Lexington Clinic Grand Rounds

Lexington Clinic Grand Rounds

Course Description:
This regularly scheduled series will provide new clinical information on topics relevant to best practices of physicians administering clinical care in a wide range of specialties across Kentucky.

Statement of Need:
Physicians need to obtain new information related to clinical treatment and new/changes to clinical guidelines.

Objectives, Topics and Disclosure Information:
Physicians attending this conference regularly will be apprised of recent advances in medicine that will lead to improved patient care.

Session specific topic objectives are listed below and will be updated as content is developed.

Month

Presenter

Date of
Presentation

Links to Educational Activities
and Evaluations

Objectives

Disclosure*

February

Dr. Marisa Belcastro

2/15/2023

Treatment of Obesity from Start to Finish Using
GLP-1 Medications

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access video:
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Be able to apply techniques to:

  • Accurately dx /assess obesity

Begin conversations with patients regarding:

  • Recommend lifestyle changes with evidence backing
  • Properly begin medication assisted treatment for obesity with GLP-1

The speaker and planners disclose that they have no relevant relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients

March

Dr. Alexander Patterson

3/15/2023
at noon EST

Adverse Reactions to Vaccines

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  • Review the basic immunology behind vaccination
  • Understand the epidemiology and etiologies of Type 1 hypersensitivity reactions following vaccination.
  • Understand the utilities and limitations of of traditional drug allergy evaluation methods in regards to COVID-19 vaccination.
  • Understand alternate etiologies for vaccination adverse events, apart from true allergy.​

The speaker and planners disclose that they have no relevant relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients

April

Dr. Christian Warner

4/19/2023

 

Diabetic Retinopathy

 

  • Identify risk factors for development of diabetic retinopathy
  • Become familiar with stages and types of diabetic retinopathy
  • Apply current treatment option for diabetic retinopathy

TBA

May

Dr. Eric Schmidt

5/17/2023

 

Overview of Surgical Indications & Approaches to Degenerative Spinal Pathology

 

TBA

TBA

June

Dr. Haider Abbas

6/21/2023

 

79 Years Old Female with “Heavy arms” – Understanding Large Vessel-GCA

 

Be able to define vasculitis
Describe classification criteria
Describe the clinical manifestations of vasculitis
Apply diagnostic work-up of vasculitis
Describe and apply treatment modalities for systemic vasculitides

TBA

July

TBA

TBA

 

TBA

TBA

TBA

August

TBA

TBA

 

TBA

TBA

TBA

September

TBA

TBA

 

TBA

TBA

TBA

October

TBA

TBA

 

TBA

TBA

TBA

November

TBA

TBA

 

TBA

TBA

TBA

December NO SESSION

*All planners discloses that they have no relevant relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Commercial Support: There is no commercial support associated with this activity.

Accreditation and Designation:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through a Joint Providership of the Kentucky Medical Association and the Lexington Clinic. The Kentucky Medical Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Kentucky Medical Association designates this enduring material activity for 1.oo AMA PRA Category 1 credit.™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Estimated Time to Complete: This module will take approximately 1 hour to complete

Method of Participation Used: Participants will view and listen to a recorded lecture while simultaneously viewing slides.

Hardware/Software Requirements: High speed internet connection

Meeting Planner: Miranda Mosley, Rachel Crouch

Provider Contact Information: Miranda Mosley, Kentucky Medical Association

Copyright: There is no copyright associated with this activity

Release Date: January 2023

Termination Date: December 2023