Intensive Outpatient Treatment for People with Stimulant Use Disorders
Jeanne Obert, M.F.T, M.S.M., et al.; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
7 Hours
This CE course provides a structured approach for treating adults who abuse or are dependent on stimulant drugs. The materials outlined are designed so that counselors can implement the Matrix treatment approach even without training.
Family Violence: Treatment of Perpetrators and Victims
Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D.
2 Hours
This course was developed using an excellent paper written by Dr. Donald Meichenbaum, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Waterloo, Canada and Research Director of the Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment in Miami, Florida. Dr. Meichenbaum covers topics such as risk factors, danger signs, ass....
Medical Errors for Mental Health Professionals
Food and Drug Administration Technical Expert/Advisory Panel
1 Hours
This course is a fusing together of a short FDA Medication Errors Guide and a more comprehensive paper detailing the scope, definition, investigation process and laws surrounding medical errors. Special emphasis is given to medical errors prevalent in the Mental and Behavioral health professions. The paper focuses on Florida but....
LGBTQ Youth, YMSM and YWSW Who Engage in Survival Sex
Meredith Dank, senior researcher, et al.
4 Hours
This CEU course describes and quantifies the sexual and physical health outcomes among LGBTQ youth, YMSM, and YWSW engaged in survival sex; assesses how many are using and abusing alcohol and drugs; and details youths’ access to and interactions with treatment and service providers.
Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records
Industry Specialist
3 Hours
This CEU course provides those in health care with detailed information on: policy context for meaningful use of electronic health records; understanding meaningful use; rural health clinics and electronic health records adoption; overall population of rural health clinics; adoption of information technology by rural health clin....
Clinical Leadership in Health Care for the Homeless
Industry Specialist
1 Hours
This CE course explores several aspects of clinical leadership in the practice setting, such as balancing clinical and administrative responsibilities, building internal and external relationships, delivering quality care, and directors’ need for training in practice management and leadership skills. *This course is not appro....
Family Reunification - What the Evidence Shows
Industry Specialist
2 Hours
This CE course examines family reunification by reviewing the following strategies: family reunification in different States as determined by the Child and Family Services; family reunification as discussed in other literature sources; and examples of successes from the field. *This course is not approved for NBCC renewal.
Emergency Severity
Shelly Walters RN, BSN, CEN
0.25 Hours
At the completion of this activity, participants will be able to properly triage patients in the emergency department.
Evidence-Based Treatments for First Episode Psychosis
Robert Heinssen, Ph.D., ABPP, et al.
1.5 Hours
The majority of individuals with serious mental illness experience the first signs of illness during adolescence or early adulthood and there are often long delays between symptom onset and the receipt of evidence-based interventions. This CE course provides an overview of the evidence-based components of coordinated specialty....
HIPAA Privacy Law Update
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Jocelyn Samuels, Director Office of Civil Rights
1 Hours
This short course is based upon an update presented by the Department of Health and Human Services from it's National Conference held in 2003. HIPAA went into law in 1996 and has seen few changes or updates since that date.
Neuroscience and Novel Therapeutics for Mental Illness
Industry Specialist
1 Hours
This course focuses on the neuroscience and psychiatry of translating neural circuits into novel therapeutics, in addition to the understanding and treatment of fear/safety, anxiety, and anxiety disorders. *This course is not approved for NBCC renewal.
Management of Acute Back Pain
Olwen Westerland and Dr David Howlett
0.50 Hours
This session presents a methodical approach to the evaluation and management of patients presenting with acute back pain; it includes supportive diagnostic imaging. As departments will have set trauma guidelines, the focus is mainly on non-traumatic back pain.
Investigation and Management of Haematuria
Helen Ford and Sunil Bhandari
0.5 Hours
The session covers the features in the history and examination along with initial tests that can help distinguish between glomerular and urological causes of haematuria. An algorithm including indications for referral to Nephrology and Urology will be covered.
Health (Blood Borne Infection) and Handling Stress
Jan Welch and Kevin Holland-Elliott and Obadiah Elekima
0.5 Hours
This session is about keeping yourself healthy and avoiding common hazards related to working as a doctor. This will enable you to protect yourself and your patients from blood borne virus infection and other health problems.
Investigation and Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Alison Muir and Perry Elliott
0.5 Hours
This session covers the investigation, assessment and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).
ECG Interpretation in the Bradycardic Patient
Adil Rajwani
0.25 Hours
This session will recap the essentials of ECG interpretation, focusing on conduction defects and heart block.
Importance of Good History
Veronica White
0.25 Hours
This session focuses on the importance of taking a good history when reviewing a patient with a cough.
Introduction to Common Symptoms and Help-Seeking
Dick Churchill
0.5 Hours
In this session we will consider the types of symptoms that young people experience, and the choices that they make about where to go for help. Other sessions in the module consider some of the symptoms and conditions in more detail.
Managing Obesity: Treatment Options
Jamie Blackshaw
0.5 Hours
This session looks at the type of support and services that can be offered for both children and adults to achieve and maintain a healthy weight.
Guiding and Enabling Behaviour Change
Jamie Blackshaw
0.5 Hours
This session aims to equip you with the knowledge and understanding of how to take a guiding and collaborative approach with patients to help support lifestyle behaviour change. It illustrates a five-step approach that will enable you to achieve this, and highlights where you may need to refer to other support services.
Identifying Overweight and Obesity and Risk Factors for Weight Gain
Jamie Blackshaw
0.5 Hours
This session looks at how to measure excess weight in children and adults, and discusses the causes of obesity including those that may present outside of lifestyle-related obesity. This session was reviewed by Jamie Blackshaw (Project Lead), Penny Blair, Lisa Thompson and Elaine Boylan and updated in January 2017.
Meningitis in Children
Alison MacIsaac
0.5 Hours
This session describes the prevalence and impact of meningitis. You will learn to recognise the symptoms and how to conduct immediate management of a child with suspected meningococcal disease including administering intra-muscular penicillin.
Managing Common Vaginal Bleeding Problems
Sarah Gray
0.5 Hours
This session will help GPs to offer first-line management for common complaints regarding vaginal bleeding, including heavy bleeding, painful bleeding, bleeding between periods, and absent or irregular bleeding.
Memory Problems in Older People
Emma Vardy and Louise Robinson
0.5 Hours
This session describes an approach to the forgetful patient in primary care and provides an overview of the epidemiology and diagnosis of dementia.
Basic Principles of Health Promotion
Francesca Cleugh
0.5 Hours
This session provides foundational principles for promoting health and explores health promotion models and approaches that aim to enhance health. The challenges of behaviour change and the healthcare provider's role forms an integral part of this session.