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Preview our top 5 most listened-to family medicine CME online courses from the most trusted physicians and institutions in medicine.

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What’s the latest in family medicine CME online courses? Listen below to some of the country’s leading specialists from institutions such as the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine, and Medical College of Wisconsin.

1. Urgent Care: Cases and Clinical Pearls

Listen to Jennifer Bamford, MD, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington as she discusses ways to improve the management of less common cases seen in urgent care in this CME-accredited audio lecture. After listening to this full lecture, you will be better prepared to:

• Manage tick-borne illnesses such as anaplasmosis in a timely manner.
• Recommend resources and strategies for preventing constipation to avoid stercoral colitis.
• Recognize complications associated with long-term bisphosphonate use.
• Identify patients with Morgellons disease who would benefit from psychological therapy.
• Apply the latest principles of management of thrombophlebitis.

2. Heart Failure In Older Adults

Join Michael W. Rich, MD, Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Associate Program Director for Research, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis; Director, Cardiac Rapid Evaluation Unit, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO as he discusses how to improve the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure in older adults in this CME-accredited audio lecture. After listening to this full lecture, you will be better prepared to:

• Diagnose heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.
• Diagnose heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
• Choose an appropriate pharmacologic agent to treat heart failure in an older adult.
• Identify the devices used as therapy in patients with heart failure.
• Recognize the contributions of multimorbidity and frailty to the management of older adults with heart failure.

3. Probiotics (Part 1): Indications and Recommendations

Peter Buch, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, and New England University of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, ME reviews various methods to improve the use of probiotics in geriatric patients in this exclusive CME-accredited audio lecture. Once you listen to the full lecture, you will be better prepared to:

• Cite the proven gastroenterologic uses and potential adverse effects of probiotics.
• Explain the role of probiotics in treating irritable bowel disease and antibiotic-induced diarrhea in geriatric patients.

4. Pain, Opioids, and Addiction

Join Irina Kryzhanovskaya, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine as she discusses ways to improve the treatment of patients with chronic pain and opioid use disorder in this CME-accredited lecture. After listening to the full lecture, you will be better prepared to:

• Elaborate on the appropriate use of opioids in the management of chronic noncancer pain.
• Provide patients with effective options for treatment of opioid use disorder.
• Minimize risk for infection in patients being treated for opioid use disorder during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

5.Hypothyroidism: Diagnosis and Management

Listen to William J. Hueston, MD, Professor of Family and Community Medicine and Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee discuss how to improve the management of hypo- and hyperthyroidism in this CME-accredited lecture. Once you listen to the full lecture, you will be better prepared to:

• Recognize signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism.
• Differentiate between primary and secondary hypothyroidism.
• Prescribe appropriate replacement therapy for patients with hypothyroidism.

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