Available until October 28, 2023 - Online CME Course

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 February 1, 2026

Testosterone has a variety of health benefits. It helps maintain bone density, muscle mass, red blood cell production and sexual function. Testosterone levels in men tend to peak between age 30 to 40 then gradually decline and it’s not unusual to find low testosterone levels in men over the age of 50. It’s also known that in men with hypogonadism, testosterone supplementation can improve libido, bone density and muscle mass. Should we be checking testosterone levels in our middle-age male patients? How do we determine who should receive testosterone supplementation and finally what are the risks of supplementation? In this podcast, these are all questions I’ll be asking our guest, Dr. Nahid Punjani, a urologist at the Mayo Clinic as we discuss “Testosterone Supplementation in Men”.

Available until November 16, 2024 - Online CME Course

April 25-25, 2023 - Hilton Rochester Mayo Clinic Area - Rochester, Minnesota

This course offers Live (in-person) and Livestream (virtual) attendance options

This conference will introduce and explore various approaches to managing acute and chronic pain including holistic and pharmacologic interventions. Nurses and other care providers interact with individuals with all types of pain across the healthcare continuum. Topics include chronic pain management across care settings, integrative therapies, disparities and inequities in treating pain, medical cannabis, and a patient's journey.

Available until July 31, 2024 - Online CME Course

Breast cancer risk assessment entails understanding clinical and genomic risk factors. Available risk calculation models provide population level risk with limitations in implementation in clinical practice. We need to advance the paradigm and transition to precision prevention and personalized risk stratification. With accurate risk assessment clinicians can optimize clinical benefits including surveillance imaging and risk reducing medication options. New research on the use of single nucleotide polymorphisms and polygenic risk score could be useful for stratifying and predicting individualized breast cancer risk and enhance shard decision making opportunities in management of women at increased risk for breast cancer

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”.