Graduate Medical Education programs are required by governing bodies like ACGME to involve trainees in research or scholarship. Discovery and dissemination of new knowledge is foundational to the advancement of the medical field. WSU and Providence is sponsoring our second annual Research Symposium as a venue for residents to disseminate their scholarly work. This plenary session is aimed to inspire junior trainees, as well as faculty and physicians, to engage in scholarly activity in the future...

**If you intend to claim CME credit for this course, you must be logged in to CloudCME (a WSU email address is not required). If you have trouble, please contact [email protected].**Two refrains are often heard in youth gender medicine: that a female can be born with a male brain (or vice-versa) or that transgender brains are uniquely different from others’ brains. But does structural brain imaging data and neuropsychology support these claims? In this course, participants will be introduced ...

**If you intend to claim CME credit for this course, you must be logged in to CloudCME (a WSU email address is not required). If you have trouble, please contact [email protected].**This course examines key developments in the history of treating gender dysphoria, tracing the evolution of medical and psychological interventions over the past decades. It explores the shift from adult-focused gender transition treatments to the emergence of childhood and adolescent interventions, emphasizing th...

**If you intend to claim CME credit for this course, you must be logged in to CloudCME (a WSU email address is not required). If you have trouble, please contact [email protected].**This course examines the evolving concept of what it means to be transgender as a young person in the 21st century through social and cultural lenses, focusing on the interaction between comorbidities and gender dysphoria, as well as current therapeutic approaches for addressing gender-related distress. Participan...

This lecture will provide an in-depth overview of interventional pain management options for healthcare professionals, focusing on evidence-based techniques to address chronic pain. We will explore the role of epidural steroid injections (ESIs) in managing radicular pain, the effectiveness of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for facet-mediated pain, and the expanding indications for spinal cord stimulators (SCS) in neuropathic and refractory pain conditions. Additionally, we will discuss the emergi...

Mentoring residents in longitudinal projects such as quality improvement or medical education projects can be difficult given the multiple competing demands of residency training. Common challenges in managing these projects include jumping to solutions before adequately understanding the problem, selecting an adequately narrow project scope, managing the project over time while retaining momentum, and engaging residents with varying degrees of interest and commitment. This FAMER session will in...

Opioid use in older adults is a significant problem, with an estimated 1 million seniors having opioid use disorder. Age-related changes increase the risk of complications like respiratory depression, falls, Cardiac conduction impairment and cognitive impairment. Effective management involves careful patient selection, low-dose prescribing, regular monitoring, multimodal pain management, and addressing specific side effects like constipation. Alternative therapies and, when needed, treatment for...

This $30 course includes access to all learning materials and your CME certificate/transcript upon completion. Select "Launch Course" above, then "Register" to enroll in the course.ALS has significant impacts on a person’s speech, language, and swallowing. Up to 80-90% of people with ALS receive a diagnosis of dysarthria or dysphagia, often co-occurring. This session will discuss assessment and management of dysarthria and dysphagia providing specific examples and resources for providers.  ...

This $30 course includes access to all learning materials and your CME certificate/transcript upon completion. Select "Launch Course" above, then "Register" to enroll in the course.This presentation briefly describes what OT is, what settings a patient with ALS might encounter an OT, and what OT’s would focus on and assist ALS patients with throughout the stages of ALS.To begin this course, make sure you are logged in to CloudCME and then select the Register button above.This is the 4th course i...

This $30 course includes access to all learning materials and your CME certificate/transcript upon completion. Select "Launch Course" above, then "Register" to enroll in the course.This activity will provide the learner with a brief background on the ALS diagnosis as well as the most up to date research specifically looking at ALS and exercise prescription. Combining the extrapolation of exercise parameters from the literature and 15 years of clinical experience with ALS, this presentation will ...