Advances in the Therapeutic Management of Patients with Chronic Hematological Conditions – A Whiteboard Preceptorship

Friday, December 10, 2021

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Registration
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Symposium

Georgia World Congress Center
285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW
Atlanta, Georgia

Meeting Room: Thomas Murphy 1-2

1.50 CME credits

FEATURES:

  • Online personalized quality-improvement poster-generation portal
  • Downloadable whiteboard animations

AGENDA

  1. Hemophilia: An Overview
    1. Epidemiology
    2. Pathophysiology
    3. Clinical, social, and economic burdens
  2. Challenges in Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Hemophilia
    1. Screening and diagnostic methods
    2. Acute care management of patients with hemophilia and SCD in emergency care settings and the important role of emergency medicine physicians
    3. Personalizing treatment
  3. Review of MOAs and Clinical Trial-derived Efficacy and Safety Data in Hemophilia
    1. Standard of care therapies and associated unmet needs
    2. Approved agents
    3. Emerging agents
  4. Sickle Cell Disease: An Overview
    1. Epidemiology
    2. Pathophysiology
    3. Clinical, social, and economic burdens
  5. Challenges in Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
    1. Screening and diagnostic methods
    2. Acute care management of patients with hemophilia and SCD in emergency care settings and the important role of emergency medicine physicians
    3. Personalizing treatment
  6. Review of MOAs and Clinical Trial-derived Efficacy and Safety Data in Sickle Cell Disease
    1. Standard of care therapies and associated unmet needs
    2. Approved agents
    3. Emerging agents
  7. Multidisciplinary Team-based Patient-Centered Shared Decision Making (SDM) Approaches to the Management of Chronic Hematological Conditions
    1. Benefits of multidisciplinary team-based approaches to the management of patients with chronic hematological conditions
    2. Team members and their respective roles
    3. Benefits of SDM approaches in general
    4. SDM approaches specific to patients with chronic hematological conditions
  8. Case Studies

Learning Objectives

  • Evaluate evidence from clinical trials assessing available and emerging therapies for the treatment of patients with chronic hematologic conditions including hemophilia and SCD
  • Evaluate patient-specific characteristics when developing individualized management plans for those with chronic hematologic conditions including hemophilia and SCD
  • Facilitate a multidisciplinary patient-centered SDM approach to the management of those with chronic hematologic conditions including hemophilia and SCD

Target Audience

This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of hematologists, emergency medicine physicians and other healthcare practitioners who treat patients with hemophilia A or B and SCD.

Accreditation Statement

Med Learning Group is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement

Med Learning Group designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the live activity.

Nursing Credit Information

Purpose: This program would be beneficial for nurses involved in the care of patients with chronic hematologic conditions including hemophilia and SCD.

CNE Credits: 1.5 ANCC Contact Hour.

CNE Accreditation Statement: Ultimate Medical Academy/CCM is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Awarded 1.5 contact hours of continuing nursing education of RNs and APNs.

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