Yale CME
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Lawrence S. Cohen, MD
Ebenezer K Hunt Prof of Medicine Cardiology
Chair, CME Advisory Board

Mary Marcarelli
Director

Nancy Schmeidler
Assistant Director

Deborah Dunn
Compliance/Conference Coordinator
Print Enduring Materials

Linda Thompson
Compliance/Conference Coordinator
Grand Rounds/Tumor Boards
Internet Enduring Materials

Yale CME
P.O. Box 208052
New Haven, CT 06520-8052
203.785.4578
cme@yale.edu

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Yale CME, Continuing Medical Education at Yale.

Welcome to Yale CME

The Center for Continuing Medical Education at the Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

Online Learning - learn at your leisure in home or office. Interactive CME Lectures Authored by Leading Yale Physician-Educators

STATE OF CONNECTICUT RELICENSURE REQUIREMENTS

Mandated Lectures: Yale CME is providing lectures on those topics mandated by the State of Connecticut. Beginning October 1, 2007, Public Act 05-275 requires a physician applying for license renewal to have completed at least 50 contact hours of continuing education during the previous 24 months. A "contact hour" means a minimum of 50 minutes of continuing education activity. It must (1) be in the physician's practice area; (2) reflect the physician's professional needs in order to meet the public's health care needs; and (3) include at least one contact hour of training or education in infectious diseases (e.g. AIDS, HIV), risk management, sexual assault, and domestic violence. Go to mandated lectures.

1st ANNUAL YALE OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY UPDATE:

MOHEGAN SUN CONFERENCE CENTER
UNCASVILLE, CONNECTICUT

Friday-Saturday, June 13 -14, 2008

The Yale School of Medicine and the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences will hold this 2-day Symposium at The Mohegan Sun Conference Center in Uncasville, Connecticut on Friday & Saturday, June 13-14, 2008. The Yale School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 19 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

The Yale School of Medicine's Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences has a proud tradition of academic leadership, excellence in clinical training, innovations in clinical practice and advances in reproductive science research.

The Course Director, Errol Norwitz MD, has gathered 25 nationally renowned experts who will provide evidence-based education regarding new drug development, immunotherapy, ovarian cancer screening, robotic surgery, and minimally invasive fetal surgery.

Participants who attend will be able to:

  • Explore the rationale for fetal aneuploidy screening, prenatal diagnostic techniques including perinatal ultrasound, and management of fetal structural abnormalities;
  • Discuss the management of medical diseases in pregnancy, including infectious diseases, psychiatric diseases, endocrine disorders, and obstetrical emergencies;
  • Review the contemporary management of maternal complications of pregnancy, including gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, cervical insufficiency, and preterm labor;
  • Explore other complex and controversial issues related to pregnancy, including obesity, drug abuse, vaginal birth after cesarean, advanced maternal age, and post-term pregnancy.

For more information, please visit here.

A block of rooms has been reserved at The Mohegan Sun Conference Center, 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd, Uncasville, CT 06382 for the nights of Thursday, June 12 and Friday, June 13, 2008 at the rate of $279. Rates are based on single/double occupancy. There is a $15 charge required per room, per night for each additional person.

Individual reservation calls should be made directly to the hotel reservations office at 888.226.7711. To receive the reduced rate, please identify yourself as part of the Yale School of Medicine Education Conference.

All reservations are required on or before May 14, 2008, after which the block will be released. See Mohegan Sun.

Announcement Concerning Residents and Fellows

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(TM) may be awarded to any M.D. or D.O., and this now includes Residents and Fellows. Additionally, Residents and Fellows may now apply directly to the AMA to be awarded 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits per year of residency or fellowship.

Requirements for the American Medical Association's Physician's Recognition Award (AMA PRA)

Since 1968, physicians who participate in continuing medical education (CME) have been recognized by the American Medical Association (AMA) with the Physician's Recognition Award (PRA).
Read more on how to earn the PRA.

New Affiliate Opens

The Center for Continuing Medical Education has opened a new service for YSM - YaleMED Conference Services.

Designed as an event planning service for non-CME activities, YaleMED will assist in planning scientific symposia, lectures or other YSM medical activities by offering

  • On-Line Registration Services
  • Facilities and Services Planning
  • Financial Administration
  • Conference Oversight
  • Conference Management

For more information, please visit the Web site.

 

Tue. May. 13th, 2008
"Developing and Testing New Treatments for Cancer: How Can We Enhance Cancer Trial Management through Engaging with Trial Participant's Views?
Karen Cox, Professor in Cancer and Palliative Care
8:30 AM - LMP 1092 Fitkin Amphitheater
Prenatal Diagnosis Challenges
Dr. Maurice Mahoney/Miriam DiMaio
10:45 AM - 333 Cedar Street SHM I-304
Wed. May. 14th, 2008
Research
Dr. Gustine Liu-Young
9:45 AM - 300 Cedar St., (corner of Congress Ave.) The Anylan Center (TAC bldg.) N303 N303
Thu. May. 15th, 2008
"Pursuing Cystic Fibrosis"
Michael J. Welsh, MD, Professor, Medicine & Physiology & Biophysics, Investigator, Howard Hughes Institute
8:30 AM - 330 Cedar Street Boardman Building Fitkin Amphitheatre
"Best of the Radium Society"
9:00 AM - 15 York St WWW 201 Hunter Conf Rm
"Sonography of Multiple Gestations"
Carol Benson, MD
12:30 PM - 300 Cedar Street The Anlyan Center (TAC) N107 Auditorium
Sexual Harrassment (this fulfills state requirement!)
Stuart Warner, Esq.
4:00 PM - 310 Cedar Street Lauder Hall B131 BRADY AUDITORIUM
Fri. May. 16th, 2008
Case Conference
Kasia Hryniewicz, MD and Cevher Ozcan, MD
8:00 AM - 789 Howard Ave Fitkin Memorial Pavilion LMP 1094 Fitkin Amphitheatre
Sat. May. 17th, 2008
Musculoskeletal conditions are among the most common patient complaints seen in a general practice. This course has been designed to provide primary care physicians with the knowledge to effectively evaluate and treat commonly encountered musculoskeletal injuries and conditions in the adolescent and adult population
7:30 AM - The Anlyan Center
Mon. May. 19th, 2008
When a Patient "Fires" their Caregiver
Moderated by Kenneth Miller, MD and Eileen Cain, LCSW
12:00 PM - YNHH EP 9th Floor Conference Room
Tue. May. 20th, 2008
Cancer Survivorship Program "History of Psycho-Oncology and its Contributions to Cancer Care and Research"
Jimmie C. Holland, M.D.
8:30 AM - LMP 1092 Fitkin Amphitheater
Wed. May. 21st, 2008
Nosocomial Pneumonia
Dr. Jeffrey Topal
9:45 AM - 300 Cedar St., (corner of Congress Ave.) The Anylan Center (TAC Bldg.) N303 N303
"Recovery from Sever Deprivation: The Bucharest Early Intervention Project"
Dr. Charles Zeanah, Professor, Department of Psychiatry
12:00 PM - 330 Cedar Street Boardman Bldg Fitkin Amphitheater
"Mechanisms of Epileptogenesis in Focal Cortical Dysplasias: Links to the Developing Brain"
Frances E. Jensen, MD
5:30 PM - The Anlyan Center Auditorium
Thu. May. 22nd, 2008
5th Annual Ralph I. Horwitz Lecture "Cost Effectiveness Analysis: Academic Curiousity or Practical Tool to get more "Bang" for our health care "Buck"
R. Scott Braithwaite, MD, Assistant Professor, Section of General Medicine, VA CT Healthcare System
8:30 AM - 330 Cedar Street Boardman Building Fitkin Amphitheatre
"Controversies in the Management of Stage III NSCLC"
Scott Gettinger, MD
9:00 AM - 15 York St WWW 201 Hunter Conf Rm
Fri. May. 23rd, 2008
Case Conference
Shanti Bansal, MD and Oliver Wang, MD
8:00 AM - 789 Howard Ave Fitkin Memorial Pavilion LMP 1094 Fitkin Amphitheatre
Tue. May. 27th, 2008
"Replication-competent Oncolytic Viruses and Glioblastoma"
Anthony N. van den Pol, Ph.D.
8:30 AM - LMP 1092 Fitkin Amphitheater
Department of Pathology Research Seminar Series:"The cellular and molecular biology of macrophage apoptosis in advanced atherosclerosis"
Ira Tabas, MD, PhD
12:00 PM - 310 Cedar Street Brady Memorial Laboratory Auditorium BML 131 Brady Auditorium
Wed. May. 28th, 2008
Adult Vaccinations
Dr. Jeffrey Topal
9:45 AM - 300 Cedar St., (corner of Congress Ave.) The Anylan Center (TAC Bldg.) N303 N303

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