Medical Marijuana CME

The Iowa Comprehensive Medical Cannabis Course Bundle has been approved by the Iowa Department of Public Health’s Office of Medical Cannabidiol. This comprehensive medical cannabis educational course bundle helps doctors, nurses, pharmacists, psychologists and dentists prepare to care for patients using cannabis-based products, including CBD.

The Iowa Comprehensive Medical Cannabis Course Bundle introduces the reader to the endocannabinoid system and its interaction with the components of the cannabis plant, and addresses various aspects of medical cannabis, including administration, therapeutic use, drug metabolism, physiologic and cognitive effects, potential risks, and drug interactions.

The use of marijuana in obstetric patients, pediatric patients, adolescent patients and elderly patients is discussed in detail. Important considerations for patients with ischemic heart disease, hepatic disease, psychotic illness, and those with a history of drug dependence are provided. This course bundle also addresses the use of cannabidiol (CBD) in clinical care, and the information will assist clinicians in effectively treating and counseling CBD consumers.

The physiological effects of CBD, CBD drug interactions, CBD’s side effects, and the conditions for which CBD has been shown by evidence-based clinical studies to be efficacious are all discussed in this course bundle.