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Here you'll find the latest news and featured highlights from Clinician Resources.
Lupus Awareness Month
Annual Finger Lecture: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Update
Dr. Michelle Petri discusses current best practices in detecting and managing systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and its various complications. She discusses the overreliance on prednisone and why SLE is a leading cause of death in young women of color.
CME credit available
Hepatitis Awareness Month
Management of Hepatitis C in Primary Care
Dr. Saira Aijaz Khaderi, Dr. Justin A. Reynolds, Erin Sharp, PharmD, MBA, and Dr. Nicholas Stine discuss the updates in the prevention and treatment of hepatitis C in primary care settings.
CME credit available
Asthma Awareness Month
Clinicopathologic Conference: A Case of Chronic Dyspnea: How EOS Took My Breath Away
Dr. Matthew Mason shares the case of a 51-year-old woman with a history of asthma, hypertension, and GERD who presented to the emergency department with acute on chronic productive cough and shortness of breath. For this case, Dharani Narendra serves as the case discussant, and Dr. Bhavika Kaul serves as the pulmonary and critical care medicine expert discussant.
CME credit available
Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Awareness Month
Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder: Practice Updates for Psychiatrists
Dr. Julia Ridgeway-Diaz discusses functional neurological symptom disorder diagnosis and current recommendations for management. She explains relevant physiology, diagnostic work-up, symptoms, and treatments through the example of a patient case report.
CME credit available
Minority Health Month
Health Inequity: What Is at the Root of It All?
Dr. Veronica Gillispie-Bell discusses institutional and structural racism and how they lead to health disparities. She describes strategies to reduce inequity in healthcare access and outcomes.
CME credit available
Alcohol Awareness Month
Medication Assisted Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder
Dr. Colleen Keough discusses pharmaceutical treatment options for patients with a substance abuse disorder, particularly alcohol and opioid use disorders. She focuses on practice recommendations for general internists, and includes resources for screening tools and overdose prevention.
CME credit available
Sarcoidosis Awareness Day
Clinicopathologic Conference: A (M)omentous Finding
Dr. Neha Venkatesh shares the case of a 45-year-old man with a history of sarcoidosis, essential hypertension, and type 2 diabetes mellitus who presented with a one-month history of fevers, night sweats, unintentional weight loss, and new-onset ascites.
CME credit available
Endometriosis Awareness Month
Endometriosis: Strategies to Facilitate Early Diagnosis, Manage Pain, and Improve Fertility Outcomes
Dr. Megan Billow discusses the complex disease process of endometriosis, the negative impact it can have on a patient's quality of life, and the current guidelines of surgical and non-surgical strategies to manage symptoms.
CME credit available
Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
Adapting Primary Care Visits to Youth and Adults with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities
Dr. Jordan Kemere and Dr. Robert Lehardy discuss the critical need to investigate common causes of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), as well as to identify and address health disparities affecting youth and adults with IDD. By examining these issues, they aim to improve healthcare practices and ensure equitable access to quality care for individuals with IDD.
CME credit available
National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week
Countertransference and Treating Patients with Opioid Use Disorders
Dr. Kelly Aylsworth discusses the concept of countertransference and strategies to reduce the effects of adverse countertransference when caring for patients with Opioid Use Disorders
CME credit available