Comparison of Robotic and Laparoscopic Colectomies Using the 2019 ACS NSQIP Database
Robot-assisted laparoscopic surgeries (RLSs) have become increasingly common in the past decade alongside  conventional laparoscopic surgeries (CLSs).
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Format
  • Journal
Credits
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Epidemiology and Characteristics of North American Crotalid Bites Reported to the National Poison Data System 2006–2020
North American pit viper, or crotalid bites, remain a low incidence and potentially high-consequence medical event.
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Format
  • Journal
Credits
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
An Exploratory Study of a Fourth-Year Narrative Medicine Elective: Promoting Strategies for Personal Well-Being and Improved Patient Care
Narrative medicine promotes the effective practice of medicine by requiring clinicians to listen to, reflect on, and manage not only the physiology of disease but also patient stories.
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Format
  • Journal
Credits
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Religion/Spirituality Curriculum in US Osteopathic Medical Schools: A Survey
Education on aspects of religion/spirituality is a required component of medical education.  Osteopathic medical schools place an emphasis on the body, soul, and mind; however, it appears that the number of schools with an established curriculum of religion/spiritual
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Format
  • Journal
Credits
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic
Widespread outbreaks of novel (new) coronavirus infection have occurred in each of the past two decades, and the current outbreak poses the third threat of a severe novel coronavirus epidemic on a global scale.
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Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 MOC
  • 2.00 Approved Continuing Education (ACE)
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.00 ANCC
  • 2.00 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
New and Emerging Therapies for Agitation Associated with Dementia Due to Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) An Interactive Learning Experience
Agitation is among the most common behavioral symptoms in patients with dementia, including Alzheimer’s dementia. It exacts a significant burden on patients because it is associated with not only greater morbidity and mortality, but also a faster cognitive and functional decline.
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Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 0.36 AANP Contact Hours
  • 0.36 AANP Pharmacology Contact Hours
  • 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Frontotemporal Dementia
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a group of degenerative brain disorders causing progressive deterioration in behavior, language, and/or movement. There are presently approximately 60,000 people with FTD in the United States.
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Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
HIV/AIDS: Epidemic Update
Since the discovery of HIV, scientists have made major inroads in understanding modes of transmission, infectivity, and pathogenicity.
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Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 5.00 MOC
  • 5.00 Approved Continuing Education (ACE)
  • 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 5.00 ANCC
  • 5.00 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
Developing a Safe Opioid Treatment Plan for Managing Chronic Pain
Healthcare professionals should know best clinical practices in opioid prescribing, including the associated risks of opioids, approaches to the assessment of pain and function, and pain management modalities.
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Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Domestic and Sexual Violence
Victims of domestic and sexual violence suffer emotional, psychological, and physical abuse, all of which can result in both acute and chronic signs and symptoms of physical and mental disease, illness, and injury.
Category
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 5.00 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)

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