Stroke care is a constantly evolving entity with science opening the doors for new, innovative ways to treat and manage stroke patients. Often, for those who don’t work with stroke patients on a consistent basis, or who don't have access to the latest breaking science, these changes in our practice lag. Our hope is that through this lecture, providers, nursing, and ancillary staff will have a better grasp on these advances and be better able to apply them in their provision of care. This virtu...

This introductory lecture focuses on medical conditions associated with chronic pelvic pain, and psychosocial factors that can maintain or exacerbate this condition. Evidenced-based psychosocial treatments for chronic pelvic pain, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy are also discussed.  Released: November 10, 2020Expires: November 10, 2023Estimated Time to Complete: 1 hour

This introductory lecture will focus on the importance of early recognition in the diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders, including a review of diagnostic criteria for the spectrum of eating disorders as well as validated screening tools. Throughout the lecture the importance of Health at Every Size will be highlighted.

Recorded lecture from the September 20, 2019 Palliative Care in Action: Practical Tools for Your Practice conference. Release Date: 4/16/2020 - Review Date:  3/31/2021  - Expiration Date: 4/15/2022 Estimated Time to Complete: 60 minutes

There is growing research evidence for the effectiveness of nonpharmacological pain management strategies. The effectiveness has been demonstrated at the neuropsychological, neurophysiological and phenomenological levels of impact. Building nonpharmacolgical strategies in a seamless way into the workflow of caring for patients experiencing pain in the hospital and ambulatory settings is a challenge facing the healthcare field. Gaps in delivery abound. This online module provides succinct gu...

The pain management and opioid drug crisis presents challenges to many health care professionals. This 1.5 hour module will provide education about evidence based diagnosis and treatment of pain, help the provider identify at risk populations.  It will assist the provider when guiding their patient through treatment options and emphasize the importance of encouraging their patients to participated in a multimodal approach, and educate providers in the services offered by pain clinics and he...

The pain management and opioid drug crisis presents challenges to many health care professionals. This 1.5 hour module will focus on pre-operative screening and education for patients undergoing surgery.  The module will discuss tools to allow providers to identify patients at risk for prolonged recovery or increased opioid utilization after surgery.  It will discuss multimodal pain management techniques available to patients in pain and give guidance about safer opioid prescribing.Rel...

The pain management and opioid drug crisis presents challenges to many health care professionals. This 1.5 hour module will deliver valuable information related to use of opioids and other controlled substances, integration of treatments, alternative treatments for pain management, counseling patients on the effects and risks associated with using opioids and other controlled substances, the stigma of addiction, utilizing the Michigan Automated Prescriptio...

The pain management and opioid drug crisis presents challenges to many health care professionals. This module will deliver valuable information on the impact of chronic pain on the emergency department and how to apply an interdisciplinary approach to treating chronic pain from the emergency department through admission and discharge.Release Date: May 22, 2019  •  Expiration Date: May 22, 2022Estimated Time to Complete: 1 hourThis module provides 1 credit towards the State of...

The pain management and opioid drug crisis presents challenges to many health care professionals. This module will deliver valuable information on managing pain in serious illness and the role of palliative care.Release Date: April 17, 2019  •  Expiration Date: April 17, 2022Estimated Time to Complete: 1 hourThis module provides 1 credit towards the State of Michigan LARA requirement for education on pain and symptom management.This module is available to Beaumont Health Prov...