Oakstone CME Courses

Diabetes and Obesity Management Online CME

This unique online video CME course — a response to the burden of diseases driven by obesity and diabetes — is designed to help you manage these two conditions holistically, with an eye toward the health of both your patients and their communities.

Expert faculty from Harvard Medical School and other leading institutions guide you through evidence-based patient assessment, methods to support behavioral modification in different care settings, and tailoring of both medical and procedural therapeutics for those struggling with metabolic disease.

Diabetes and Obesity: Patient-Centered Management is available online so you can earn continuing medical education credits whenever, wherever. It will help you to better:

• Identify and integrate current therapeutic options for obesity and diabetes
• Apply current and recommended guidelines
• Deliver equitable care with respect to race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, sexual preference, and gender orientation

Learn from the Experts: Advances in Anesthesiology

Comprehensive Review of Anesthesiology, an online video CME program, highlights the core concepts of conducting anesthesia and stresses the implementation of perioperative best practices to facilitate enhanced recovery after surgery.

Directed by Jeffrey S. Berger, MD and Eric R. Heinz, MD, this review includes case-based lectures covering a broad range of topics, including preoperative assessment and evaluation, cardiac anesthesia, the opioid crisis, robotic anesthesia, ERAS, physician impairment, and more. It’s contininuing medical education that will help you to better:

• Recognize scientific principles that guide basic anesthetic management
• Formulate a thoughtful anesthetic plan for a variety of subspecialties
• Compare the techniques and technology available at your facility with best practices
• Plan for incorporation of new knowledge into routine practice

Examiner Training for DOT Physicals
With Oakstone’s NRCME Plus Examiner Training System,™ you’ll gain access to all the resources you need to confidently prep for and pass the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) medical examiner certification exam.

Leading the Pack. Ranked easiest-to-use among NRCME study courses, NRCME Plus is the only program of its kind backed by 45+ years of experience developing multimedia continuing education products for clinicians and healthcare providers at any level.

An impressive 95% of past NRCME Plus users passed their certification test on the first attempt. That’s because it’s designed by experts to identify the critical skills, abilities, and knowledge needed to successfully pass the exam and — more importantly — to effectively perform CMV driver physical exams.

The new edition of NRCME Plus meets FMSCA core education requirements for DOT examiners and offers:

• Unlimited access to self-guided training — set your own pace
• Mobile-friendly convenience — study anytime, anywhere
• 28 modules covering key topic areas
• Pre-Test, module quizzes, Post-Test, and Certificate of Completion
• BONUS! Q&A Decks with 500+ practice questions
• BONUS! Online Resource Library
• Our pass guarantee — pass the exam on your first attempt, or get your money back

Evidence-Based Cardiology CME: Strategies for ACHD

Adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) are a rapidly growing, frequently underserved population who present new challenges in cardiology patient management. In this online video CME course, presenters address the latest clinical and research advances in congenital anomaly morphologies.

Evidence-based lectures focus on the best diagnostic modalities and interventions, as well as the most appropriate management strategies. You get continuing medical education that will improve your ability to:

• Assess right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction, including clinical evaluation and interventional, surgical, and hybrid options
• Assess and manage adults who underwent Fontan surgery, including imaging, treatment options, and timing of valve interventions, Fontan conversion, and heart failure therapies
• Assess and treat patients with Fontan-associated liver disease
• Recognize social and patient-perceived barriers that complicate the diagnosis and life-long management of ACHD
• Detail the highly complex ecosystem of adult congenital heart care and describe how new guidelines may shape care in the future

Expert Radiology CME: Augment Your IR Practice

With a focus on practical, real-life solutions for the modern interventional radiology practice, this online CME program is a refresher on familiar procedures, an introduction to new procedures and new areas of IR interest, and an update on various areas of practice management.

NYU Langone Vascular and Interventional Radiology Review explores the technical and clinical nuances of safe, effective patient care through an expert-led look at evidence-based standards and clinical updates, a wide range of vascular and non-vascular procedures in adult and pediatric patients, peri-procedural care, recommended equipment, and more.

It’s continuing medical education designed to augment knowledge for practicing interventional radiologists, while also serving as a steppingstone for radiologists who are new to this vast, multi-system field.

Musculoskeletal Imaging CME: State-of-the-Art Updates

NYU Langone Advanced Imaging of the Musculoskeletal System: Up Your Game is a comprehensive and intensive series of online CME lectures covering major topics, including common sports injuries, bone tumors, arthritis and cartilage imaging, pediatric imaging, and AI. You can explore new advances in MR, CT, and US, and update skills with continuing medical education that will help you to:  

• Improve therapeutic decision making by learning how to modify imaging techniques and protocols for all areas of musculoskeletal MRI
• Develop a working differential for bone and soft tissue tumors and know when additional imaging or tissue sampling is warranted
• Evaluate the use of imaging in diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory arthritides and common musculoskeletal infections
• Describe techniques that improve MR imaging in the presence of hardware, as well as areas of pathology that can be diagnosed post hip, knee, or shoulder arthroplasty

State-of-the-Art Diagnostic Pathology CME

You’ll gain knowledge, confidence, and experience through this unique series of online video CME lectures highlighting the integration of small biopsies, a common component of the typical FNAB procedure. Expert faculty from Harvard Medical School’s three academic centers — many of whom are leaders in the field — deliver a comprehensive tutorial on the current state of the art in cytology. Harvard Advances in Cytology and Small Biopsies continuing medical education topics including:

• Advances in automation and standardized terminology
• “Challenging Cases and Lessons Learned” case-based virtual microscopy sessions
• Urinary cytopathology and changes to The Paris System 2.0 last updated in 2022
• The role of the cytopathologist in diagnosis using minimally invasive techniques
• Updates on utilizing ancillary testing for diagnosis, prognosis, and targeted therapy
• And more!

CME Insights for Emergency Medical and Trauma Care

UCSF High Risk Emergency Medicine is sharply focused on meeting the needs of the practitioner who encounters high-risk conditions in their daily practice. It’s continuing medical education designed to address topic that — due to risk of misdiagnosis or misadventure — produce the greatest anxiety and concern for anyone practicing in an urgent care, high-risk, or ED setting.

Through 33 online video CME lectures, you’re sure to gain competence in diagnosis, treatment, procedures, and patient counseling while you expand your knowledge of traumatic, cardiologic, neurologic, toxicologic, pediatric, and airway emergencies — and much more.

Radiology CME: Explore Abdominal and Thoracic Imaging

Designed for both the general and specialized radiologist, UCSF Abdominal and Thoracic Imaging is an online CME course providing an extensive review of clinically relevant topics in chest, abdominal, pelvic, and ob-gyn imaging. Speakers discuss interpretation tips for both routine and emerging applications, artificial intelligence and its implications in clinical practice, and more.

You get case-based continuing medical education lectures targeting relevant areas of focus, including:

• Abdominal — female pelvis, acute pelvic pain in the reproductive age female, early and ectopic pregnancy, male pelvis and prostate, gastrointestinal conditions including the liver, and organ transplants
•  Thoracic — lung cancer screening, pulmonary embolism, mediastinal masses, chest radiographs, and other findings and indications relevant for the general radiologist

Psychiatry Board Review: CME from the Experts

This in-depth, clinically up-to-date online CME program emphasizes assessment and diagnosis of psychiatric disorders for adult, adolescent, and child patients. Psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, and other forms of treatment, including interventional are covered, along with special topics germane to all psychiatric practices.

Speakers experienced in both clinical care and teaching discuss high-quality patient care, ethical standards, sensitivity and compassion, patient-centered treatment, and health equity.

Enhance Your Knowledge with Online Radiology CME
Led by University of Washington’s Jason Hartman, MD and Jihoon Lim, MD, expert faculty focus on the latest imaging methodologies and diagnostic techniques. This online radiology CME course offers comprehensive presentations and Q&A sessions covering the broad range of emergency imaging — from epidemiology and mechanisms of trauma, to an integrated approach to injuries of the head, neck, spine, torso, pelvis, and appendicular skeleton. It’s continuing medical education that will help improve overall patient care as you learn to:

• optimize imaging protocols
• incorporate standardized classification systems
• implement updated approaches to management
• make appropriate recommendations for incidental findings
• and more…

Radiology CME: Standard Protocols and More

Experienced and knowledgeable faculty discuss the fundamentals and pitfalls of state-of-the-art imaging in this online video CME program. UCSF Imaging: Core and Extremities delivers a practical review of routine GI, GU, and ObGyn presentations of the abdomen and pelvis, as well as the diagnosis of routine and incidental findings in the lungs and chest cavity.

Short, focused continuing medical education sessions cover diagnosis in imaging of the brain, spine, and major joints in the musculoskeletal system, standard protocols for each organ system, and appropriate imaging technique and use of CT, MR, and US.

Primary Care CME: Integrating Medical and Psychiatric Care

Increasingly, primary care practitioners are tasked with diagnosing and treating not only common but also complex and chronic psychiatric disorders. This online CME program will equip you with the knowledge to confidently diagnose and manage prevalent mental health conditions and associated comorbidities like cardiovascular disease, arthritis, and diabetes.

Focused on evidence-based pharmacological interventions and the most recent advancements in the field, Psychopharmacology for Primary Care Physicians will prepare you to handle behavioral and emotional health problems in your day-to-day practice. Delve into a range of continuing medical education topics, including:

• Treatment of depression and bipolar disorder
• Suicide in primary care settings
• Generalized anxiety disorder
• OCD and panic disorder
• Sleep disorder
• Alcohol and substance use disorder
• ADHD
• Mood disorders in pregnancy and postpartum
• Digital technologies
• Child, adolescent, and geriatric psychopharmacology
• When, why, and how to consult psychiatry

Practical, Results-Focused CME

Throughout the online video CME program Optimizing Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care, recognized experts share strategies and best practices that can be readily implemented by pediatric, family medicine, internal medicine, or subspecialty providers as they tailor patient transfer plans based on age, disease type, and physical/intellectual capabilities.

This in-depth continuing medical education course includes case-based lectures on chronic conditions like diabetes, cystic fibrosis, congenital heart disease, epilepsy, cancer survivorship, organ transplantation, substance use disorder, etc. Along with assessing patient readiness and timing transitions for the best outcome, you’ll learn to optimize how you:

• Ensure adherence, teach self-care, and help patients maximize independence
• Promote medical and educational self-advocacy
• Address sexual health and fertility with young adults
• Strengthen family engagement
• Provide care for college students
• Screen for high-risk behaviors

Target Audience

This activity was designed for physicians, NPs, and PAs in: pediatrics, internal medicine, family medicine, medicine-pediatrics, pediatric subspecialties, medical specialties and subspecialties; and psychologists, social workers, and counselors who support young adults and their families.

Geriatric Board Review: CME from the Experts

The UCLA Intensive Course in Geriatric Medicine and Board Review is one of the longest running and highest-regarded programs of its kind. This online video CME course emphasizes an evidence-based, practical, and functional approach to the comprehensive care of older adults.

You can prep for certification or re-certification exams while gaining in-depth of knowledge in neurology, cardiology, psychiatry, urology, hematology, gastroenterology, nephrology, endocrinology, pharmacology, and rheumatology as they apply to older patients. It’s continuing medical education that will help you to better:

• Apply principles of geriatric assessment, pharmacology, rehabilitation, and long-term care
• Identify psychological problems related to aging
• Create individual medication regimens for the older adults
• Address geriatric syndromes such as dementia, pain management, incontinence, and osteoporosis