Additional CME Activities

CME lectures will be offered at St. Mary clinical department meetings, as determined by identified educational need.  Please inform your department chair of educational needs you would like to see addressed in your department meeting and check your meeting reminder notices for announcement of accredited lectures.

St. Mary Medical Center Calendar of CME Activities

June 2011

Oncology 2011   A Conference for Primary Care Physicians

Saturday, May 14, 2011
Sheraton Bucks County Hotel, Langhorne, PA

Conference Director: Michael Mann, DO, FACOI, FACP

Melanoma session:
The Basics
Michael Mann, DO
Advances in Care
Richard Carvajal, MD

Lung Cancer session:
Detection and Imaging
Richard Shusterman, MD
Surgical Management
To be determined
Medical Management
Alexander Ostrovsky, MD

Breast Cancer session:
Surgical Management
Catherine Plzak, MD, FACS
Medical Management
Robert Reilly, DO
Radiation Oncology Management
Robert Cardinale, MD

Colorectal Cancer session:
Surgical Management
David M. Schaffzin, MD
Medical Management
Evan Alley, MD
Radiation Oncology Management
Robert Cardinale, MD

Cancers of the Head and Neck session:
Surgical Management
Mark J. Burstein, MD
Radiation Oncology & Medical Management
Todd Flannery, MD

St. Mary Medical Center is accredited by the Pennsylvania Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. St. Mary Medical Center designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.

Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending.

This activity is co-sponsored by the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association, an AOA accredited sponsor, and designated for 5.5 Category 1A AOA CME credits for POMA members only. 

Deadline for registration: Tuesday, May 10.  To register:   Fax this form to 215-710-2390 or e-mail the information requested to vfrazier@stmaryhealthcare.org with the subject line: Onco reg

You will receive a confirmation, detailed agenda and directions to the Sheraton Bucks County Hotel. 
Please print clearly!

Name & credential: 
Practice Name: 
Phone: 
Fax: 
Email: 

For more information, call 215-710-4612, Valerie Frazier, CME Manager.

New Electronic Resources for Physicians, Nurses, and Allied Healthcare

VisualDx

Visual DX and Visual Dx Mobile®  
Visual Dx is an on-line visual diagnostic decision support tool that can help you diagnose diseases that have a visual presentation. Visual Dx guides you through a sequential set of steps to refine a patient-centric differential.  Point of Care CME credit soon to come for this resource, which is resource is provided by the Health Sciences Library, through the offices of Jackie Luizzi, Librarian, 215-710-2012.

Access Visual Dx from any St. Mary computer through SMMC links, IBEX, and Meditech.  To access from an outside (non-SMMC) computer, go to www.athensam.net/myathens, log in to your Athens account, and you will see a link to CardioSource Plus.  If you need an Athens account, please contact Jackie Luizzi, Medical Librarian, jluizzi@stmaryhealthcare.org, 215-710-2012.   

Now available for  the iPhone and iPod Touch – at no cost.  Cool and Useful!
See thousands of images, disease management, therapy, and more - all in just seconds.  VisualDx Mobile is the only medical app to represent the variation of disease presentation through age, stage, and skin type. 

With VisualDx Mobile, you can:

• Visually validate a diagnosis by comparing medical images to your patient’s presentation.
• Quickly search by disease for next steps on management and patient care.
• See the differential as you enter your patient’s signs, symptoms, and other key findings.
• Provide on-the-spot patient education with medical images.

Interested?   To download, open VisualDx on a clinical computer, find the VDx Mobile icon, and then click Get VisualDx Free For Your iPhone.

Questions or Comments? 1.800.357.7611 |online_support@logicalimages.com | www.visualdx.com/mobile

The Health Sciences Library and CME Office collaboratively provide a facility-wide subscription to Cardiosource Plus, the premier online portal offering immediate and convenient access to cutting-edge cardiovascular information.  All St. Mary physicians and colleagues now have access to all of Cardiosource core content such as clinical trials library, clinical images library, case studies and expert opinions and much more.

Access Cardiosource Plus from any St. Mary computer by going to www.cardiosource.com.  To access from an outside (non-SMMC) computer, go to www.athensam.net/myathens, log in to your Athens account, and you will see a link to CardioSource Plus.  If you need an Athens account, please contact Jackie Luizzi, Medical Librarian, jluizzi@stmaryhealthcare.org, at 215-710-2012.   

You will see the following banner at the top of the webpage:

                                                          and St. Mary’s name and a place to log in or register.

If you are already a Cardiosource member, please use your existing Cardiosource username & password;  do not create a new username/password.  Typically your username is your email/ACC member number.  If you don't remember it, please call ACC's Resource Center at 800-253-4636, ext. 5603.  Regetfully neither Jackie nor I can help you with your ACC passwords.

If you have never logged into Cardiosource and/or are not an ACC member, you will need to click the Sign Up Now button and then choose the Register Option and create an account.  For questions regarding usernames please call ACC's Resource Center at 800-253-4636, ext. 5603.

Please report any problems to myself (215-710-4612) or Jackie Luizzi (215-710-2012) so we can get them straightened out. 

This resource is not just for physicians:  there is a large amount of material accredited for cardiac nursing credit as well.

Examples of content you can access at no cost using St. Mary’s subscription:

• All Self-Assessment Programs, including ACCSAP 7 (released at ACC.09),
• Focus on Vascular Disease and Focus on Valvular Heart Disease (both just released in August 2009),
• CathSAP 3,
• CCT-SAP,
• EchoSAP 6 (just released in October 2009),
• ECG-SAPs 3 and 4,
• CV Drug Therapy 2 Meetings on Demand, including CV Board Review Online 2008,
• Interventional Cardiology Board Review Online 2008,
• 2008 Arrhythmias in the Real World,
• 2008 Office-Based Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT
• Online access to Heart Songs 2 (released at ACC.09)
• Access to CardioSmart, ACC's patient information education website
• Over 490 CME hours and 80 points towards your "maintenance of certification" MOC requirement
  

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CME Activity:

Academic Detailing:  Learn how to retrieve information for evidence-based practice using the institution’s online resources and earn Category 1 CME credit.  Individualized training on the use of St. Mary’s evidence-based point-of-care resources and Library databases is available at your office or at the St. Mary Health Sciences Library, through Jackie Luizzi, Health Sciences Librarian. 

Resources include DynaMed, MDConsult, eMedicine, EBSCOHost databases, as well as the Athens remote access portal which gives access to all of our online resources from any location.

Further, DynaMed and eMedicine both provide CME credit to reward physicians for providing patient care based on current, evidence-based practice guidelines as a result of their information searches.

Contact Jackie Luizzi at the Library by phone 215-710-2012 or email jluizzi@stmaryhealthcare.org to schedule an individual training session.

NCME TV – Physicians can view CME activities and earn CME credit from any computer, at any time 24/7 and at no charge through St. Mary’s subscription to NCMETV™, an on line CME service.

NCME TV™ is a series of professionally produced CME video programs on important state-mandated topics and other topics of interest to practicing clinicians. The service is only available through institutional subscription and provides convenient access for staff and attending physicians of St. Mary Medical Center.

To access CME activities:

1. Go to www.ncmetv.com
2. Click on the "Already a Subscriber? Enter Here" link on the home page,
3. Register as a new user or log in if already registered. Our hospital ID is 696250, you need this ID to register.  

Here’s how it works: Physicians use a personal password to access the online program and receive CME credit for viewing it. A self-assessment quiz is included as part of the activity. The programs are available on-demand and can be accessed 24/7.  CME certificates will be sent upon receipt of the activity evaluation. Self-assessment quizzes and activity evaluations will be completed online and CME certificates will automatically be generated from the site.

eMedicine – earn unlimited CME credit reading medical literature through St. Mary’s eMedicine subscription, provided as a service from the St. Mary Health Sciences Library. 

1. Go to www.iMedicine.com and enter utilizing St. Mary account number 1228.
2. Conduct an article search, or drill down through the Table of Contents to select the article to take for CME credit.
3. Review the article.
4. When finished reviewing, scroll to the top of the page. On the right side, in a gray box, click on “Get CME/CE for Article”.
5. A new window opens. Our CME is hosted by Medscape. First-time readers will have to create a new Medscape account. Simply click on “Register Now!” and complete the one-time registration. All others enter your Medscape log in information (eMedicine CME account numbers are no longer valid) and click on “Log In”. If your browser is set to allow cookies, the system will remember you the next time you access CME.
6. Once logged in, this window will display the CME page for the article. On the right side of the page, in a blue box, click on “Earn CME Credit”. The test will appear in this window.
7. Complete the test and click on “Save and Proceed”. When you get to the screen with “View/Print the Certificate for This Activity”, click on this button to print out the Certificate. Your CME activity for both eMedicine articles and any other Medscape activities will be viewable in Medscape’s CME Tracker.

The American Heart Association’s Professional Education Center offers a variety of free continuing education opportunities delivered through a variety of e-learning platforms to meet your preferred style of learning. Sign up today to take AHA online courses, satellite broadcasts, webinars and podcasts. For those who prefer LIVE learning, the Professional Education Center offers registration opportunities for many AHA workshops and conferences.  You can also track all your AHA Continuing Education history at this site. 
 
Go to http://learn.heart.org/ihtml/application/student/interface.heart2/index.html  sign up for a free account, and browse the course listings. Once you have registered for an event or course, simply open the course outline from your Courses page. Within the course outline you will be able to complete an online course, download resources, complete pre/post tests and claim a certificate of completion or credit. This information is maintained on the Professional Education Center, allowing you to return anytime to reprint a certificate or transcript of your education.
 
The Professional Education Center is free and available 24 hours a day, for your convenience. Please refer to the online FAQ  for any immediate answers to our most frequently asked questions.

St. Mary Medical Center is accredited by the PA Medical Society to provide CME for physicians.
All physicians and healthcare professionals welcome.
With apologies, according to guidelines for medical education, CME activities are not open to patients and the community.

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