Current CME Opportunities: Loyola University Chicago

Current CME Opportunities

Accreditation

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine designates these live activities for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Division of CME Administration and Review Committee Disclosure – Pertaining to all CME activities, staff members have no financial relationships with ineligible companies: Trent Reed, DO, FACEP, Gregory Gruener, MD, MBA, MPH, Mary Jurasas, and Ashley Miltenberger

Activity Director and Planning Committee Members – Unless otherwise indicated, the Activity Director and Planning Committee members of our RSS activities have no financial relationships with ineligible companies.

ACGME/ABMS and IOM Core Competencies:

Patient Care - provide care that is compassionate, appropriate and effective for the treatment of health problems and the promotion of health.
Medical Knowledge - about established and evolving biomedical, clinical and cognate (e.g. epidemiological and social-behavioral) sciences and the application of this knowledge to patient care.
Practice-Based Learning and Improvement - that involves investigation and evaluation of their own patient care, appraisal and assimilation of scientific evidence and improvements in patient care.
Interpersonal and Communication Skills - that result in effective information exchange and teaming with patients, their families and other health professionals.
Professionalism - as manifested through a commitment to carry out professional responsibilities, adherence to ethical principles and sensitivity to a diverse patient population.
System-Based Practice - as manifested by actions demonstrating an awareness of and responsiveness to the larger context and system of health care and the ability to effectively call on system resources to provide care that is of optimal value.
Provide Patient-Centered Care - Identify, respect, and care about patients' differences, values, preferences and expressed needs: listen to, clearly inform, communicate with, and educate patients; share decision-making and management; and continuously advocate disease prevention, wellness, and promotion of healthy lifestyles, including a focus on population health.
Work in Interdisciplinary Teams - Cooperate, collaborate, communicate, and integrate care in teams to ensure that care is continuous and reliable.
Employ Evidenced-Based Practice - Integrate best research with clinical expertise and patient values for optimum care, and participate in learning and research activities to the extent feasible.
Apply Quality Improvement - Identify errors and hazards in care; understand and implement basic safety design principles, such as standardization and simplification; continually understand and measure quality of care in terms of structure, process, and outcomes in relation to patient and community needs; and design and test interventions to change processes and systems of care, with the objective of improving quality.
Utilize Informatics - Communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error and support decision making using information technology.

Curricular Goals, Learning Objectives, and Core Competencies

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1

Curricular Goals

Implications of healthcare worker fatigue on healthcare
Review their personal position with respect to fatigue issues
Propose system-based interventions to improve practitioner fatigue

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Identify the severity of provider fatigue in performing anesthesia
Predict how provider fatigue translates into detrimental patient care
Describe how provider fatigue can result in provider disability and disease
Define sources of stresses and fatigue to health in their workplace
Appraise their level of compensation and coping
Identify new personal methods and strategies for dealing with stress and fatigue
Devise methods to assist colleagues in their duties
Formulate methodologies by which departmental system-based sources of stress can be lessened
Construct proposals by which institutional sources of occupational stress can be modified

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Interdisciplinary Team Skills, Professionalism, System-Based Practice, Quality Improvement, and Information Technology Skills

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 1

Curricular Goals

Addressing knowledge gaps with increasing complexity of inpatient care
Promote awareness of systems-based errors

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Identify complex disease states
Demonstrate improved diagnostic skills
Construct comprehensive management plans
Recognize systems-based errors
Demonstrate knowledge to correct system-based errors
Demonstrate improved communication skills

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, System-Based Practice, and Quality Improvement

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1

Curricular Goals

Learn about new treatments in cardiovascular disease

Active Learning Objectives - Upon completion of this activity, particpants should be able to:

Review current guidelines
Apply guidelines to specific patient scenarios
Understand the role of new treatments in cardiovascular disease

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Interdisciplinary Team Skills, System-Based Practice, Quality Improvement, and Information Technology Skills

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1

Curricular Goals

Provide strategies to increase utilization of multiple arterial conduits
Provide an understanding of appropriate prosthetic valve selection in different patient populations
Provide an understanding of triple therapy neoadjuvant treatment of stage 3a and 3b lung cancer

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Identify well-designed guidelines to use arterial grafts only in cases with sufficient stenosis
Display familiarity with evidence-based guidelines to avoid increased sternal complications with bilateral mammary grafts
Choose appropriate tools to skeletonize mammary grafts
Identify, cost sensitivity & specificity of echocardiography vs catheterizations valve gradients
Display familiarity with different tissue valve choices
Choose appropriate tools for work-up of low flow gradient Valvular pathology
Select best therapeutic plan based on risk and benefit
Identify limitations of different therapeutic approaches
Advise alternative treatments including CyberKnife radiation

Core Competencies Addressed:

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1

Curricular Goals

Identification of Social Determinants of Health from existing data
Use big data for QI or evidence-based practice projects

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

State various social determinants of health and their impact on patient outcomes
Use existing data to identify specific patient SDoH
Identify a QI or EBP project that could be initiated using existing big data
Collaborate with other healthcare professionals to carry out the QI or EBP project
Evaluate results from the project

Core Competencies Addressed:

Practice-Based Learning, Interdisciplinary Team Skills, System-Based Practice, Quality Improvement, and Information Technology Skills

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1

Curricular Goals

Provide evidence-driven medical knowledge to advance competence and awareness of diagnostic modalities and cutting-edge treatment options, as well as strengthen understanding of the pathophysiologic basis of an array of disease processes

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Practice evidence-based medicine
Diagnose disease states accurately, even in the most complex or ambiguous cases
Apply an understanding of pathophysiology to enhance understanding of disease

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning, Interpersonal Communication Skills, Interdisciplinary Team Skills

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 2

Curricular Goals

Framing the problem: Growing prevalence of skin cancer and implications on population health
Evidence-based discussion of treatment options for skin cancer
Safe and effective management of common cosmetic concerns

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Cite the prevalence of skin cancer in the U.S. and the types of skin cancers associated with the highest overall healthcare costs
Risk stratify melanomas and keratinocyte carcinomas
Summarize current understanding of established and emerging concepts of photoprotection
Formulate comprehensive treatment plans for patients with early and advanced squamous cell carcinomas and melanomas
Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the role skin cancer surveillance in the management of patients with melanoma and keratinocyte carcinomas
Counsel patients on effective preventive strategies
Describe manifestations of skin aging in white and skin of color patients
Demonstrate a strong foundation in safely combining aesthetic interventions to optimize cosmetic outcomes
Cite the most common and most dangerous complications of various laser, soft tissue fillers, chemical peels, and neurotoxins

Core Competencies Addressed:

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1.5

Curricular Goals

Analyze literature presenting new trends in imaging
Review and discuss changing recommendations for imaging

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Identify opportunities to apply new techniques
Refer appropriate patient groups
Understand indications and significance of presented imaging material
Enhance reporting with knowledge of expected recommendation
Effectively communicate recommendations and expectations to clinical colleagues

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning, Interpersonal and Communication Skills

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1

Curricular Goals

To provide an understanding of conscious sedation, acquisition of images, interpretation of study and understand how the results impact patient care
Provide comprehensive understanding of stress echocardiography
Provide comprehensive understanding of transthoracic echocardiography

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Assess risk of sedation for TEE
Perform the TEE
Communicate the results of TEE
Assess appropriateness of indication and safety of the test
Perform the study
Recognize and treat complications
Learn appropriate indications
Learn hands on scanning and interpretation
Communicate results

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Practice-Based Learning, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Interdisciplinary Team Skills, Professionalism, System-Based Practice, Quality Improvement and Information Technology Skills

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 2

Curricular Goals

This faculty development activity informs the wide knowledge and skill base required of emergency medicine physicians to care for people of all ages and conditions.

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Demonstrate high risk but low volume procedural skills encountered in the Emergency Department
Evaluate advances in known skills and new skills applicable to patients in the Emergency Department

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient-centered care, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, utilizing informatics, patient care, medical knowledge, practice-based learning and improvement, and systems-based practice.

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1

Curricular Goals

Inform the wide knowledge base and skill base required to care for any person with any condition at any time.

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Discuss current diagnosis and treatment of emergency medical conditions related to toxicology, pediatrics, sports medicine, trauma, cardiac, ems/disaster, stroke and other emergent conditions.
Apply innovations in operations and medical education.
Appraise advances in the field of emergency medicine.

Core Competencies Addressed:
Patient-centered care, interdisciplinary teams

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1

Curricular Goals

The Department of Emergency Medicine quality improvement conference offers topics each month targeting a different aspect of emergency medicine. The goal is to advance knowledge in and practice of emergency medicine

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Discuss the diagnosis and treatment of emergency medical conditions
Identify advances in the field of emergency medicine
Apply knowledge obtained to improve patient care and increase patient satisfaction

Core Competencies Addressed:

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1.0

Curricular Goals

Provide education regarding technological advances pertaining to diabetes and endocrine care
Provide knowledge on how to develop system based mechanism to help improve existing endocrine treatment protocols and procedures

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Review most recent literature, updates to clinical guidelines and treatment protocols
Identify new medications available and the research data describing medication efficacy
Identify proper patient selection criteria for the use of these medications/diabetes technology (i.e. insulin pumps)
Identify areas for improvement with regard to existing policies and procedure in the care of the endocrine patients, both as an inpatient and outpatient
Change and streamline existing endocrine protocols, to promote more effective care and patient safety
Describe healthcare implications and improved of quality of care as changes to endocrine protocols are adapted

Core Competencies Addressed:

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1

Curricular Goals

Identify ethically sensitive areas of clinical practices and research
Cite recommendations regarding ethical best practices in clinical care
Identify resources for further education and reflection

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Identify priorities for QI of ethical problems as elaborated by LUPF or senior LUHS leadership
Help to improve physician/patient communication and relationships
Provide education to better health care relationship with various cultures/communities
Cite relevant studies or literature outlining best ethical practices
Discuss relevant cases, current topical issues and barriers to effective decision-making
Identify LUHS resources such as ethics consultation, peer review committees or other means of resolving issues
Provide expert speakers on communication, healthcare ethics, and cultural diversity

Core Competencies Addressed:

Interdisciplinary Team Skills

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1

Curricular Goals

Define and describe frailty
Diagnose cognitive impairment
Identify delirium in the nursing home patient

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Name one or more scales used to identify frailty
Recall the factors that contribute to frailty
Appraise the frailty literature
Describe the new nomenclature for cognitive impairment
Apply one or more validated cognitive tests to patients
Identify the type of cognitive impairment patients have
Describe risk factors for delirium
Recall the steps to reduce delirium
Appraise the delirium literature for applicability

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Interdisciplinary Team Skills, Professionalism and Quality Improvement

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1

Curricular Goals

Understand basic pathophysiology of hematologic/oncology diseases in order to both understand the nature of the disease and allow rational targeted therapies
Identify and incorporate evolving therapies

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Identify the important pathophysiologic features of the particular malignancy
Diagnosis and stage the disease accurately
Incorporate new drugs appropriately into the therapy for the disease in order to achieve improved patient outcomes

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Interdisciplinary Team Skills, Professionalism, System-Based Practice, Quality Improvement, and Information Technology Skills

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1

Curricular Goals

Discuss system and population-based resources, limitations and future changes for improved patient care of veterans with neuropsychiatric diagnoses

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

List areas of weakness and areas in need of improvement in mental health service line
Construct systems and practice-based changes to improve outcomes for veterans
Identify evidence for under (or over) utilized diagnostic tools, diagnoses and treatment

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Interdisciplinary Team Skills, Professionalism, System-Based Practice, and Quality Improvement

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1

Curricular Goals

A forum to disseminate the most current information based on the available literature and national guidelines, for cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and supportive care

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

State the significance of current trends and studies related to cancer care
Recommend treatment options dependent upon cancer type, stage, and performance status of the patient
Identify contraindications for specific types/regimes of cancer care delivery

Core Competencies Addressed:

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1

Curricular Goals

Discuss up-to-date management of various medical problems

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Review journal articles
Cite and apply new recommendations of various medical problems
Incorporate new knowledge into patient care concepts

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning, and Quality Improvement

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1

Curricular Goals

Understanding balance of risk/benefit for invasive procedures

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Discuss new or improved interventional radiology techniques
Identify risks associated with invasive procedures
Communicate effectively with clinicians at points of conflict

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning, Interdisciplinary Team Skills, and Quality Improvement

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 1.5

Curricular Goals

Foster the development of the faculty of SSOM in their capacity as educators
Faculty with tools necessary to enhance scholarly activities related to medical education through Certificate Programs offered
A foundation in academic skills & leadership with direct application to medical students, residents, fellows, and physicians

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Promote innovation, best practices, and leadership in medical and related health sciences education
Work with key contributors to the educational life of the SSOM including the Leischner Department of Medical Education (DOME) and clinical departments
The DOME supports curricular efforts related to social justice and concern for marginalized and vulnerable populations, the role of faith in medical practice, and ethical standards of clinical decision making as hallmarks of a Jesuit and Catholic medical education
The certificate programs will enhance the knowledge and skills each participant brings to the classroom and to their academic careers, which will further promote a learning community environment
Systematic, lifelong reflection on one’s professional & personal development as a physician of such values is our signature formative educational methodology
Although physicians gain clinical knowledge to become board certified in their specialty, this does not necessarily mean they receive adequate instruction on working with learners in an academic environment or personal professional development
The certificate programs will enhance the knowledge and skills each participant brings to the classroom and to their academic careers, which will further promote a learning community environment
The DOME is home to a growing cadre of academic educators who focus on teaching and pedagogical scholarship and works collaboratively with key clinical departments to further these common aims
The certificate programs will enhance the knowledge and skills each participant brings to the classroom and to their academic careers, which will further promote a learning community environment. The program will be highly interactive with the expectation of concept application in the workplace

Core Competencies Addressed:

Practice-Based Learning, Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Interdisciplinary Team Skills, Professionalism

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1

Curricular Goals

Better understanding of hepatocellular cancer disease course and treatment options

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Describe staging of hepatocellular cancer
Apply LiRADS classification system for imaging appearance of liver tumors
Review current and experimental treatment options for primary liver tumors

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, Interdisciplinary Team Skills, and Quality Improvement

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1.5

Curricular Goals

Educate clinicians from a variety of specialties on the improved maternal and fetal care options available when working on an Interprofessional team.

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Coordinate interdisciplinary care of the complex maternal-fetal dyad
Improve communication between disciplines to improve the care and management of the patient

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient-centered care, work in interdisciplinary teams, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1

Curricular Goals

Foster the development of the faculty of the Stritch School of Medicine in their capacity as educators
A foundation in academic skills and leadership with direct application to medical students, residents, fellows, and physicians
Faculty with the tools necessary to enhance their scholarly activities related to medical education

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Promote innovation, best practices, and leadership in medical and related health sciences education
Work with key contributors to the educational life of the Stritch School of Medicine including the Leischner Department of Medical Education and clinical departments
Faculty in the department present at Grand Rounds with topics that are current and informative to all faculty members
Systematic, lifelong reflection on one's professional and personal development as a physician of such values is our signature formative educational methodology
Enhance the knowledge and skills each participant brings to the classroom and to their academic careers, which will further promote a learning community environment
Enhance the knowledge and skills each participant brings to the classroom and to their academic careers, which will further promote a learning community environment
By reaching across disciplines, it brings variety of perspective and enhances communication amongst healthcare teams and the patients/families they are serving
Enhance best practices and leadership in medical and related health sciences education

Core Competencies Addressed:

Interdisciplinary teams skills, evidence-based practice, interpersonal and communication skills, and professionalism.

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1

Curricular Goals

Provide information that will enhance patient care

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Cite new recommendations for diagnosis and management of important diseases in Internal Medicine
Increase knowledge of advances in the field of Internal Medicine
Incorporate recommendations into patient care and provide such knowledge to fellows, residents and students on ward service and clinic sessions

Core Competencies Addressed:

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1

Curricular Goals

Participants will acquire the knowledge and strategies necessary to address the diagnostic and management challenges posed by complex inpatients on a tertiary care inpatient service
Participants will be exposed to best practice approaches in clinical reasoning, diagnostic evaluation and therapeutic management
Participants will establish habit of identifying and addressing areas of performance gaps in everyday practice

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Cite comprehensive differential diagnoses for a broad list of complex clinical scenarios
Recognize and address high-risk challenges in complex patient presentations
Deliver high-quality, cost-effective care to challenging patient populations
Accurately identify risk factors, disease prevalence and modes of disease and diagnosis
Utilize pattern recognition as an instrument of clinical reasoning and diagnosis
Defend planned approaches to therapy
Establish a habit of naming their perceived areas of deficiency
Target practice deficiencies for education interventions
Offer focused presentations on critical management issues

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Professionalism, and System-Based Practice

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1

Curricular Goals

Expose Neonatal-Perinatal Fellows to more ABP Core Knowledge material
Review and update attending neonatologists core knowledge for MOC
Expose pediatric residents to important Neonatology topics

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Describe pertinent points of knowledge for each core topic presented
Organize knowledge around a core outline of lecture material
Be able to diagnose and treat newborns more effectively

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning, Interdisciplinary Team Skills, System-Based Practice, and Information Technology Skills

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 3

Curricular Goals

Glioblastoma

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Identify common molecular markers that prognosticate Glioblastoma
Describe the roles of chemotherapy and radiation therapy with Glioblastoma
Construct a good multimodality treatment plan

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning, Interpersonal Communication Skills, Interdisciplinary Team Skills, Professionalism, System-Based Practice, Quality Improvement, Information Technology Skills

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1

Curricular Goals

Help physicians to develop the ability to efficiently, and accurately evaluate patients with neurological conditions

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Demonstrate the ability to accurately obtain key elements of the medical history and physical examination in treating patients with a wide array of neurological conditions
Demonstrate the up-to-date knowledge in the indications for, and administration of available therapies for a wide array of neurological conditions
Demonstrate the ability to efficiently utilize high yield testing and appropriately select additional testing in patients with a wide array of neurological conditions

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Interdisciplinary Team Skills, Professionalism, System-Based Practice, and Quality Improvement

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 1

Curricular Goals

Identification of patients who meet criteria for hypertensive disorders in pregnancy
Explain the role of medical management in pregnancies complicated by hypertensive disorders

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Explain the pathophysiology of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
List the factors that increase the risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Describe the classic presentation of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
State the optimal timeframe for active management of severe hypertension
State the medications (including doses) that can be used in various clinical scenarios
Describe the subsequent management after identifying a patient with hypertensive disorder of pregnancy

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, and Practice-Based Learning

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 1

Curricular Goals

Facilitate the ability to research current literature to provide optimal patient treatment plans
Develop skills to identity clinically important aspects of each case
Learn to present and respond to questions in oral format

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Perform literature searches on patient diagnosis and available treatment options
Evaluate peer review article(s) for relevance to the patient options
Clearly articulate and present synopsis of literature review and whether the current literature defends or alters the treatment plan that was provided
Decipher and present the patient's pertinent medical history
Present the plan of treatment and defend the reason this treatment option was chosen
Present the outcome of said treatment, provide alternative treatment options available and discuss the potential outcomes if these other treatment plans were utilized
Professionally present patient cases articulately and concisely
Orally defend treatment choices in a public forum
Acquire the ability to be comfortable with speaking in an open forum and professionally respond to questioning and challenges of treatment provided

Core Competencies Addressed:

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1.5

Curricular Goals

Educate participants in the current management of various ophthalmic diseases
Educated participants in the applications of medical ethics

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

For the topics covered, describe the most current and appropriate management paradigms
For the topics covered, prescribe appropriate medications as indicated
For the topics covered, incorporate appropriate surgical techniques or referrals to specialists as indicated
For the topics covered, recognize ethical dilemmas that may arise during patient care
For the topics covered, identify resolutions to said dilemmas

Core Competencies Addressed:

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1

Curricular Goals

Provide better understanding of surgical techniques
Identify indications for the use of newer reconstructive materials
Incorporate alternative anesthesia techniques into office-based practice

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Identify procedures that may be done more safely endoscopically
List types of facial fractures that may be treated with a closed rather than open surgery
State non-surgical methods and agents used to treat non-odontogenic tumors
Describe that materials that are available to avoid the harvest of autologous tissues
Name the indications for the use of bone morphogenic protein
Discuss the limitation of resorbable reconstruction materials
List he pharmacological properties of propofol compared to methohexital
Apply the use of capnography in office procedures
List indications to use agents such as ketamine to decrease the dose of other anesthetics
Describe advances in regulatory landscape and dental care

Core Competencies Addressed:

Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning, Interdisciplinary Team Skills, Quality Improvement, and Information Technology Skills

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 1.5

Curricular Goals

Identify common fractures and discuss current treatment options
Expand knowledge of general fracture care
Identify nonoperative and operative treatments

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Appropriately diagnose and classify
Develop a treatment plan for patients
Apply current techniques to their daily practice
Apply knowledge of surgical approach to treatment
Understand surgical techniques and the mode of healing desired for a variety of Orthopedic issues
Give a case presentation to the department
Able to discuss cases, classify them and present a treatment plan

Core Competencies Addressed:

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 1

Curricular Goals

Expand knowledge of general orthopedic cases
Discuss controversies in orthopedic cases
Identify nonoperative and operative treatments for various orthopedic conditions

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Appropriately diagnose and classify
Develop a treatment plan for patients
Apply current techniques to their daily practice
Apply knowledge of surgical approach to treatment
Understand surgical techniques and the mode of healing desired for a variety of orthopedic issues
Give a case presentation to the department
Able to discuss cases, classify them and present a treatment plan

Core Competencies Addressed:

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 1.5

Curricular Goals

Expand knowledge of general orthopedic cases
Discuss controversies in orthopedic cases
Identify nonoperative and operative treatments for various orthopedic conditions

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Appropriately diagnose and classify
Cite historic and current treatment options for these conditions
Develop a treatment plan for patients
Apply current techniques to their daily practice
Apply knowledge of surgical approach to treatment
Understand surgical techniques and the mode of healing desired for a variety of orthopedic issues
Give a case presentation to the department
Able to discuss cases, classify them and present a treatment plan

Core Competencies Addressed:

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 2

Curricular Goals

How to properly treat Head and Neck Cancer
Understand common ear disease and pathology
Understand new and emerging knowledge and techniques in Otolaryngology

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Demonstrate new staging guidelines
Demonstrate NCCN treatment guidelines
Apply how to engage in routine surveillance of these patients
Define the common ear pathologies
Describe the techniques to diagnose otologic problems
Illustrate common ways to treat these pathologies and practical applications
Report current issues in Otolaryngology
Apply these to your patient population
Identify technical know to use emerging knowledge in the field

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Interdisciplinary Team Skills, Professionalism, System-Based Practice, and Quality Improvement

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 1

Curricular Goals

An update on the advances in different areas of Pathology
To provide a comprehensive map of the impact of advances in information sciences and digital technology on Pathology
To apply integrative approaches in improving the practice of Pathology and development of curricular programs

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

To understand the impact of molecular and cellular biology on diagnostic Pathology
To know the impact of precision and personalized medicine on practice of Pathology
To understand population sciences, epigenetics, and impact of informatics on Pathology
To understand the telemetric approaches and regionalization of expert opinions for the diagnostic approaches
To understand the challenges and opportunities in histopathology as it relates to progression of diseases
To apply biochip array analysis and genomics into diagnostic Pathology
Integrative approaches and logistic regression modelling for improving diagnostic interpretation
Population based outcome comparisons and their impact on diagnostic procedures
Individualized approaches leading to personalized diagnosis of diseases and their treatment

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Interdisciplinary Team Skills, Professionalism, Quality Improvement, and Information Technology Skills

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 1

Curricular Goals

Understanding why our families grieve
Have trends in the suicide and opioid epidemics for older adults affected adolescent rates
Hydroxyurea adherence, quality of life and mobile health interventions in sickle cell disease

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Provide physicians and other medical professionals with a greater understanding of the process families experience in coming to terms with their life and acceptance of their child with a disability
More effectively support families by developing an understanding of the grieving process families endure and where they are in the process
Optimally support families by setting realistic goals for their children
Document and explain geographic variation in rates of adolescent suicide
Identify trends in rates of adolescent opioid overdoses
Analyze policy responses to these increasing rates of suicide and opioid overdoses
Describe the challenges of hydroxyurea adherence and the status of quality of life in youth with sickle cell disease
Describe the relationship of hydroxyurea adherence to HRQOL domains, perceptions of medications, and healthcare utilization patterns in youth with SCD
Describe the potential role of mobile health interventions to monitor and improve hydroxyurea adherence and QOL in youth with SCD

Core Competencies Addressed:

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 1

Curricular Goals

Mange the difficult vascular surgery patient

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Understand the medical management of the vascular patient
Understand the open surgical management of the vascular patient
Understand the endovascular management of the vascular patient

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Interdisciplinary Team Skills and Quality Improvement

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 1

Curricular Goals

Comprehensive review of core plastic surgery

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Have a deeper understating of all core principles of plastic surgery
Improve in-service scores
Improve MOC, oral, and written board pass rate

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, and Practice-Based Learning

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 1

Curricular Goals

Easy access to CME accreditation
Interact with Loyola specialists
Update medical knowledge

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

CME lectures for PCP
Identify and work with specialists at Loyola
Identify new treatments for common diseases
Know when to refer to specialists

Core Competencies Addressed:

Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Interdisciplinary Team Skills, and Quality Improvement

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 1

Curricular Goals

Learn about the importance of wellness in work life
How to create a wellness plan
How to practice mindfulness

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Define what wellness is
Learn why it is important in the workplace (and personal life)
Learn the reasons and timeline of how wellness has come to be a national dialogue
Learn what comprises a wellness plan
Learn why it is important and useful to create one
Explore samples of different options for a plan
Define mindfulness
Learn why it is important
Learn at least one technique for practicing it

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Practice-Based Learning, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Professionalism, and System-Based Practice

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 1

Curricular Goals

To provide an avenue for learners to be exposed to the most updated and cutting-edge improvements in the field. Journal club is critical for learners to develop their own critical thinking skills to discern good data from bad data. Physicians are flooded with information, not all good and accurate. To provide the best patient care, physicians need to learn the critical thinking skills to make the best most informed decision.

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Supplement basic and clinical knowledge for the residents and attendings
Have improved comprehension
Have improved skills in analysis, interpreting data, and discerning accurate information
Apply the new knowledge into clinical practice

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient-centered care, interdisciplinary teams, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, informatics, patient care, medical knowledge, practice-based learning, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism, and systems-based practice

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 1

Curricular Goals

What is Hemostasis? Review and Discussion of Thromboelastometry
ECMO as a Bridge to Lung Transplantation
Recruitment Maneuvers in ARDS

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Identify when to order the TEG test
Explain how to interpret the TEG test when it is resulted
Identify which patients are appropriate for this test
Define which patients are appropriate for ECMO while awaiting lung transplant
Summarize of the new lung allocation score system
Describe the advantages and disadvantages of ECMO while awaiting lung transplant
Describe the pathophysiology of ARDS
Recall the basis behind recruitment maneuvers
Identify which recruitment maneuvers and which ones are not literature supported

Core Competencies Addressed:

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 1

Curricular Goals

Provide strategies for the advancement of cancer care

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Identify the role of multidisciplinary management of the cancer patient
Stay on the forefront of new developments within the field of cancer care
Incorporate the experience of other fields, treatment centers, and individual leaders into the attendees' treatment of their patients

Core Competencies Addressed:

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 1

Curricular Goals

Review anatomical variations crossing a multiple of organ systems
Review of tactics for image review and interpretation

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Repeat specific anatomical variations critical to diagnosis
Apply anatomical findings for diagnosing health and disease
Recognize the significance of various anatomical findings
Construct an organized report for delineation of imaging findings
Create consistent reporting

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care and Medical Knowledge

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 1

Curricular Goals

Review of case specific opportunities for improvement
Review of systemic contributions to patterns of failure

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Critique individual personal practice
Develop consensus opinion or communication techniques
Construct plan for management or communication techniques
Develop personal management skills to modify outcome
Understand outside contributions to error
Cite potential ramifications of systemic influences

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Practice-Based Learning, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, and Quality Improvement

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 1.5

Curricular Goals

Scope of sarcoma patients in the U.S. population
Workup and staging of sarcoma patients
Achieving oncologic outcomes

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

State the prevalence of soft-tissue and bone sarcomas diagnosed annually
Identify mortality rates for sarcoma neoplasms
Recite known risk factors for sarcoma neoplasms
Discuss appropriate workup based on sarcoma subtype
Construct appropriate staging paradigm for sarcoma patients
Estimate appropriate surveillance for sarcoma patients
Develop treatment paradigm for each sarcoma patient to minimize risk of local disease recurrence and development of metastatic disease
Propose treatment timing to maximize oncologic outcomes and overall survival
Assess quality of life outcomes for each patient relative to disease and patient-specific factors

Core Competencies Addressed:

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 1

Curricular Goals

Provide updates to treatment protocols.
Discuss research discoveries of new research dtaa and advances in medical knowledge in transplant.
Discuss legislative, regulatory or organizational changes efficting paitent care.

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Identify updates to treatment protocols
Manage patient treatment using updates to treatment protocols
Construct updated treatment plants for transplant patients
Recognize the role of new reserach discoveries or new reserach data
Recommend treatment alternatives to transplant patients
List advances in medical knowledge in transplant
List changes in patient care due to new legislative and regulatory laws
Direct patients to transplant professionals (social workers, financial counselors, APN's, RN's, and MD's) for treatment/lifestyle modificaitons.

Core Competencies Addressed:

Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Interdisciplinary Team Skills; and Quality Improvement

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 1

Curricular Goals

Provide state of the art update on a variety of topics in cardiovascular medicine

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Compare the new research and emerging technologies in the field of cardiovascular medicine
Cite the recent updates on cardiovascular prevention and management guidelines from ACC and AHA
Use the newly gained knowledge in their clinical practice

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning, and System-Based Practice

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 1

Curricular Goals

Advance knowledge in current practice guidelines for surgical quality control

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Advance knowledge related to surgery.
Advance research ideas within the Department of Surgery
Develop knowledge and skills for professional development

Core Competencies Addressed:

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™: 1

Curricular Goals

Discuss the medical and surgical management of the vascular patient
Meet with a variety of subspecialists regarding management of vascular patient

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Discuss a variety of topics which deal with managing the vascular patient
Have a multifaceted approach to dealing with a vascular patient

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Interdisciplinary Team Skills, and Professionalism

AMA PRA CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™ : 1

Curricular Goals

Manage the difficult vascular surgery patient

Active Learning Objectives -- Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Understand medical management for vascular patients
Understand the open surgical management of vascular patients
Understand endovascular management of vascular patients

Core Competencies Addressed:

Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, and Quality Improvement