Purpose: Audio-Digest Foundation CME/CE activities are designed to provide its learners – physicians and other healthcare professionals – with continuing education that will help identify clinical problems in their practice settings, provide content to help to solve those problems, and increase their application of knowledge to practice.
Audio-Digest Internal Medicine is specifically designed to provide the participant with state-of-the-art information on, including, but not limited to, the diagnosis and management of:
Gastroenterology
Hematology and medical oncology
Rheumatology
Pulmonary and critical care medicine
Endocrinology
Infectious disease
Nephrology and hypertension
Cardiology
Geriatric medicine
The goals of this program are to improve the choice of diagnostic imaging for a variety of brain, spine, chest and abdominal conditions, as well as to improve diagnosis of suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) through the use of stress testing. After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to:
1: Order the most appropriate diagnostic test for selected brain, spine, chest, abdomen, pelvis, and musculoskeletal problems.
2: Assess the radiation exposure to the patient associated with various diagnostic imaging studies.
3: Employ the American College of Radiology appropriateness criteria in choosing diagnostic imaging studies.
4: Summarize the advantages of stress echocardiography and myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) for the assessment suspected CAD.
5: Utilize pharmacologic stress testing with regadenoson to screen for CAD in the asthmatic patient.