Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Claim CME/CE credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-191 Overview: Screening for asymptomatic conditions is an essential and important aspect of primary care. But what is the potential downstream impact to the patents and the healthcare system when low-risk individuals are screened? What are the benefits and the potential harms? Join us as we discuss a recent retrospective study on the downstream effects of low-value...
Sep 28, 2020•12 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Overview: Coadministration of drugs should be done with caution, because drug-drug interactions can cause serious adverse effects. Being cognizant of relevant pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacogenetics aspects of a variety of drugs, including analgesics, can reduce such effects. Guest: Oscar A. De Leon-Casasola, MD
Sep 25, 2020•13 min
Overview: Join pulmonologist Dr. Chris Fanta as he discusses acute exacerbations and COPD. The podcast begins with a typical case presentation seen in primary care which highlights the experience of acute exacerbations of COPD. Next, Dr. Fanta discusses the impact of COPD on the lives of patients and, lastly, discusses how COPD is treatable and, to some extent, preventable in an outpatient setting. Please note that any data, indications, and guidelines presented in this activity are current as o...
Sep 24, 2020•20 min
Overview: Join cardiologist Ty Gluckman, MD in part one of this two part podcast series as he reviews the latest guideline-based management of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), bringing to light major advances in the past years and evidence supporting these advances. Guest: Ty Gluckman, MD
Sep 22, 2020•20 min
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Claim CME/CE credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-190 Overview: A review of the latest evidence on antibody testing to identify current and past COVID-19 infection Guest: Alan Ehrlich, MD Music Credit: Richard Onorato
Sep 21, 2020•10 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™ Claim CME/CE credit: https://pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/cme-podcast-influenza-genentech-1-pt1 Overview: In the first episode of this 3-part mini-series on influenza, infectious disease specialist, Daniel Solomon M.D., reviews the epidemiology of flu and discusses the importance of prevention and diagnosis during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Please note that any data, indications, and guidelines presented in this activity are current as of the...
Sep 16, 2020•21 min
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Claim CME/CE credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-189 Overview: This session will discuss an observational study performed in Denmark on how receiving the influenza vaccine affected diabetics long-term outcomes. Guest: Jill Terrien, PhD, ANP-BC Music Credit: Richard Onorato
Sep 14, 2020•12 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Claim CME/CE credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-188 Overview: A review of the latest evidence regarding hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as treatment for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Guest: Alan Ehrlich, MD
Sep 07, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Claim CME/CE credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-187 Overview: This podcast will review what is known and theorized about vitamin D status, susceptibility to viral infections, and mortality from viral infections. Guest: Alan Ehrlich, MD Music Credit: Richard Onorato
Aug 31, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Claim CME/CE credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-186 Overview: This episode will review current literature on COVID-19 data. Guest: Guest: Susan Feeney, DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C Music Credit: Richard Onorato
Aug 24, 2020•14 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™ Claim CME/CE credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/rems-podcast-4-nsaids-8-20 Overview: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are used for pain management in a variety of settings and for a variety of conditions. This podcast summarizes the evidence for efficacy as well as for toxicities associated with this drug class and outlines current guideline recommendations. This activity is supported by an independent educational grant...
Aug 20, 2020•15 min
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Claim CME/CE credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-185 Overview: This episode will review a study of using LABA with inhaled steroid rather than a short acting rescue inhaler. Guest: Guest: Alan Ehrlich, MD Music Credit: Richard Onorato
Aug 17, 2020•12 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Claim CME/CE credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-184 Overview: For patients who have hip replacement or knee arthroplasty there is an increased risk of venous thromboembolism This episode will review the effectiveness of aspirin for preventing VTE in this population Guest: Guest: Alan Ehrlich, MD Music Credit: Richard Onorato...
Aug 10, 2020•9 min
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™ Claim CME/CE Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-183 Overview: While it is well established that selected lifestyle factors are individually associated with lower risk of chronic diseases, it has been unclear which combinations of these factors are associated with disease-free life-years. This session presents the result of a recent meta-analysis that provides insights into this important subject. Guest: Robert B...
Aug 04, 2020•10 min
Credits: 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™ Claim CME/CE Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/coffee-with-chopra-ep-1 Overview: Join Dr. Sanjiv Chopra, hepatologist, author, speaker, and thought leader as he interviews his guest, Dr. Martin Abrahamson, endocrinologist and associate professor at Harvard Medical School as they discuss major advances in diabetes as well as the promise of stem cell treatment, diet and weight loss in patients with diabetes, and advances in continuou...
Jul 28, 2020•33 min
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™ Claim CME/CE credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/seize-the-day-pt-3 Overview: Most patients between ages 18 and 64 presenting to primary care practices have a comorbidity that increases their risk for invasive pneumococcal disease and thus warrants immunization. These comorbidities include diabetes, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease (such as asthma or COPD), liver disease, smoking, and others. This podcast will discuss the ...
Jul 28, 2020•15 min
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™ Claim CME/CE Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-182 Overview: About 20% of men older than 60 experience low testosterone; however, the prevalence of low testosterone with sexual dysfunction symptoms is significantly lower. Although there is an association between advancing age, testosterone levels, and other quality of life factors, the exact causal relationship remains challenging. This latest guideline from th...
Jul 27, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™ Claim CME/CE credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/pain-points-opioid-therapy-in-older-adults-podcast Overview: Opioids are an important therapy for the management of pain in older patients with cancer-related chronic pain, as well as in some with chronic noncancer pain. This program reviews important concepts in initiating and continuing opioid therapy in older patients. This activity is supported by an independent educational grant f...
Jul 20, 2020•14 min
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ Claim CME/CE Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-181 Overview: This podcast reviews a recent study evaluating the benefit of adding a weighted vest to dietary interventions to promote weight loss and discusses its implications for clinical practice. Guest: Alan Ehrlich, MD Music Credit: Richard Onorato...
Jul 20, 2020•10 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™ Claim CME/CE credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/seize-the-day-pt-2 Overview: Adults between the ages of 18 through 64 with immunocompromising conditions due to either anatomic defects or impaired immune response are at the highest risk for invasive pneumococcal disease. They need two different pneumococcal vaccines: pneumococcal conjugate vaccine ( PCV13 ) at the time the risk factor is recognized and pneumococcal polysaccharide vac...
Jul 15, 2020•17 min
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ Claim CME/CE credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-180 Overview: The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) updated their 2012 guidelines for treating gout. To do this, they used established evidenced-based methods including population, intervention, comparator, outcomes (PICO) questions. Guest: Guest: Robert A. Baldor, MD, FAAFP Music Credit: Richard Onorato...
Jul 15, 2020•13 min
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™ Claim CME/CE credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/how-do-i-identify-manage-severe-asthma Overview: In this podcast, Dr. Matthew Drake, a pulmonary and critical care medicine specialist at Oregon Health & Science University, will answer questions regarding diagnosis, evaluation and management of severe asthma. He will review how to identify and evaluate patients with severe asthma, and will describe newer treatments available for p...
Jul 08, 2020•15 min
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™ Claim CME/CE credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/seize-the-day-pt-1 Overview: The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) makes shared clinical decision-making recommendations when individuals may benefit from vaccination, but broad vaccination of all people in that group is unlikely to have population-level impact. Such a recommendation is applicable to pneumococcal vaccines whereby pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13)...
Jun 30, 2020•14 min
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-179 Overview: The comparative efficacy of corticosteroid and physical therapy for managing osteoarthritis of the knee is controversial. This podcast will review a recent randomized trial comparing the efficacy of the 2 treatments in 156 patients who were followed for 1 year. Guest: Guest: Alan Ehrlich, MD Music Credit: Richard Onorato...
Jun 29, 2020•10 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ Claim CME/CE credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-178 Overview: As men age, over-active bladder (OAB) symptoms (urgency, frequency, nocturia) are commonly seen. Typically, these symptoms are secondary to the development of benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH). Alpha-blocking and/or antimuscarinic agents are commonly prescribed to treat such symptoms. In this podcast we review the COBALT study which examines the bene...
Jun 22, 2020•9 min
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™ Claim CME/CE credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/pain-points-nonopioid-pharmacologic-options Overview: Nonopioid therapy is an important tool for the treatment of chronic pain. But agents differ as to efficacy and safety in older patients. This program reviews the different classes of nonopioid medications, their efficacy in different types of pain, and their use in older patients. This activity is supported by an independent educati...
Jun 19, 2020•18 min
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ Claim CME/CE credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-177 Overview: This session will discuss the latest evidence on concussion occurrence among high school athletes and review return-to play-guidelines and laws. It will also provide a nuanced and realistic discussion of concussion prevention. Guest: Guest: Hillary Mullan Music Credit: Richard Onorato...
Jun 15, 2020•7 min
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ Claim CME/CE credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-176 Overview: Achieving a euthymic state can be very challenging for individuals with depression and anxiety. Many people live with residual symptoms even while on anti-depressive medications. Changing pharmacotherapy, escalating doses, and adding medications are common. Join us while we discuss the results of a recent RCT of primary care patients, which demonstra...
Jun 08, 2020•11 min
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ Claim CME/CE credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/woc-coburn-id-expert-covid-19-faq-transmission Overview: In this podcast, infectious disease specialist Dr. Woc-Colburn answers your questions from the past few weeks with a focus on COVID-19 transmission and what precautions to follow as we return to the “new normal”. Please note that any data, indications, and guidelines presented in this activity are current as of the recording on ...
Jun 05, 2020•14 min
Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ Claim CME/CE credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-175 Overview: Clinical practice guidelines from the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommend against routine Pap smears and bimanual exams in adolescents. This recommendation includes those planning on starting oral contraceptives or with possible sexually transmitted diseases. A recent study foun...
Jun 01, 2020•8 min
