80025095: 56th Annual Topics in Clinical Medicine

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 38.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Creditse . Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. OTHER CREDIT American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending.

DESCRIPTION

Topics in Clinical Medicine began 56 years ago with the late Dr. Philip Tumulty’s belief that faculty should communicate not only its expertise in internal medicine, but also its collegiality and warmth. To maximize the intermingling between faculty and guests, Dr. Tumulty held the course at Hopkins (not a hotel), provided daily lunches with the faculty and conducted a variety of social events. The current course directors are Drs. Gail Berkenblit, Daniel Brotman, John Flynn, Kimberly Peairs, and Myron Weisfeldt. In 2011, Topics remains a course dedicated to providing the best summaries of the advances in internal medicine without pharmaceutical support and extending the hospitality of Johns Hopkins’ faculty.

OBJECTIVES

After attending this activity, the participant will demonstrate the ability to:

• List the recent changes to the CPR guidelines
• Discuss recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer
• Formulate a care plan to manage thyroid disease in the elderly
• Determine when it is time to refer a patient to the specialist
• Collaborate with the specialist to improve patient care
• Assess and manage patients with Type I diabetes
• Evaluate the elderly patient’s mental statistics and detect signs of delirium and dementia.

Talks

Policy On Speaker And Provider Disclosure

It is the policy of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine that the speaker and provider disclose real or apparent conflicts of interest relating to the topics of this educational activity, and also disclose discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation(s). Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine OCME has established policies in place that will identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity. Detailed disclosure will be made in the activity handout materials.