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:

Recognize that patients with Preserved Ejection Fraction, Low Gradient Aortic Stenosis are challenging to evaluate and that further research in this area is needed.
List factors that may affect outcomes in NSCLC patients treated with immunotherapy
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of plasma metagenomic modalities.
Analyze medical student sentiments on implementation of an innovative empathy feedback mechanism.
Describe common clinical features that may be present in esophageal crohn’s disease

Abstract

“Preserved EF, Low Gradient Aortic Stenosis: Echocardiographic Findings and Outcomes in Patients Evaluated by Catheterization”
Presenter: Pranav Jain, MD
“Impact of BMI on immunotherapy outcomes in NSCLC”
Presenter: Jingxiao Jin, MD
“Plasma microbial cell-free DNA is associated with respiratory tract microbial burden, systemic host responses and survival in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia”
Presenter: Grace Lisius, MD
“Patient Perceptions of Student Empathy: A Feedback Tool for Medical Education”
Presenter: Carly Sokach, MD
“Disease Severity and Treatment Response in Esophageal Crohn’s Disease”
Presenter: Andy Wu, MD

Suggested Additional Reading & 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.

Suggested Additional Reading:

Clavel MA, Burwash IG, Pibarot P. Cardiac Imaging for Assessing Low-Gradient Severe Aortic Stenosis. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Feb;10(2):185-202.
Kichenadasse G, Miners JO, Mangoni AA, Rowland A, Hopkins AM, Sorich MJ. Association Between Body Mass Index and Overall Survival with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. JAMA Oncol. 2020;6(4):512-518. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.5241>
Langford, Bradley J., et al. "Bacterial co-infection and secondary infection in patients with COVID-19: a living rapid review and meta-analysis." Clinical Microbiology and Infection (2020).
Mercer SW, et al. The consultation and relational empathy (CARE) measure: development and preliminary validation and reliability of an empathy-based consultation process measure. Fam Prac 2004; 21(6): 699-705.
Decker GA, Loftus EV Jr, Pasha TM, Tremaine WJ, Sandborn WJ. Crohn's disease of the esophagus: clinical features and outcomes. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2001 May;7(2):113-9. doi: 10.1097/00054725-200105000-00006. PMID: 11383583.

Authors:

Andy Wu, MD — Graduate Medical Resident III, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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.

Carly Sokach, MD — Graduate Medical Resident III, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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.

Grace Lisius, MD — Graduate Medical Resident II, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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.

Jingxiao Jin, MD — Graduate Medical Resident III, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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.

Pranav Jain, MD — Graduate Medical Resident II, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
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.

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