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Topics in Internal Medicine, Primary Care, and Hospital Medicine

7-Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise
Round-trip Port Canaveral, Florida
January 29 - February 05, 2023

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Royal Caribbean's <em>Wonder of the Seas</em> — Royal Caribbean's *Wonder of the Seas*

COURSE CREDITS & HOURS

16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
16 ACPE Credits
16 (part II) MOC points in medical knowledge in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program
4 Hours of Pharmacology for Nurse Practitioners
16.0 Contact Hours

COURSE FEES

$995 for Physicians, Attorneys, Psychologists, Pharmacists, & Dentists
$795 for Physician Assistants & Nurse Practitioners
$595 for Nurses, Students & Others

TARGET AUDIENCE

Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacists,

PROGRAM PURPOSE

Hospital Medicine

This educational activity will present attendees with key updates in clinical topics fundamental to the care of the adult inpatient, including major advances from the medical literature. Additionally, this we will review fundamental skills basic to the practice of hospital medicine, such as diagnostic test interpretation and medical decision making. The content will allow for attendees to practice evidence-based medicine grounded in current evidence and literature applicable to internal medicine and associated specialties.

Hospital Medicine Literature Highlights - Cardiology, Cancer, Nephrology
- Describe key updates & current literature related to the modern practice of hospital medicine
Hospital Medicine Literature Highlights 2 - Infectious Disease, Pulmonary Disease, Rheumatology
- Describe key updates & current literature related to the modern practice of hospital medicine.
Tick Borne Diseases
- Recognize key clinical features of tick borne diseases.
Test Interpretation and Medical Decision Making
- Interpret medical test results in a scientific manner using Bayes' Theorem based strategies or a Fagan Nomogram.
Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism - prophylaxis and treatment
- Discuss the mechanisms of acute pancreatitis
- Describe the current standard of care for prophylaxis and treatment of venous thrombosis in a hospitalized patient.
Special Considerations for the Geriatric Patient
- Describe key treatment considerations for geriatric inpatients.
Sepsis and Shock
- Describe the current state of sepsis recognition and treatment, in accordance with widely accepted published guidelines.
Peri-operative management

Manage perioperative patients using validated tools and strategies to optimize outcomes

The purpose of these lectures is to engage and inspire participants during a review of common clinical problems in primary care medicine. In addition to providing guidance on diagnostic and therapeutic strategies, participants will be encouraged to expand their views of clinical care to incorporate principles of prevention and health promotion and to reflect on their roles as healers who shape their individual skills, behaviors, and experiences to match the needs of each individual patient in each individual clinical encounter.

The importance of establishing a strong clinician-patient bond and addressing psychosocial and spiritual concerns when needed will be emphasized.

Health Promotion: Encouraging a Healthy Body, Mind, and Spirit
- Assess the patien's current state of physical, psychological, and spiritual health
- Analyze the patient's current dietary and exercise practices
- Discuss an individualized health-promotion strategy for the patient.
Oh, My Aching Head : Managing Migraine, Tension, and Cluster Headaches
- Explain the classification of headaches
- Discuss the appropriate use of brain imaging in evaluating patients with headache
- Describe the appropriate use of abortive and preventive medications in the treatment of migraine.
What Goes Up Must Come Down! : Diagnosis and Management of Hypertension
- Describe the appropriate measurement and classification of hypertension
- Discuss the laboratory testing and imaging needed to diagnose common causes of secondary hypertension
- Describe the major classes of anti-hypertensive treatment and discuss the type of patient most likely to benefit from each class.
"Get Me Out of Here!": Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia in the Primary Care Setting
- Elicit and assess symptoms of panic disorder and agoraphobia
- Apply appropriate lifestyle modification and stress management skills, including muscle relaxation, breathing control, thought-stopping, and cognitive restructuring
- Recognize and manage side effects of anxiolytics.
Male Sexual Disorders: Treatment of Hypogonadism, Erectile, and Ejaculatory Dysfunction.
- Elicit a thorough, non-judgmental sexual history
- Describe appropriate laboratory and radiologic testing in the evaluation of male sexual problems
- Discuss the effects, risks, and benefits of testosterone replacement and medications to improve the patient's erectile and ejaculatory function
Enhancing Clinician-Patient Communication: Becoming a Healer
- Distinguish the technical, biomedical aspects of clinician s role from the personal and psychosocial aspects of care
- Describe specific attitudes and values needed to create a healing environment
- Apply techniques for establishing and maintaining rapport with patients
The Faith Factor: Practicing Spiritually-Sensitive Care
- Elicit a spiritual history in an ethically-appropriate manner
- Analyze the physiologic, psychological, social, and lifestyle effects of religious beliefs upon health outcomes
- Describe the spectrum of possible interventions available for addressing patients spiritual needs.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

PLEASE NOTE: To attend the conference or participate in conference events, participants, their families, and guests must book their cruise within the CEI meeting group through Continuing Education, Inc. This ensures our company can provide conference services and complimentary social amenities to all meeting participants and their guests. Thank you for your cooperation.

Register your interest and receive a full quote at 800-422-0711 (US/Can) or direct/int'l tel: +1-727-526-1571 or register online.

Conference Sessions generally take place on days at sea (as itinerary allows), giving you plenty of time to enjoy your meals, evenings and ports of call with your companion, family and friends.

BIAS FREE CME - No Commercial Support was provided for this CME activity.

Faculty

Dale A. Matthews, MD, FACP

Dale A. Matthews, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine (retired)
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Executive Healthcare Services (retired)

Dale A. Matthews, MD, FACP has served on the faculties of Yale University, the University of Connecticut, and Georgetown University and has lectured at over 30 medical schools. He gives lectures on primary care general internal medicine, the doctor-patient relationship, and the psychological and spiritual dimensions of medicine, including the role of religion, faith, and prayer in clinical care. He is the author of The Faith Factor: Proof of the Healing Power of Prayer (Viking, 1998), a four-volume research work (The Faith Factor: An Annotated Bibliography of Clinical Research on Spiritual Subjects), three documentaries, and over 65 peer-reviewed scientific articles, book chapters, and other publications. Dr. Matthews is a graduate of Princeton (AB, cum laude, Romance Languages, 1976) and Duke University School of Medicine (1980). His internship and residency in internal medicine took place at the University of Connecticut (1980-3) and he completed the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar Program and Fellowship in Clinical Epidemiology at Yale (1983-5). In 1989, he was named the George Morris Piersol Teaching and Research Scholar of the American College of Physicians. He has received many awards for his compassionate patient care, including Washingtonian Magazine Top Doctor recognition. He has appeared on numerous television shows, including the Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, and Good Morning America. He lives in McLean, Virginia with his wife, Demetra, a certified public accountant. He has two adult children and three grandchildren. He enjoys family and church activities, Bible study and teaching, golf, baseball, piano, singing, songwriting, ballroom dancing, travel, and photography.

Robert Fogerty, MD

Medical Director, Senior Medical Director, Clinical Leadership & Associate Clinical Professor
Yale New Haven
New Haven, CT

After receiving his Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Boston College, Robert L. Fogerty received his MD and MPH degrees from Northwestern University and completed training in Internal Medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital. In 2011, he joined the Yale faculty as a founding member of the Academic Hospitalist Program. His academic interests include safety and quality of care in the inpatient setting and cost-effective care. Publications include the Journal of Hospital Medicine, JAMA Internal Medicine, and The New England Journal of Medicine. He is also the co-founder & Past-President of the Society of Hospital Medicine Connecticut Chapter, faculty in the High Value Practice Academic Alliance (HVPAA) training programs, and a founding member of the Hospital Capacity Management Consortium. In his current role as Senior Medical Director, Clinical Leadership, Dr. Fogerty reports to the Chief Medical Officer and works with medical directors from multiple clinical disciplines in clinical operations, professional development, corporate compliance, and other areas.

Accreditation

	In support of improving patient care, Continuing Education, Inc./University at Sea® 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 for Physicians: Continuing Education, Inc. designates this live activity for 16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
	Osteopathic Physicians: This program is eligible for Category 2 credit with the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). US or Canadian Family Physicians: Please let us know if you require AAFP Prescribed Credits.
	Credit Designation for Nurses: Continuiung Education, Inc. designates this continuing nursing education activity for 16 contact hours. Accredited status does not imply endorsement by Continuing Education, Inc./University at Sea® or ANCC of any commercial products displayed or used with an activity. Nurse Practitioners: Can claim either ANCC Contact Hours or AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ^TM as needed. Pharmacology credits are identified on individual activities.
	Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada: Through an agreement between the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, medical practitioners participating in the Royal College MOC Program may record completion of accredited activities registered under the ACCME’s “CME in Support of MOC” program in Section 3 of the Royal College’s MOC Program.
	College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) has a reciprocal credit reporting agreement with the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). Prescribed credits can be claimed as the equivalent number of certified credits, and Elective credits can be claimed as the equivalent number of non-certified credits. Members of the CFPC may claim up to 50 credits per five-year cycle from Physician's Recognition Award (PRA) Category 1 credits. Any additional credits are eligible as non-certified credits.
	Credit Designation for Pharmacists: This knowledge-based activity is approved for 16 hours of pharmacy continuing education credit.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 16 (part II) MOC points in medical knowledge in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

ITINERARY

DATE	PORT OF CALL	ARRIVE	DEPART
Sun Jan 29	Port Canaveral, Florida	-	4:30 pm
Mon Jan 30	*At Sea - Cruising Lectures: 9:00am - 12 Noon; 1:00pm - 4:00pm	-	-
Tue Jan 31	Labadee, Haiti	7:00 am	4:00 pm
Wed Feb 01	San Juan, Puerto Rico Lectures: 8:30am - 12:30pm	2:00 pm	10:00 pm
Thu Feb 02	Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I.	7:00 am	3:00 pm
Fri Feb 03	*At Sea - Cruising Lectures: 9:00am - 12 Noon; 1:00pm - 4:00pm	-	-
Sat Feb 04	Coco Cay, Bahamas	9:30 am	5:00 am
Sun Feb 05	Port Canaveral, Florida	6:00 am	-

*Tentative course schedule, actual class times may differ.

PORTS OF CALL

Port Canaveral, Florida - As the home of Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral is the launching point for all-out adventure in Central Florida. Its beaches offer a mix of family-friendly shores and secluded swaths of sand. And with Orlando’s theme park sprawl only an hour away, you can easily mingle with your favorite characters. Beyond the parks lie equally amusing gems packed with Old Florida character. Kayak past manatees in the Banana River Lagoon and zip line above alligators at Brevard Zoo. Discover notable art museums and Park Avenue’s ritzy charm. Orlando cruises give you access to trace the region’s roots at the Orange County Regional History Museum.

At Sea - Cruising - Cruising

Labadee, Haiti - Beachside meets mountainside on the shores of Labadee — a Royal Caribbean private destination on Haiti’s northern coast. Here you’ll find pristine sands, coral reefs and jungle-covered hilltops nestling lagoon-like bays. There’s no shortage of places to relax and recharge across five stretches of beach. Or dial up the thrills on an active adventure like a half-mile-long zip line ride over the ocean. And fascinating culture, history and the natural beauty of Haiti’s spectacular coasts wait to be discovered around every corner. Escape to the Western Caribbean for a wilder way to experience paradise.

San Juan, Puerto Rico - The vibrant capital of Puerto Rico, San Juan offers something for every traveler — world-famous beaches with crystal clear waters, incredible cuisine, rugged natural beauty and a rich history that goes back 500 years. With its ancient fortresses and colorful colonial-era buildings, San Juan makes it easy to feel as though you’ve slipped into the past. Life moves at a slower pace along the sunny cobblestone streets of Old San Juan, and salsa beats seem to waft perpetually from open windows. If you’re craving a hike, head to El Yunque National Forest. And if you’re more in the mood to unwind, set your sights on the beautiful shores of Isla Verde or El Condado. Mealtime is also an adventure, with so many delicious options to try — from mofongo and pastelon to chillo frito and alcapurrias. Pair every bite with a piña colada — Puerto Rico’s national drink.

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. - Named after a Danish Queen, Charlotte Amalie has one of the most breathtaking deepwater harbors in the world. The key sights of Charlotte Amalie are located within the town centre, making it easy to combine sightseeing with St. Thomas’ fantastic shopping opportunities. Eighteenth century architecture provides the perfect backdrop for walking tours and shopping here in the "Duty Free Capital of the World." For a dose of history, visit Emancipation Park, the American-Caribbean History Museum, or Bluebeard the pirate's castle at Magen’s Bay. If tropical bliss is what you're after, head to any of Charlotte Amalie’s pristine beaches, where the warm water, white sands and palm trees will lull you into deep relaxation!

Coco Cay, Bahamas - Located in the middle of the Caribbean's bright blue water lies the secluded island of CocoCay. With its white-sand beaches and spectacular surroundings, CocoCay is a wonderland of adventure. Reserved exclusively for Royal Caribbean guests, this tropical paradise has recently been updated with new aquatic facilities, nature trails and a ton of great places to just sit back, relax and enjoy a tropical drink.

CocoCay Map

Royal Caribbean's Wonder of the Seas

PLEASE NOTE: To attend the conference or participate in conference events, participants, their families, and guests must book their cruise within the CEI meeting group through Continuing Education, Inc. This ensures our company can provide conference services and complimentary social amenities to all meeting participants and their guests. Thank you for your cooperation.

Register your interest and receive a full quote at 800-422-0711 (US/Can) or direct/int'l tel: +1-727-526-1571 or by registering online.

COMPETITIVE PRICING PROMISE: We Will Beat or Match the Cruise Line’s Lowest Rates. *

Prices below are for the full cruise including meals and evening entertainment

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Ocean View with Balcony (2D)
Two twin beds that convert to a Royal King bed. Stateroom: 182 sq. ft. Balcony: 50 sq. ft.

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Balcony Ocean View with Large Balcony (1C)
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Balcony Ocean View with Balcony (1D)
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Balcony Boardwalk View with Balcony (1I)
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Balcony Central Park View with Balcony (1J)
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Balcony Ocean View with Large Balcony (2C)
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Balcony Boardwalk View with Balcony (2I)
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Balcony Central Park View with Balcony (2J)
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Balcony Ocean View with Balcony (3D)
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Balcony Ocean View with Balcony (4D)
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Balcony Connecting Ocean View with Balcony (CB)
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Outside

Ocean View Stateroom (4N)
Two twin beds that convert to Royal King, private bathroom and sitting area. Stateroom: 179 sq. ft.
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Outside Ultra Spacious Ocean View (1K)
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Outside Ocean View Stateroom (1N)
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Outside Ocean View Stateroom (2N)
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Interior Stateroom (4V)
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Inside Spacious Interior (1R)
Two twin beds that convert to Royal King. Sofa converts to double, two Pullman beds, private bathroom and sitting area. Stateroom: 260 sq. ft.

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Inside Interior Stateroom (1V)
Two twin beds that convert to Royal King, private bathroom and sitting area. Stateroom: 172 sq. ft.

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Inside Central Park Interior View (2S)
Two twin beds that convert to a Royal King bed. Room with bed, vanity and sitting area with sofa. Stateroom: 199 sq. ft.

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Inside Promenade View Interior (2T)
Two twin beds that convert to Royal King, private bathroom and sitting area. Stateroom: 179 sq. ft.

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Inside Interior Stateroom (2V)
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Inside Interior Stateroom (3V)
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Inside Interior with Virtual Balcony (4U)
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Inside Connecting Inside Cabin (CI)
Two twin beds that convert to Royal King, Central Park view, sitting area, and a private bathroom. Stateroom: 172 sq. ft.

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Suite/Deluxe Ultra Spacious Ocean View with Large Balcony 1A.Two twin beds that convert to Royal King. Sofa converts to double, two Pullman beds, private bathroom and sitting area. Stateroom: 374 sq. ft. Balcony: 108 sq. ft.