Series date: 
01/02/2024 - 7:00am EST to 12/31/2024 - 11:59pm EST

Series Overview

Topics in Respiratory Care Academics provides an opportunity for Respiratory Therapists, Nurses, Physicians, and Physician Extenders to expand their knowledge in Pulmonary and Respiratory Care subject matter through live educational sessions reviewing recent advances in medications, modalities, techniques, and literature.  The credit awarded will satisfy continuing education requirements for license renewal. 

Target Audience

This course is designed for respiratory therapists, physicians and nurses. Other learner groups, such as, pharmacists and advanced practitioners could also benefit from this course.

Planning Committee

Katie Ritz, RRT-NPS
Activity Director
Katelyn Green
Mark Williams, RN, BSN
Ronald Wong, DO

Accreditation 

In support of improving patient care, Geisinger College of Health Sciences is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

 

Credit Designation 

Geisinger College of Health Sciences designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity.

Geisinger College of Health Sciences designates this activity for 1 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity. 

Disclosure Policy

Geisinger College of Health Sciences must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its continuing education activities. Each person in a position to control the educational content of a CE activity must disclose the existence or non-existence of any financial relationship that they have with an ineligible company. There is no minimum financial threshold; individuals must disclose all financial information, regardless of the amount. Individuals must disclose regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. Any identified conflicts of interest will be resolved prior to the start of the activity. Subsequently, disclosure information is made available prior to the start of the activity. 

Sessions

Session Date
Lowering PCO2 With Noninvasive Ventilation Is Associated With Improved Survival in Chronic Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure 01/09/2024 - 7:15am to 8:15am EST
Influenza and other respiratory viral infections associated with absence from school among schoolchildren in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA: a cohort study 01/10/2024 - 7:30am to 8:30am EST
The uses of overnight pulse oximetry 02/07/2024 - 7:15am to 8:15am EST
COPD Exacerbations: A Patient and Physician's Perspective 02/14/2024 - 7:30am to 8:30am EST
License, Credential, Life Supports... How to maintain it all 02/21/2024 - 12:45pm to 1:45pm EST
Adult Protocols 02/21/2024 - 1:45pm to 2:45pm EST
Amiodarone Pulmonary Toxicity 02/28/2024 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm EST
Nebulized Therapies in COPD: Past, Present, and the Future 03/13/2024 - 7:15am to 8:15am EDT
HFOV/ HFJV usage and application 3/20/2024 (A) 03/20/2024 - 7:00am to 8:00am EDT
Nitric Oxide Delivery 3/20/2024 (B) 03/20/2024 - 8:00am to 9:00am EDT

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