In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Understand differential diagnosis of RA and OA.
-    Be familiar with current treatments.
-    Understand Lab and x-ray findings. 

Robert L. DiGiovanni, DO, MACOI, Rheumatology PD, Associate professor of Medicine, CA Largo Hospital, Morsani College of Medicine

In this session, you’ll:
-    Learn the diagnostic criteria for Gout.
-    Understand the treatment approach for Gout.
-    Understand the approach to CPPD.

Howard L. Feinberg, DO, MACOI, Associate Dean, Clinical Education Proposed Maryland College of Osteopathic Medicine at Morgan State

In this session, you’ll:
-    Understand Signs and Symptoms of SpA and how it differs from RA.
-    Be familiar with current treatments.
-    Understand diagnostic criteria for axial and peripheral SpA, Psoriatic Arthritis and Reactive Arthritis.

Robert L. DiGiovanni, DO, MACOI, Rheumatology PD, Associate professor of Medicine, CA Largo Hospital, Morsani College of Medicine

In this session, you’ll:
-    Learn to identify common joint crystals.
-    Learn the classes of synovial fluid.
-    Learn the importance of various synovial fluid inclusions.

Howard L. Feinberg, DO, MACOI, Associate Dean, Clinical Education Proposed Maryland College of Osteopathic Medicine at Morgan State

In this session, you’ll:
-    Understand GCA, AAV and Hypersensitivity vasculitis.
-    Understand current treatments.
-    Be familiar with appropriate labs and pathology.

Robert L. DiGiovanni, DO, MACOI, Rheumatology PD, Associate professor of Medicine, CA Largo Hospital, Morsani College of Medicine

In this session, you’ll:
-    Understand the types on bone and joint infections.
-    Learn the most common cause of bone and joint infections.
-    Learn how to diagnose Lyme disease.

Howard L. Feinberg, DO, MACOI, Associate Dean, Clinical Education Proposed Maryland College of Osteopathic Medicine at Morgan State

In this session, you’ll:
-    Learn the diagnostic criteria for SLE.
-    Learn to diagnose the inflammatory myopathies.
-    Learn the approach to scleroderma and its variants.

Howard L. Feinberg, DO, MACOI, Associate Dean, Clinical Education Proposed Maryland College of Osteopathic Medicine at Morgan State

In this session, you’ll:
-    To help make our Osteopathic Internists more thoughtful, more compassionate, more knowledgeable, and overall uniquely more capable clinicians than their allopathic counterparts.
-    To help our Osteopathic Internists pass their Internal Medicine Board Exams.
-    To provide “pearls” in the optimal utilization and interpretation of microbiologic data with which the internist must work.

Gerald W. Blackburn, DO, MACOI, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Michigan State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine

In this session, you’ll:
-    Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF) encompass a wide variety of diseases with many capable of causing outbreaks and are associated with high morbidity and mortality, and there are currently no specific therapies available.
-    That viruses implicated in viral hemorrhagic fevers and the diseases they cause are grouped by the family of viruses: Arenaviridae (Lassa virus), Bunyaviridae (Crimean Congo virus, Rift Valley Fever virus, Sin Nobre virus, Filoviridae (Ebola virus, Marburg virus), and Flaviviridae (Dengue virus, Yellow Fever virus).
-    That fevers of unknown origin (FUO) are defined as fever higher than 38.3ºC on several occasions lasting for at least three (some use two) weeks without an established etiology despite intensive evaluation and diagnostic testing.

MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI (he/him/his), Chief Innovation Officer, Access Health Louisiana

In this session, you’ll:
-    Overview of Common Labs and Procedures and Surgical Risk .
-    USPTF/ Choosing Wisely Guideline refresher.
-    Clinical Case Study Examples for Board Preparation.

Scott Spradlin, DO, FACP, FACO, Vice President of Clinical Value and Innovation, Aetna

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Recognize that bacterial meningitis is a medical emergency and the immediate steps to establish the cause and start effective therapy.
-    Recognize that the assessment of patients with probable aseptic meningitis is complicated by the large number of potential etiologic agents and the relatively limited diagnostic tools for identifying specific pathogens. 
-    Recognize that spinal epidural abbesses are enclosed within the bony confines of the skull or spinal column that can expand to compress the brain or spinal cord and cause severe symptoms, permanent complications, or even death. 

MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI (he/him/his), Chief Innovation Officer, Access Health Louisiana

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    To help make our Osteopathic Internists more thoughtful, more compassionate, more knowledgeable, and overall uniquely more capable clinicians than their allopathic counterparts.
-    To help our Osteopathic Internists pass their Internal Medicine Board Exams. 
-    To provide “pearls” to the internist who often serves as the primary care provider of patients infected with HIV. 

Gerald W. Blackburn, DO, MACOI, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Michigan State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Recognize that acute bronchitis is a common clinical condition.
-    Recognize that treatment is focused on patient education and supportive care.
-    Recognize that community acquired pneumonia is a leading cause of hospitalization, mortality, and incurs significant health care costs. 

MarkAlain Déry, DO, MPH, FACOI (he/him/his), Chief Innovation Officer, Access Health Louisiana

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    To help make our Osteopathic Internists more thoughtful, more compassionate, more knowledgeable, and overall uniquely more capable clinicians than their allopathic counterparts.
-    To help our Osteopathic Internists pass their Internal Medicine Board Exams. 
-    To provide “pearls” to the internist who often serves as the primary care provider of patients infected with HIV. 

Gerald W. Blackburn, DO, MACOI, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Michigan State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Learn the Asthma Guidelines- EPR 3 vs EPR 4
-    Be able to classify asthma severity.
-    Be able to determine asthma control.

Jonathan M. Horbal, DO, FACOI, Physician, Midland and Bay Allergy Clinics

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Provide a framework for the evaluation of primary immune deficiencies that may affect adults. 
-    Review the immune response using a case-based approach.
-    Describe the complement cascade e and understand how complement deficiency may be evaluated. 

Bryan L. Martin, DO, MACOI (he/him/his), Emeritus Professor of Medicine, The Ohio State University

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Review common food reactions.
-    Review hypersensitivity reactions.

Jonathan M. Horbal, DO, FACOI, Physician, Midland and Bay Allergy Clinics

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Understand rhinitis and how to classify it.
-    Review common food reactions.
-    Review hypersensitivity reactions.

Jonathan M. Horbal, DO, FACOI, Physician, Midland and Bay Allergy Clinics

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Review hypersensitivity reactions.

Jonathan M. Horbal, DO, FACOI, Physician, Midland and Bay Allergy Clinics

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Recognize anaphylaxis and differentiate it from vasovagal reactions.
-    Understand and be prepared to utilize the new guidelines for the treatment of anaphylaxis.
-    Compare and contrast anaphylactic and anaphylactoid reactions. 

Bryan L. Martin, DO, MACOI (he/him/his), Emeritus Professor of Medicine, The Ohio State University

In this session, you’ll learn how to:
-    Recognize and treat allergic skin disorder, including Urticaria and Angioedema. 
-    Recognize and treat allergic skin disorders, including Hereditary Angioedema.
-    Recognize and treat allergic skin disorders, including Atopic Dermatitis and Allergic Contact Dermatitis.  

Bryan L. Martin, DO, MACOI (he/him/his), Emeritus Professor of Medicine, The Ohio State University

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