no remote access, pda access, or cme available through institutional subscriptions.

UpToDate is a practical clinical reference designed to provide quick access to synthesized medical information in an easy-to-use format. It is comprised of thousands of original topic reviews written by a recognized faculty of experts who each address a specific clinical issue and provide detailed recommendations.

MRSA found in 4% of Healthcare Workers

According to Medscape Medical News, approximately 4% of healthcare workers tested positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a large screening effort, a new analysis reports.

Carlos Guerra, MD, from the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, presented the findings here at the Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections 2010.

According to Kerri A. Thom, MD, MS, assistant professor of epidemiology and preventive medicine from the University of Maryland in Baltimore, other studies have shown a similar rate of MRSA carriage in healthcare workers.

Dr. Thom emphasized that all healthcare workers should practice Standard Precautions when caring for patients. "By following these guidelines, healthcare workers are protecting both themselves and their patients from the transmission of potential pathogens."

AHRQ's Patient Safety CME

AHRQ Web M&M: Morbidity&Mortality Rounds on the Web April 2010 Spotlight Case:
Bad Writing, Wrong Medication

Objectives:

• Differentiate between a medication error and an adverse drug event.
• Appreciate the system complexities involved in medication errors that occur in ambulatory settings.
• List at least three to five elements that comprise a framework for conducting a root cause analysis of a medication error.

To earn CME credit you must register.

Auxiliary donates Internet Cool Tools for Physicians

In honor of Doctors Day, the Montgomery Hospital Auxiliary donated 2 copies of Internet Cool Tools for Physicians by Melissa Rethlefsen, David Rothman and Dr. Daniel Mojon.

Feel like you're being sucked down into a swirl of never-ending information? Today's physicians are faced with new advances in medicine and new research that can impact practice, but finding the right information at the right time seems overwhelming in the constant deluge of scientific research. That's where this illustrated guide will walk you through some of today's most useful Internet tools, tools that can help you find, manage, and organize the information you need, so that it is always at your fingertips, whether for patient care, research, practice, or fun.

The books are available to be checked out, on the shelf at W 26.55 C7 2009.

Thanks again to the Auxiliary!

Free CME from Psychiatry Weekly thru 3-31-11

Psychiatry Weekly is offering 4 free cme courses online. All courses are cosponsored by Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and mbl.cmeoutreach.com

Practical Dosing Strategies in the Treatment of Schizophrenia: Part 1 - First-Episode Schizophrenia
Funding for this activity has been provided by an educational grant from Pfizer Inc.

Treatment-Resistant Depression--Part I: Introduction and Clinical Presentations
Funding for this activity has been provided by an educational grant from Eli Lilly and Company.

Treatment-Resistant Depression -- Part II: Augmentation Strategies
Funding for this activity has been provided by an educational grant from Eli Lilly and Company.

Treatment-Resistant Depression -- Part III: Switching Antidepressants vs. Conventional Augmentation Strategies
Funding for this activity has been provided by an educational grant from Eli Lilly and Company.

Annotated List of CME from Bernard Sklar, MD

The Annotated List of Online Continuing Medical Education (CME) is links to, and descriptions of, more than 300 Online CME sites offering about 13,000 activities and more than 22,000 hours of AMA Category I CME credit, compiled by Dr. Bernard Sklar.

Allergy Anesthesia Cardiology Critical Care Dermatology Diabetes/Endocrinology Ear, Nose and Throat
Emergency Medicine Family Practice Gastroenterology Genetics Geriatrics Hematology/Oncology HIV/Infectious Disease Imaging/Radiology Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Neurosurgery Obstetrics/GynecologyOncology/Hematology Ophthalmology Orthopedic Surgery Pain Management Pathology/Lab Medicine Pediatrics Psychiatry Pulmonary Quality/Management Radiology/Imaging Rheumatology Surgery Urology Wellness/Prevention

Free CE on Faculty Development

CECentral is project of the University of Kentucky. A unit of UK HealthCare, CECentral.com is a full-service continuing education solution for healthcare professionals seeking a convenient source of quality accredited continuing healthcare education activities. Many of the online webcast courses are free.

One featured series of courses is on Faculty Development, with topics such as:

Teaching Procedural Skills

Bedside Teaching

Inpatient Teaching Effectively but Efficiently: an Evidence-Based Approach

The Art of Providing Feedback

iPhone Medical Apps

The iPhone Medical Apps: News, Reviews, and Trends blog provides info on the latest medical applications for iPhone, and links to buy.

Patient Safety CME on MedPage Today

Get free CME credit for reading medical news on Patient Safety/Risk Management through MedPage Today. MedPage Today provides physicians a clinical perspective on the breaking medical news that their patients are reading. Co-developed by MedPage Today and The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Office of Continuing Medical Education, each article alerts clinicians to breaking medical news, with summaries and actionable information enabling them to better understand the implications. Physicians and other healthcare professionals may also receive Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits at no cost by completing these educational programs.

Patient Education Search Engine

Check out this custom search engine for Patient Education Handouts by David Rothman. This (recently re-created) Custom Search Engine searches authoritative and trusted consumer health information and patient education resources recommended by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and/or by CAPHIS (the Consumer and Patient Health Information Section of the Medical Library Association).

Consumer Health and Patient Education Information Search Engine