Orthopaedics | Milan Sen, MD, John Munz, MD, Stephen Warner, MD, PhD, Mani Kahn, MD September 07, 2024 | 2.00 Credits | 63:48

The goal of this program is to improve management of orthopedic injuries. After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to:

1. Manage open fractures with suspected vascular injury.
2. Identify risk factors and mechanisms of injury associated with irreducible joint dislocations.
3. Apply and maintain an external fixator used for bone fractures.
4. Develop strategies for wound care and infection prevention in soft tissue management.
5. Diagnose and manage patients with acute compartment syndrome.

Neurology | Andrew Benjamin, MD August 21, 2024 | 0.50 Credits | 13:01

The goal of this program is to improve the management of penetrating brain injury (PBI). After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to:

1. Consider the complexities and recent research challenging existing dogma when managing PBI in the trauma bay.

Emergency Medicine | Rochelle Dicker, MD August 21, 2024 | 0.50 Credits | 18:03

The goal of this program is to improve the implementation of trauma-informed care (TIC). After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to:

1. Cite the 3 Es of trauma.
2. List the 6 principles of TIC.

Oncology | Stacey Cohen, MD August 21, 2024 | 0.75 Credits | 24:50

The goal of this program is to improve the utility of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) analysis in patients with colon cancer. After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to:

1. Explain the potential role of ctDNA as a biomarker in colon cancer.
2. Compare use of tumor-informed vs -uninformed assays in ctDNA testing.
3. Cite evidence from the DYNAMIC trial regarding outcomes using ctDNA-guided adjuvant chemotherapy in stage II colon cancer.

Gastroenterology | Paul Martin, MD August 21, 2024 | 1.00 Credits | 29:40

The goal of this program is to improve management of renal dysfunction in patients with cirrhosis. After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to:

1. Identify patients with tubular injury in patients with renal impairment with urinary biomarkers.
2. Apply an assessment model for liver disease that accounts for sex disparities in allocation of organs for transplantation.
3. Relate likelihood of response to terlipressin and albumin in patients with hepatorenal syndrome-acute kidney injury to serum creatinine.

Oncology | Matthew Strickland, MD August 21, 2024 | 1.00 Credits | 29:44

The goal of this program is to improve the management of upper gastrointestinal cancers using targeted therapy. After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to:

1. Summarize the findings of the ToGA trial comparing standard chemotherapy vs chemotherapy plus trastuzumab in patients with advanced gastric adenocarcinoma.
2. List characteristics of patients with microsatellite instability-high tumors.

Urology | Alan H. Bryce, MD August 21, 2024 | 0.75 Credits | 19:17

The goal of this program is to improve management of hormone-sensitive metastatic prostate cancer. After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to:

1. Develop management strategies for patients with hormone-sensitive metastatic prostate cancer.
2. Cite factors affecting quality of life in patients with hormone-sensitive metastatic prostate cancer.

Urology | James A. Eastham, MD August 21, 2024 | 0.50 Credits | 14:13

The goal of this program is to improve management of high-risk localized prostate cancer. After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to:

1. Select patients who are most likely to benefit from radical prostatectomy.

Ophthalmology | Kamran M. Riaz, MD August 21, 2024 | 1.25 Credits | 37:59

The goal of this program is to improve preoperative planning of cataract surgery using optical biometry. After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to:

1. Interpret measurements on optical biometry printouts to assess measurement quality and guide intraocular lens selection.
2. Obtain approximate measurements of angle alpha to determine candidacy for diffractive optics.
3. Choose an intraocular lens formula when biometric measurements are unavailable or inaccurate.

Orthopaedics | Kevin Chung, MD, MS August 21, 2024 | 0.75 Credits | 22:07

The goal of this program is to improve patient outcomes through understanding of principles of flexor tendon repair. After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to:

1. Compare the various types of sutures used in flexor tendon repair.
2. Explain the difference between core stitches and epitendinous sutures in flexor tendon repair.