Available until June 1, 2025 - Online CME Course

Join cardiac rehabilitation experts for a comprehensive review of program fundamentals including program structure and management, secondary cardiovascular disease prevention, and new trends in CR. Program topics will provide details to ensure patients receive the highest, most-up-to-date quality of care and achieve the best possible outcomes. These self-study materials will provide an overview for health professionals new to cardiac rehabilitation, or those wanting to update their existing program, based on the experience of Mayo Clinic, Rochester.

Available until February 1, 2026

Pulmonary function tests are extremely useful in both diagnosing and managing patients with respiratory disease. In addition to a medical history, physical exam and imaging studies, they give us a great deal of information of the pulmonary physiology and help us understand why patients have various respiratory symptoms. However, there are quite a number of pulmonary function tests available to us and which tests we should order can be confusing. Do we know when spirometry, lung volumes or diffusion capacity will be useful for evaluating the various pulmonary conditions? Our guest for this podcast is Dr. Alexander Niven, from the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the Mayo Clinic and he’ll provide answers to these questions and more as we discuss “How to Use Pulmonary Function Tests Effectively”.

Available until October 14, 2023

Nutrition, physical activity and other healthy lifestyle behaviors are vital components in the promotion of health and in the prevention and treatment of disease. This program will highlight ambulatory, nutrition, and wellness topics with multidisciplinary faculty.

Available until February 1, 2026

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, also known as COVID-19, is a novel virus with a rapidly changing genotype. It’s responsible for over a million deaths so far. One of every 300 Americans have died as a result of the virus and infection with COVID-19, and it has been responsible for a reduction in life expectancy in the U.S. for both 2021 and 2022. There are 4 widely available, approved vaccines in the United States, yet an inadequate number of individuals have been immunized and very few are still wearing protective masks. The consequences of this include continued excess morbidity and mortality as well as the development of a variety of new variants of the virus. Our guest for this podcast is Greg A. Poland, M.D., an internist, and the director of vaccine research at the Mayo Clinic. He’s also the lead author of an article published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings in December 2022. The article is entitled “Year 3 of COVID-19: Harsh Truths, Brutal Realities and Glimmers of Hope”. We’ll be discussing some of the key points from this article.

Available until September 21, 2026 - Online CME Course

This course reviews the methods available to detect latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, or latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), including the classic tuberculin skin test and the more recently developed interferon gamma release assays (IGRA). The advantages and limitations of each of these methods are discussed and the latest recommendations on their use are presented. This course also includes a discussion of recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on routine screening of healthcare workers for LTBI using IGRAs.