Accreditation Robinson Memorial Hospital is accredited by the Ohio State Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
CME Credit Robinson Memorial Hospital designated each of the listed live activities and enduring material activities for a maximum of one AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing Accreditation The continuing education activities listed below have been approved by a nationally recognized accreditation system of continuing education approval and meet the continuing education requirements for nurses as outlined in the Ohio Laws and Rules governing the practice of nursing.
Grand Rounds – 2013/2014
April 3, 2013: Radiation Oncology – Technology Update
Speaker: Mitchel Fromm, MD, Akron Radiation Oncology Associates
As a result of attending this CME Activity, participants should be able to:
- Discuss the new technology available today;
- Select appropriate treatments for their patients;
- Detect radiation related side effects.
April 10, 2013: Breast Cancer
Speaker: Randall Smith, MD, Western Reserve Medical Center
As a result of attending this CME Activity, participants should be able to:
- Discuss updates for diagnosis;
- Properly stage breast cancer;
- Discuss treatment options;
- Discuss long-term survival.
April 24, 2013: Ablated Therapies in Radiology for Various Tumors
Speaker: David Rosenblum, DO, Ravenna Radiology, LLC
As a result of attending this CME Activity, participants should be able to:
- Discuss the concept of tumor ablation;
- Identify appropriate patients;
- Compare results with more conventional surgical treatments.
May 1, 2013: New Guidelines of Management for UTI
Speaker: Marcantonio Fiorentino, MD, Infectious Disease
As a result of attending this CME Activity, participants should be able to:
- Discuss the new treatment guidelines for UTI;
- Develop an approach to the patient with chronic recurrent UTI’s;
- Use the proper antibiotics for their patients with UTI’s.
May 8, 2013: Audiologic Teating and Treatment for Hearing Loss
Speaker: Karen Burkey, AuD, Robinson Memorial Hospital
As a result of attending this CME Activity, participants should be able to:
- Discuss the effects of hearing loss;
- Discuss the evaluation of hearing loss;
- Discuss audiologic or non-medical treatments for hearing loss
- Interpret the results of an audiogram.
May 15, 2013: Shelf Life: Best Medical Library Resources for Clinical Research and Patient Care
Speaker: Karla Kaufman, MLIS, Robinson Memorial Hospital
As a result of attending this CME Activity, participants should be able to:
- Locate and use Ohiolink medical databases;
- Locate and use features of the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed database;
- Uderstand functionality of additional National Library of Medicine Resources;
- Describe additional services offered by the Medical Libary.
May 22, 2013: Robotics Heart Surgery
Speaker: Stephanie Mick, MD, The Cleveland Clinic
As a result of attending this CME Activity, participants should be able to:
- Discuss robotic technology;
- Identify indications for robotic surgery;
- Discuss benefits/risks compare to conventional surgery.
May 29, 2013: Thyroid Nodules: Diagnostic Approach and Management
Speaker: Rachel Espiritu, MD, Summa Physicians Endocrinology
As a result of attending this CME Activity, participants should be able to:
- Identify clinically significant thyroid nodules;
- Develop an appropriate diagnostic strategy in evaluating thyroid nodules;
- Determine which nodules require FNA biopsy and correct interpret thyroid nodule cytology.
June 5, 2013: New Treatments for Hepatitis C
Speaker: Stanley Martin Cohen, MD, University Hospitals
As a result of attending this CME Activity, participants should be able to:
- Diagnose the patient with Hepatitis C virus infection;
- Discuss treatment options;
- Detect complications associated with treatment.
June 12, 2013: Renal Artery Denervation in the Treatment of HTN
Speaker: George Thomas, MD, The Cleveland Clinic
As a result of attending this CME Activity, participants should be able to:
- Discuss the pathophysiology of hypertension;
- Discuss the rationale for renal artery denervation;
- Identify appropriate patients for this procedure.
June 19, 2013: Stroke for Primary Care and Primary Care for Stroke Patients
Speaker: Susana Bowling, MD, Neurology & Neuroscience Associates, Inc.
As a result of attending this CME Activity, participants should be able to:
- Differentiate TIA from other clinical mimics;
- Diagnose and develop a treatment plan for associated after care problems (e.g. memory loss, depression);
- Describe a plan for secondary prevention.