Courses

With the increasing diversity of the United States' population, physicians are more and more likely to encounter situations that require the delivery of culturally competent care, access to a vast array of language services, and supportive health care organizations.

There are ten sections in this course: Overview — Section 1: Background  Section 2: Detection and Evaluation  Section 3: Goals and Treatment Overview  Section 4: Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) Section 5: Drug Therapy Section 6: Metabolic Syndrome Section 7: Specific Dyslipidemias Section 8: Population Groups at Risk Section 9: Adherence  Section 10: Implementation Intended Audience — Healthcare providers who screen and treat WISEWOMEN patients; Physicians, Physicians Assistants, Nurses, Medical Assistants and health educators. Learning Objectives — Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to: Identify types of patients that need their cholesterol checked regularly Explain cholesterol numbers to...

Goal — The presence of hazardous materials in an Emergency Department is a risk to everyone - hospital personnel, patients and other people within the hospital. During HAZMAT incidents, hospital personnel should have two main goals: to protect both themselves and others from exposure to the hazardous material to provide the same level of care for the contaminated patient as any other patient This course is intended to help you respond to incidents involving hazardous materials in a way that meets these two goals. Intended Audience — This course is intended for health care workers in a hospital environment who...

This course is designed to equip healthcare providers and ancillary staff with the knowledge and tools to optimize patient behavior change to ultimately improve health outcomes. The following are the topics that will be covered in this course: Components of Motivational Interviewing (MI) Benefits of Using Motivational Interviewing Traditional Expert-Centered Model vs. MI Patient-Centered Model Principles of MI Readiness to Elicit Change Talk Script and narration for the presentation is prepared by Dr. Rebecca Lang. There is a posttest at the end of the course. A Certificate of Completion is awarded on successful completion of this course.  Intended Audience —...

There are four sections in this course: Section 1: Salt and Sodium – Sources and Recommendations Section 2: Public Health Imperative Section 3: Campaigns and Actions Section 4: How Can You Use this Knowledge Intended Audience — Healthcare providers who screen and treat WISEWOMEN patients; Physicians, Physicians Assistants, Nurses, Medical Assistants and health educators. Learning Objectives: — At the end of this course, participants will be able to: Identifythe sources of salt/sodium intake Applythe recommendations of salt/sodium intake Discusssalt/sodium reduction efforts as a public health imperative Demonstratethe association between salt/sodium intake and high blood pressure Recognizethe current campaigns and activates...