Navigating Common Shoulder Injuries in Youth Athletes
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Navigating Common Shoulder Injuries in Youth Athletes Evaluation and Credit: Evaluation and Credit: Target Audience This activity is targeted toward primary care physicians and advanced providers. Statement of Need This podcast will review the diagnosis and management of shoulder pain in youth athletes - which is a common musculoskeletal complaint. Items addressed will address common shoulder injuries and highlight key features in the diagnosis as well as red flags. Objectives Identify the most common shoulder injuries in youth and adolescent athletes and differentiate...
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Overview of Gestational Diabetes
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Innovations in Islet Cell Research
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Innovations in Islet Cell Research Evaluation and Credit: Evaluation and Credit: Target Audience This activity is targeted toward primary care physicians and advanced providers. Statement of Need The purpose of this podcast is for physicians and clinicians to gain a deepening understanding of pancreatic islet cell transplantation research and its application for the treatment of chronic pancreatitis as well as future treatment of Type 1 diabetes. Objectives 1. Explain the role of...
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Updates in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis
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Updates in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis Evaluation and Credit: Target Audience This activity is targeted toward primary care physicians and advanced providers. Statement of Need This podcast reviews recent advances in osteoporosis care, including updated screening recommendations, risk-based diagnosis beyond BMD, and the expanding role of anabolic therapies for patients at highest fracture risk. Experts discuss goal-directed, individualized treatment strategies to improve long-term bone...
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A Practical Guide to the Management of Type 2 Diabetes
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A Practical Guide to the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Evaluation and Credit: Target Audience This activity is targeted toward primary care physicians and advanced providers. Statement of Need This program will address the newly updated ADA Standards of Care as well as highlight best practices in the screening and management of type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes continues to rise in prevalence among adults, with expanding clinical complexity due to the increasing burden of comorbidities such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, and liver disease....
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The Essentials of MHT and Menopause
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Cardiac Symptoms & Diagnostics: A Practical Guide for Primary Care
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Cardiac Symptoms & Diagnostics: A Practical Guide for Primary Care Evaluation and Credit: Target Audience This activity is targeted toward primary care physicians and advanced providers. Statement of Need This podcast will provide tools for clinicians to interpret cardiac symptoms accurate, utilize the right diagnostic tools resulting in early detection and improved management of cardiovascular disease. Objectives Discuss evidence-based criteria to determine when specific cardiology diagnostic tests are indicated. Describe red flags that warrant urgent testing or specialty...
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Supporting Physician Health: Identifying and Addressing Impairment
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Navigating Dementia – Related Behaviors
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Behind the Screen: The Impact of AI Companions on Adolescents
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Behind the Screen: The Impact of AI Companions on Adolescents Evaluation and Credit: Target Audience This activity is targeted toward primary care physicians and advanced providers. Statement of Need This will be a two-part podcast that will focus on the psychological effects of cyberbullying and AI companions. This will be specific to adolescents and teens. As a result of the growing prevalence in digital engagement, a by-product has been cyberbullying. The psychological effects of cyberbullying are unique in that they differ from traditional bullying due to the anonymity and...
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Target Audience
This activity is targeted toward primary care physicians and advanced providers.
Statement of Need
The purpose of this podcast is for physicians and clinicians to gain a deepening understanding of pancreatic islet cell transplantation research and its application for the treatment of chronic pancreatitis as well as future treatment of Type 1 diabetes.
Objectives
1. Explain the role of pancreatic islet cells and their function in glucose homeostasis and insulin regulation.
2. Discuss emerging research and investigational advances in islet-cell therapies.
3. Differentiate allogenic, xenogenic and autologous islet cell transplantation, as well as islet cell transplantation via stem cells in the management of chronic pancreatis and Type 1 diabetes.
Moderator
Mark McDonald, M.D., MHA, CPE
System Vice President Pediatric Medical Affairs
Medical Director, Norton Children’s
Louisville, Kentucky
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Critical Care
UofL School of Medicine
Louisville, Kentucky
Speaker
Balamurugan Appakala, Ph.D.
Norton Islet Cell Research and Transplant Program Director
Wendy Novak Diabetes Institute, a part of Norton Healthcare and Norton Children’s
Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology
UofL School of Medicine
Planners, Moderator and Speaker Disclosure
The planners, moderator and speaker of this activity do not have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
Commercial Support
There was no commercial support for this activity.
Physician Credits
Accreditation
Norton Healthcare is accredited by the Kentucky Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation
Norton Healthcare designates this enduring material for a maximum of .75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing Credits
Norton Healthcare Institute for Education and Development is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the South Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This continuing professional development activity has been approved for 0.75 ANCC CE contact hours. In order for nursing participants to obtain credits, they must claim attendance by attesting to the number of hours in attendance.
For more information related to nursing credits, contact Sally Sturgeon, DNP, RN, SANE-A, AFN-BC at (502) 446-5889 or sally.sturgeon@nortonhealthcare.org.
Resources for Additional Study/References
Islet cell transplantation in children
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32571510/
Current status of pancreatic islet xenotransplantation
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39924969/
Date of Original Release | June 2026; Information is current as of the time of recording.
Course Termination Date | June 2029
Contact Information | Center for Continuing Medical Education; (502) 446-5955 or cme@nortonhealthcare.org
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