OSU MedNet21 The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

This presentation will cover the concept of acupuncture, its various forms and diversities, the primary conditions it may address, the procedural steps involved, what happens during treatment, patient expectations during and after the session, safety considerations, and the contraindications associated with acupuncture.







After learning about what acupuncture is (in part 1 of the presentation), learners should expect to learn about how they can bring acupuncture into their practice and better understand some of the evidence for acupuncture.







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This webcast will discuss Common Allergic Diseases. This presentation will review approaches to rhinitis and food adverse reactions.







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This webcast will discuss Emerging Approaches in Parkinson's Disease. Learners will learn how to identify the clinical features of parkinsonism, how a clinical diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease is made, and become familiar with the strategies that exist for symptomatic treatment of motor symptoms.







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This webcast will discuss Nutrition for Physicians. This session will review vitamin and mineral deficiencies associated with specific GI disorders as well as discuss specific physical manifestations of common vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Additionally, a review of appropriate methods of repletion including route of administration will be provided. Finally, a definition of malnutrition will be discussed and screening tools and physical exam findings will be reviewed.







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This webcast will discuss Alcohol Use Disorder.  This webcast will discuss Screening, Counseling, and Pharmacotherapy for Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care Settings. The presentation will define unhealthy alcohol use and alcohol use disorder (AUD); discuss the burden of unhealthy alcohol use in the United States; and review an evidence-based and practical approach to screening for and providing appropriate interventions for unhealthy alcohol use in a primary care setting. The presentation will incorporate relevant case studies that take learners through common clinical scenarios to demonstrate how screening, counseling, and pharmacotherapy for alcohol use disorder can be implemented in primary care. The learner will be guided through a sample workflow that demonstrates steps for the clinician to take following a positive screening result for unhealthy alcohol use in primary care. Learners will receive information on how to conduct brief counseling in the clinic for patients who have risky drinking behaviors, as well as how to provide evidence-based pharmacotherapy for patients with AUD. Brief video demonstrations of motivational interviewing techniques used in the context of counseling for risky drinking will be included in the presentation.







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This webcast will discuss Approach to Muscle Weakness in Primary Care. Learners are expected to learn an approach to localizing and identifying neurological causes of weakness. Specifically, they will be familiarized with how dysfunction of peripheral nervous system can present clinically and appropriate diagnosis and treatment.







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