Description:

Institute for Public Health and Medicine Seminar Series

 "Implementing Change: The Role of Leaders, Followers, and Culture in Preventing Infection"

Presented by:

Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH

George Dock Collegiate Professor of Internal Medicine,

University of Michigan Health Systems

Associate Chief of Medicine,

VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System

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In-person attendance is required to earn CME-credit.

Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
1. Provide an overview of how to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), one of the most common healthcare-associated infections in the world.
2. Describe “implementation science” and how it can be used to enhance patient safety.
3. Outline approaches for translating research findings into everyday practice that clinicians can use to prevent CAUTI.

Disclosure Statements
Dr. Sanjay Saint has nothing to disclose. The course director, Suzanne Cox, PhD MPH, has nothing to disclose. FSM’s CME Leadership & Staff have nothing to disclose: John X. Thomas, Jr., PhD, Sr. Associate Dean for Medical Education; Genevieve Napier, CME Director; CME Project Specialists Ashley Kick and Tara Scavelli.

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category  1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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 The Institute for Public Health and Medicine Seminar Series is a forum covering current research relevant to the Institute and its Centers.

The Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) is the nexus for all public health activities at the Feinberg School of Medicine (FSM). The goal of the Institute is to accelerate innovation at the interface of medicine and public health and achieve measurable improvements in health for patients and populations. IPHAM’s Centers focus on issues that span the spectrum from communities to the individual, and from health behaviors to genetic determinants of disease.

Description:

Institute for Public Health and Medicine Seminar Series

 "When Online meets Offline: Challenges and Rewards of Internet Research with Stigmatized Minority Populations"

Presented by:

Walter O. Bockting, PhD
Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry and Nursing)
Research Scientist, New York State Psychiatric Institute
Co-Director of the LGBT Health Initiative
Division of Gender, Sexuality, & Health
Columbia University

Dr. Bockting’s presentation is co-hosted by Northwestern’s IMPACT Program, and is a collaboration with their LGBT Health Speaker Series.

 Click here to stream live via Adobe Connect

In-person attendance is required to earn CME-credit.

Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
1. Describe the strengths and limitations of the Internet to promote the health of stigmatized minority populations.
2. Recognize the impact of social stigma on mental and sexual health.

Disclosure Statements
Dr. Walter Bockting has nothing to disclose. The course director, Suzanne Cox, PhD MPH, has nothing to disclose. FSM’s CME Leadership & Staff have nothing to disclose: John X. Thomas, Jr., PhD, Sr. Associate Dean for Medical Education; Genevieve Napier, CME Director; CME Project Specialists Ashley Kick and Tara Scavelli.

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

_______________________

 The Institute for Public Health and Medicine Seminar Series is a forum covering current research relevant to the Institute and its Centers.

The Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) is the nexus for all public health activities at the Feinberg School of Medicine (FSM). The goal of the Institute is to accelerate innovation at the interface of medicine and public health and achieve measurable improvements in health for patients and populations. IPHAM’s Centers focus on issues that span the spectrum from communities to the individual, and from health behaviors to genetic determinants of disease.

Description:

 No seminar due to the holiday.

_______________________

 The Institute for Public Health and Medicine Seminar Series is a forum covering current research relevant to the Institute and its Centers.

The Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) is the nexus for all public health activities at the Feinberg School of Medicine (FSM). The goal of the Institute is to accelerate innovation at the interface of medicine and public health and achieve measurable improvements in health for patients and populations. IPHAM’s Centers focus on issues that span the spectrum from communities to the individual, and from health behaviors to genetic determinants of disease.

Description:

Institute for Public Health and Medicine Seminar Series

"2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol"

 Presented by:

 Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, MD/ScM
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine
Director, Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS)
Eileen M. Foell Professor
Professor in Preventive Medicine and Medicine-Cardiology
  and
Neil J. Stone, MD
Medical Director, Center for Vascular Disease at the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Robert Bonow, MD Professor
Professor in Medicine-Cardiology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Click here to stream live via Adobe Connect
In-person attendance is required to earn CME-credit.
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Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

1. Describe the differences between current and prior CVD prevention guidelines.
2. Name the four groups that benefit from statin therapy.
3. Understand how to perform risk assessment for CVD using the CV Risk Calculator.

Disclosure Statements
Drs. Lloyd-Jones and Stone have nothing to disclose. The course director, Suzanne Cox, PhD MPH, has nothing to disclose. FSM’s CME Leadership & Staff have nothing to disclose: John X. Thomas, Jr., PhD, Sr. Associate Dean for Medical Education; Genevieve Napier, CME Director; CME Project Specialists Ashley Kick and Tara Scavelli.

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category  1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

_______________________

 The Institute for Public Health and Medicine Seminar Series is a forum covering current research relevant to the Institute and its Centers.

The Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) is the nexus for all public health activities at the Feinberg School of Medicine (FSM). The goal of the Institute is to accelerate innovation at the interface of medicine and public health and achieve measurable improvements in health for patients and populations. IPHAM’s Centers focus on issues that span the spectrum from communities to the individual, and from health behaviors to genetic determinants of disease.

Click here to stream live via Adobe Connect
In-person attendance is required to earn CME-credit.
Click here to view Event Flyer.