80061133 - Richard Light Memorial Pleural Disease Evaluation and Management

Friday, April 21, 2023, 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM, JHH Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Building II, Baltimore, MD

This activity is designed to educate and train the practicing pulmonologist, chest surgeon, emergency department physician, hospitalists, internist, and oncologist, as well as other health care professionals interested in the care of patients with pleural disease. Participants will develop a comprehensive knowledge of the management of pleural diseases and indications, best practices, and associated complications of common pleural procedures including thoracentesis, chest tube and indwelling pleural catheter placement, pleural biopsy and thoracoscopy. As part of this activity, there will be both classroom based didactics and practical hand-on training via a cadaver lab. We encourage RNs, NPs, and PAs with an interest in pleural disease to attend as well.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This activity is intended for practitioners in critical care medicine, emergency medicine, family practice, hospitalist medicine, internal medicine, multiple specialties, nurse practitioners, nurses, physician assistants, pulmonary disease, and pulmonology.

 

1. Define current approaches to the management of malignant pleural effusion.
2. Identify proper patient selection for pleural evacuation in pneumothoracies.
3. Describe current options for diagnostic techniques in pleural disease.

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing MedicalEducation (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

POLICY ON PRESENTER AND PROVIDER DISCLOSURE
It is the policy of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine that the presenter and provider globally disclose conflicts of interest. The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine OCME has established policies that will identify and resolve conflicts of interest prior to this educational activity. Detailed disclosure will be made prior to presentation of the education.

OTHER CREDITS
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners National Certification Program accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts AMA PRA Category1 Credit^TM from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

PAs may claim a maximum of 7.25 Category 1 credits for completing this activity. NCCPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society.

 

ENDORSEMENT

This event is endorsed by the American Thoracic Society.

 

LOCATION

Albert H. Owens, Jr. Auditorium
David H. Koch Cancer Research Building
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
1650 E. Jefferson Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21231

The street level entrance to the Albert H. Owens, Jr. Auditorium is via the Bunting Blaustein Cancer Center lobby located on Jefferson Street, west of Broadway. Directions and campus parking information are available on our website under the Contact Us tab at https://HopkinsCME.cloud-cme.com. The closest garage is the McElderry Street Garage, which is located off of Caroline Street between Monument Street and Orleans Street (Route 40). Handicapped parking is also available in the McElderry Street Garage. Johns Hopkins is smoke-free. The hands-on cadaver lab will take place in the MISTIC Center, JHH, Blalock 12.

 

LATE FEE AND REFUND POLICY
A $50 late fee applies to registrations received after 5:00 p.m. ET on April 15, 2023. A handling fee of $50 will be deducted for cancellation. Refund
requests must be received by fax or mail by April 15, 2023. No refunds will be made thereafter. Transfer of registration to another Johns Hopkins
activity in lieu of cancellation is not possible.

SYLLABUS
The syllabus will be accessible online and via your mobile device in the CloudCME App prior to the activity.
Sponsoring Department Website: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/pulmonary/index.html

For general information, please visit the activity webpage at:
https://hopkinscme.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?P=0&EID=45296

HOW TO OBTAIN CREDIT
Post activity, an online evaluation will be available to attendees to evaluate the activity and individual presentations and to identify future
educational needs. Upon completion of the evaluation, the learner must attest to the number of hours in attendance. Credits earned will
be added to the learner’s transcript and immediately available for print. The last day to access the evaluation and attest to your credits is
June 5, 2023.

 
An outcome survey will be sent to all physician attendees within two months post activity to assist us in determining what impact
this activity had on the learner’s practice.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine fully complies with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof.
Please notify us if you have any special needs.

 

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Johns Hopkins University adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Friday, April 21, 2023