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Host: Philip Stein, MD
Guest: Neilanjan Nandi, MD
Guest: Susan Peck, MSN, CRNP

From the ReachMD studios in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, host Dr. Philip Stein talks with Dr. Neilanjan Nandi and nurse practitioner Susan Peck about their respective experiences with The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation's Camp Oasis. This camp gives children with IBD the opportunity to meet other kids with the same chronic illness, teaching them how to cope with their disease, manage their own medical needs, try new sports and activities, build confidence and independence, and most importantly, spend quality time just being a kid.

Host: Philip Stein, MD

From the ReachMD studios in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, host Dr. Philip Stein talks with Claire Griffin and Bill Johnson, patients and counselors at CCF's Camp Oasis. Claire and Bill discuss their respective involvements with the camp, why they made the decision to go, how they became their own personal advocates, and what Camp Oasis taught them about adjusting to their disease.

Host: Adam Ehrlich, MD, MPH
Guest: Adam Kaufman, MD

From the ReachMD studios in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, host Dr. Adam C. Ehrlich talks with Dr. Adam Kaufman, Gastroenterologist at Main Line Gastroenterology Associates. Dr. Kaufman brings to the forefront the importance of preparing your IBD patient for travel. Discussion points include scheduling a pre-travel counsel visit, medication choices and proper storage procedures, vaccination considerations, blood clot prophylaxis, and travel insurance.

Host: Robert Frankel, MD
Guest: Neilanjan Nandi, MD

From the ReachMD studios in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, host Dr. Robert Frankel talks with Dr. Neilanjan Nandi, Assistant Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology and Associate Director of the Gastroenterology Fellowship program at Drexel University College of Medicine. Dr. Nandi shares new insights on how to approach sexual and intimacy issues for IBD patients. Discussion points include quality of life measures, methods for maintaining healthy intimate relationships, respecting boundaries, and top health practitioner resources.

Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Guest: Adam Ehrlich, MD, MPH
Guest: John D. Betteridge, MD

From the ReachMD studios in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, host Dr. Brian McDonough leads an expert panel focusing on preventive care for IBD patients. Joining the expert panel are:

• Dr. Adam C. Ehrlich, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and Co-Medical Director of the Temple Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program, and
• Dr. John D. Betteridge, Gastroenterologist at Lancaster General Hospital and Regional Gi Medical Center. Drs. Ehrlich and Betteridge discuss the issues surrounding IBD with a focus on preventative care in patients.

Discussion points include micronutrient deficiencies, immunosuppression, methods to maintain a well-balanced nutrient-rich diet, and communication strategies between PCPs and GI specialists to improve patient care.

Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Guest: John D. Betteridge, MD
Guest: Philip Stein, MD
Guest: Thomas Judge, M.D.

From the ReachMD studios in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, host Dr. Brian McDonough moderates an expert gastroenterology panel exploring some of the top issues in IBD management: the best time for primary care clinicians to refer patients to GI, challenges to making an early diagnosis, and differences between IBD and IBS.

Panel participants include:

• Dr. John Betteridge, Gastroenterologist at Lancaster General Hospital and Regional Gi Medical Center in Lancaster, PA
• Dr. Tom Judge, Gastroenterologist and Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Cooper University Health Care, and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
• Dr. Philip Stein, Pediatric Gastroenterologist at St. Christopher's Hospital and faculty member in the Department of Pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine

Host: Alicia A. Sutton
Guest: Hilary Schmidt, PhD
Guest: John Ruggiero, PhD, MPA, CHCP
Guest: Gregory Salinas, PhD
Guest: Nili Solomonov

Annually, there are around 150,000 certified activities produced in the US annually. However, meta-analyses and research estimates that less than 20% of those educational activities drive behavior change and probably less than 5% lead to improvements in patient outcomes. With a vast array of continuing education (CE) activities available to healthcare professionals (HCPs) and the delay in data on the effectiveness and outcomes of CE activities, it's difficult for HCPs and CE stakeholders to determine the most effective education that has the greatest potential to lead to behavior change thus improving patient care.

During the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Healthcare Professions annual meeting host Alicia Sutton speaks with guests Hilary Schmidt, PhD, John Ruggiero, PhD, MPA, CHCP, Gregory Salinas, PhD, and Nili Solomonov in a two-part interview covering:

• The current state of CE activities and address the lack of objective, reliable, and empirical assessment available to prospectively identify CE activities that have the greatest potential to lead to improvements in health care practice.
• The development of a new Instructional Design Rating Scale and its reliability and predictive validity in driving behavior change through rigorous research methods based on the science of human learning.

Host: Alicia A. Sutton
Guest: Miriam Uhlmann, PhD
Guest: Samar Aboulsoud, MD, PhD, MSc Med Ed, FHEA, MAcadMEd

Due to research and studies, health care teams are improving and understanding cultural sensitivity issues and cultural competence. However, we still have much to learn. At the Alliance for Continuing Education in Healthcare Professions 2018 annual meeting, host Alicia Sutton interviewed Samar Aboulsoud, MD and Miriam Uhlmann, PhD about their presentation "A Means to an End: Achieving Patient Satisfaction Through Culturally Sensitive Communication".

In this discussion, Drs. Aboulsoud and Uhlmann discuss their personal and professional experience with educating health care teams to deepen the medical knowledge and clinical skills of those who provide holistic approaches for patient care. Furthermore, it will challenge clinician’s understanding of what affects their interactions and understandings that can impact patient care, compliance, and outcomes.

Host: Alicia A. Sutton
Guest: Rob Lowney

In this episode of Lifelong Learning, Alicia Sutton welcomes Rob Lowney, Principal and Managing Director of CMEology. Rob showcases how CMEology's innovative methods improve engagement in CME which ultimately leads to improved patient care. In addition to improving engagement, Rob also shares how to add value across all stakeholders in CME, such as utilizing the arts and humanizing the education, quantifying the value of CME, research conveying improved patient health & changing performance, and multimedia education.

Host: Alicia A. Sutton
Guest: Camille M. Fung, MD

Host Alicia Sutton is joined by Dr. Camille Fung to discuss two areas of public health in Utah that were not addressed by the Utah legislature: opioid addiction and overdose in pregnant women and newborn infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). Dr. Fung is an assistant professor at the University of Utah, Division of Neonatology.

Tune in to see how Dr. Fung with her colleagues created enduring material to educate healthcare professionals on the unaddressed public health problem of opioid management without any financial resources.

Host: Alicia A. Sutton
Guest: Dave deBronkart

From the annual meeting of the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Healthcare Professions in Orlando, Florida, keynote speaker Dave deBronkart joins host Alicia Sutton to discuss the evolving roles in the patient and doctor relationship.

Better known as ‘e-Patient Dave’, deBronkart emphasizes key points in the shift from the patient as a passive recipient of care to one where the patient is an active contributor to his or her own care. deBronkart discusses healthy patient:doctor communication and ways clinicians can employ effective techniques.

As a co-founder of the Society for Participatory Medicine and stage 4 kidney cancer survivor, deBronkart speaks globally on how patients should be partners in their care, rather than passive recipients, and how collaboration makes healthcare better for everyone.

Host: Alicia A. Sutton
Guest: Alvaro Margolis, MD, MS
Guest: Jann Balmer, PhD, RN, FACEHP, FAAN

From the annual meeting of the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Healthcare Professions in Orlando, Florida, join in as Alvaro Margolis, MD, MS, President and CEO of EviMed, and his colleague Jann Balmer, PhD, RN, FACEHP, FAAN, Director of CME at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, discuss how Facebook and other social network concepts and approaches can be used to promote social learning in health care teams, both for online and for combined online and face-to-face learning.

Host: David Weisman, MD
Guest: John Khoury, MD

For the first time, the FDA has approved a direct-to-consumer genetic test from 23andme that will inform patients if they are predisposed to diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer's, and Celiac Disease among others.

Proponents applaud this decision, saying this will allow for people to know their genetic health risks and be more proactive about their health. Others argue that this information doesn’t tell the whole story since predisposition doesn't reflect someone's ultimate risk or likelihood of developing a disease. What are the benefits and liabilities of consumers' access to genetic testing?

Host Dr. David Weisman, Director of Clinical Trials at Abington Neurological Associates, sits down with Dr. John Khoury, Associate Director at Abington Memorial Hospital Sleep Disorders Center, to debate the merits and pitfalls of direct-to-consumer genetic testing.

Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP
Guest: Allison Willis, MD

More men than women are diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease by almost a 2 to 1 margin. However, women receive supportive surgery less often than men, and their symptoms are more severe on average by the time surgical options are taken.

Host Brian McDonough chats with Dr. Allison Willis, Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, about gender differences in diagnosing and managing Parkinson's Disease.

Host: John Russell, MD
Guest: Harish Lavu, MD

Pancreatic cancer is projected to become the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States by 2020. This is due, in large part, to its insidious onset and subtle presentation even at late stages, many symptoms of which are often attributed to common and less serious conditions in aging populations.

Dr. Harish Lavu, Head of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery at Jefferson University, talks with host Dr. John Russell about the diagnostic and therapeutic priorities addressing pancreatic cancer, and why this disease is so hard to detect.

Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP

Interoperability refers to the capacity for computer systems and software to exchange information and interpret that shared data.

The ability for machines to communicate efficiently within healthcare systems offers a myriad of vital benefits to patients and providers. For instance, as data becomes more mobile, personal health information entered by clinicians can begin to reach patients wherever they are and whenever they need it.

Dr. Brian McDonough sits down with Brendan McCorkle, CEO and Founder of CloudMine, to discuss his perspectives on the importance of health care systems interoperability and how to implement it successfully.

Host: Rebecca Kaplan

Dealing with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) on its own is difficult, but managing it with a professional athletic schedule is another task altogether. Dajuan Wagner, a former NBA player, was diagnosed with IBD early in his career. In this episode, he will discuss how he learned to manage his disease, and his advice for physicians treating IBD patients who are also athletes.

He is joined by Rebecca Kaplan of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation.

Host: Rebecca Kaplan
Guest: Michael E. Kwiatt, MD

When should surgery be considered as a treatment option for patients with Crohn’s or colitis? Host Rebecca Kaplan of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation is joined by Dr. Michael Kwiatt, Assistant Professor of Surgery at Cooper University Hospital in New Jersey, to discuss when to consider surgery. Additionally, he will touch on the common surgical complications and differences in surgical approach for patients with respective diseases.

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Guest: Harold Mondschein

The surgical field is always being improved by cutting edge technology, but the processes used to connect surgical centers to hospitals lack innovation. Dr. Matt Birnholz sits down with Harold Mondschein, CEO and Co-Founder of Medtel Inc. to discuss methods of improving surgical outcomes by capturing structured data. Through better analytics, healthcare providers can better coordinate surgical care while reducing costs and inefficiencies.

Host: Matt Birnholz, MD
Guest: Denise Devine

What if there was a way to monitor vital signs in real time? Denise Devine, Co-Founder of RTM Vital Signs, LLC, is working on just that. She is joined by Dr. Matt Birnholz at the Villanova Health Summit to discuss this innovative technology in development, which opens up the possibility of collecting continuous health data from patients to enhance point-of-care treatments.