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2/22/2022 - Medical Grand Rounds: Edge of Silence: Deaf People and the Clinical Encounter in History

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Credit Hours: CME 1.00

Target Audience:

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

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Review the history of the development of cardiology as a specialty 
  • Describe the advances in medical science can come suddenly
  • Encourage all physicians to think critically about accepted standards of care.


Abstract

The Annual CF Reynolds Medical History Society Lecture by Dr. Arnold B. Meshkov, MD, FACC, a Pennsylvania native who completed much of his training in Philadelphia before becoming a Professor of Medicine at Temple University. He has since transitioned to private practice and is active within the field of non-invasive cardiology. He has a strong interest in the history of medicine and recently published his first book titled Chasing the Widowmaker. His talk addresses the revolutionary nature of the heart catheterization and how impactful this often life-saving intervention has been within the field of medicine.

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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.


Suggested Additional Reading

  1. Chasing the Widowmaker: The History of the Heart Attack Pandemic, Arnold B Meshkov, 2021. isbn: 1646633369
  2. Journey Into the Heart: A Tale of Pioneering Doctors and Their Race to Transform Cardiovascular Medicine, David Monagan, David O. Williams. 2007. ISBN 1592402658 (ISBN13: 9781592402656).
  3. Experiments on myself, Werner Forssmann. 1974. ISBN 0900997354 (ISBN13: 9780900997358).

Authors:
Arnold B Meshkov, MD, FACC — Professor, Clinical Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University
No planners, 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 to disclose.
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™

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