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10/26/2021 - Medical Grand Rounds: Resident Research Presentations

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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: CME 1.00

Target Audience:

Faculty, residents, fellows, and community physicians in General Internal Medicine and subspecialties.

Differences in Cardiac Rehabilitation Enrollment by Educational Attainment and Race/Ethnicity
Presented by: Yimin Chen, MD

A New Prognostic Model in Patients with Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma Treated with First-line Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Presented by: Leonidas Diamantopoulos, MD

Beta Blockers are Associated with Reduced All-Cause Mortality Among HFpEF Patients
Presented by: Joseph Ibrahim, MD

Impact of Prehabilitation on Frailty and Survival in Liver Transplant Candidates
Presented by: Phoebe Lin, MD

An asynchronous approach: Teaching Internal Medicine Residents Ultrasound Guided Peripheral IV Placement
Presented by: Rachel Pace, MD

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
  • Describe the benefit of ultrasound guided peripheral IVs
  • Discuss the curriculum design and evaluation of a new course aimed at teaching internal medicine resident's ultrasound IV
  • Examine the results of the ultrasound IV course evaluation
  • Identify the patient populations that may benefit from cardiac rehabilitation
  • Describe educational and racial disparities in cardiac rehabilitation enrollment
  • Examine the interaction of educational and racial disparities in cardiac rehabilitation enrollment
  • Define the role of immunotherapy in bladder cancer
  • Identify gaps in knowledge regarding immunotherapy in bladder cancer
  • Identify patients with bladder cancer who will most likely respond to immunotherapy
  • Evaluate the epidemiology of heart failure with preserved ejection
  • Explore current state of therapies in HFpEF
  • Analyze the effect of beta blockers on all cause mortality in HFpEF
  • Demonstrate the change in frailty metrics and their impact on survival among a cohort of patients referred for liver transplantation (LT) and prehabilitation.
  • Describe and characterize liver-related and extrahepatic clinical contributors to the frail phenotype.

Joint Accreditation Statement - Note: This Accreditation Statement Supersedes All Other Statements:

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.


The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit[s]™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This educational activity is approved for 1.0 contact hours.


Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Authors:
Joseph Ibrahim, MD — Resident, PGY3, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
Leonidas Diamantopoulos, MD — Resident, PGY2, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
Phoebe Lin, MD — Resident, PGY3, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
Rachel Pace, MD — Resident, PGY3, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
Yimin Chen, MD — Resident, PGY3, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.