General Clinical CPE Freebies

9-2-10 Subject: MNT for Hypertension

http://www.beckydorner.com/ 

Per the Becky Dorner website - " Thanks to a generous educational grant from Mrs. Dash, we are offering all members a free 4 hour CEU self study program on Implementing Successful and Effective MNT for Hypertension."

This program highlights the causes and prevalence of hypertension, its affects on health and its relationship to other diseases; and the benefits for proper treatment. Medical nutrition therapy is emphasized as a major treatment due to its potentially positive impact on factors that help prevent and/or treat hypertension (including weight control and the DASH diet).

Before you can access this free webinar you will need to register as a member(free). Then go to members only tab to find the free CPE link. 

6/14/10  Subject:  Nutrition CME   

http://www.nutritioncme.org/

Nutrition CME offers free online continuing medical education for physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, dietitians, nutritionists, and other health care providers The focus is on how nutrition can be used for health promotion and prevention of cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and other chronic diseases. The site is jointly sponsored by The George Washington University and Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). The George Washington University Medical Center is accredited by the Commission on Dietetic Registration to provide continuing professional education to registered dietitians and registered dietitian technicians.

New users need to register with a username and password. The CMEs consist of self study modules that you complete, take an exam and do an evaluation. Then you can generate a certificate for 1 hour of CME. There are also webcast modules. Some of the webcasts require RDs to view the program with at least two other medical professionals and have a discussion. Examples of available programs are: “Diet and Breast Cancer Survival, Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, and A Plant Based Dietary Intervention for Type 2 Diabetes”. There are several .5 CME self study modules on obesity topics, cancer, bone health and dyslipidemia. You can also browse the website to find speaker’s slides of previous presentations.

For those of you interested in oncology there is a link on this website to The Cancer Project, an independent, separately incorporated affiliate of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), The Cancer Project advances cancer prevention and survival through nutrition education and research.