The access code for each is AASConference123  

The Scheie Eye Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine is excited to bring you the 146th Anniversary Meeting online. This online content is broken down in four sections: Retina/Uveitis, Cornea/Glaucoma, Neuro-opthalmology and Pediatrics/Oculoplastics. The 2020 meeting highlights clinical and research activities ongoing at Scheie with many fascinating clinical case studies that are appealing to practitioners in all disciplines of ophthalmology. The content feature...

The goal of this activity is to provide learners with basic knowledge and skills on how to make ethical evaluations on research protocols, including understanding of specific ethical requirements and regulations. In this activity, learners will engage with the content by moving through a series of website pages that other brief lecture videos, links to related readings, downloadable resources, and quizzes.There was no commercial support used in the development of this educational activity.Conten...

Understand the purpose of telehealth and which patients may be appropriate for telemedicine appointments.  This course is complimentary to participate on and is available ONLY to Penn Faculty.

This course provides an overview of how clinicians and policymakers have approached the rationing of health care resources, as well as an ethical framework that can inform present and future rationing and resource allocation decisions. During the course, we delineate a system for ethically allocating resources based on 4 principles: - Treating people equally. - Favoring the worst off. - Maximizing total benefits. - Promoting and rewarding social usefulness. Content last ...

Unprecedented times demand expertise to inform decisions, guide behavior, and shape disrupted business practices. Zeke Emanuel and colleagues present their latest work to address COVID-19 issues from ethics and policy perspectives.There was no commercial support used in the development of this educational activity.Content last reviewed: April 6, 2020

THERE IS NO FEE TO REGISTER FOR THIS ACTIVITY, HOWEVER REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.The Pennsylvania Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) and faculty experts from Penn Medicine are offering an education curriculum for prescribers on best practices for using the PDMP and on how to address substance use disorder with patients. We invite you to view these complimentary online educational courses that are relevant to your practice needs and will address the following topi...

This course provides an overview of ethical principles relevant to the design of trials involving human subjects. Learners will review foundational study designs and design tools with a focus on ethical and regulatory considerations.Topics include:Differentiating between research and quality improvement.Observational and interventional designs.Randomization, blinding, and placebos.First-in-Human, or Phase I, trials.Cluster randomization.Comparative effectiveness research.There was no commercial ...

This course provides an overview of ethical concerns regarding conflicts of interest in biomedical research. It also offers several approaches to safeguarding against conflicts of interest and describes related federal policies. Intended primarily for researchers, the course: Explains what a conflict of interest is and why conflicts are problematic. Provides data and analysis regarding the extent of conflicts of interest in research. Assesses strategies for avoiding and remediatin...

This series of courses, “Non-Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA) Education for Practitioners,” has value not only to residency training programs, but can also be a standard teaching tool for the entire anesthesia provider team, including Staff Anesthesiologists, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, and Procedural Physicians supervising the delivery of anesthesia in the NORA setting.For additional information on this series of courses, please click the BROCHURE tab. There are...