CVD is the leading cause of death in the US. Hypertension and diabetes are among the foremost risk factors for the development of CVD, stroke, peripheral artery disease, and heart attack. This program will provide an overview of recent advances that target the underlying pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease. The focus of the program will be on the new guidelines for hypertension, DM and CKD and will discuss the advances in pharmacotherapeutics in these fields.

The Clinical Research Operations Supplemental Series (CROSS) provides educational opportunities for research staff of the Abramson Cancer Center (ACC) Clinical Research Unit (CRU) on topics related to the daily operations of the ACC CRU and collaborating departments, e.g., Radiation Oncology, Pathology, Fertility Preservation Care Program. Past educational opportunities have included: (1) Hallmarks of Cancer, (2) Drug-Drug Interactions: The Cytochrome 450 Metabolic Pathway, and (3) Immune Toxic...

To help provide an environment where patient care is the main priority and residents, fellows, and other members of the interprofessional healthcare team are able to provide quality patient care. Quality patient care will be assured through review of peer-reviewed literature, multidisciplinary cooperation, and following of established clinical practice guidelines.

Foundations of Culinary Medicine is a CME activity structured to educate medical providers about the importance of healthy food and nutrition, while giving them the skills and tools by which they can assist their patients (as well as themselves) lead healthier lives. The focus will be on non-infectious chronic diseases (e.g. cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, irritable bowel syndrome), with particular attention to cultural competence and practical applications.Recipes and I...

To provide evidence-based interprofessional education through journal clubs about Palliative and End-of-Life care to Penn Medicine hospital-based, outpatient, and home care clinicians who engage in the care of patient with serious illnesses.

Neurosurgery Quality Conference provides a didactic learning opportunity for health care professionals to be exposed to advances in the fields of neurosurgery, neuroscience, preoperative and perioperative medicine, quality improvement, systems based practice and societal and community implications of neurosurgical practice. This educational activity is intended to provide the neurosurgical team with an opportunity to obtain new knowledge of technical and treatment advances and be aware of chang...

Case review to enhance understanding of diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of plasma cell dyscrasias.

The primary focus of the Primary Care Training Enhancement (PCTE) program is to train primary care clinicians to lead health care transformation and enhance community-based teaching to promote better primary care practice within underserved urban areas. The Complex Care Management Rounds (CCMR) is an interdisciplinary case review process for primary care providers who share complex patients. The purposes of the CCMR are to expose community-based primary care providers to integrated, longitud...

The overall goal of the conference is to improve communication between the interprofessional team in regards to patient care and to improve medical knowledge related to the etiology, diagnosis, radiologic and pathologic findings, genetic evaluation and multidisciplinary management of colorectal malignancies. A secondary goal is to improve adherence of the providers and the group to national practice guidelines.

In this CME Activity, participants including community and academically based primary care providers in multiple disciplines will attend bi-monthly didactic sessions. These sessions will bring content experts from many aspects of the University including Penn Medicine and CHOP to address relevant and contemporary issues in delivering care to medically underserved patient populations. Participants will utilize an online program webpage for reference materials and pre-session discussion boards. Pa...