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Nutrition is integral to overall patient health and well-being. Orthopedics has not traditionally placed an emphasis on nutritional intake and its effects on pre- and post-operative patients; however, research shows the importance of its role in the speed of recovery and as well as decreased complication rates. By implementing best nutritional practices into the flow of orthopedic practice, we can both enable overweight patients to obtain transformational surgeries while optimizing recovery and the ability to return to physical activities.

Learning about the pillars of obesity management is one thing. Taking this information and applying it in clinical practice is another. In this activity, participants will learn how to incorporate essential components of obesity management, such as ordering diagnostic tests and labs and managing pharmacotherapy as well as integrating lifestyle components such as nutrition and physical activity, into a comprehensive obesity program. It will address the logistics such as frequency of follow-ups, length of visits, as well as billing and coding to make the education that PAs have gathered during the obesity track actionable and clinically applicable.

Managing diabetes consumes large portions of PAs’ time and energy and is a "part-time" job to people with diabetes (PWD). With U.S. annual diagnosed diabetes numbers at a staggering 11% of the population and 38% with pre-diabetes, generating a therapeutic alliance supporting lifelong learning and patient empowerment models is essential. This is a two-way street. Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) provide an evidence-based foundation empowering PWD to navigate self-management decisions and activities. DSMES is a cost-effective tool proven to improve health behaviors and health outcomes for PWD, yet its use is sub-optimal with less than 5% of Medicare beneficiaries and about 7% of privately insured using it. Why the low utilization? PAs must examine our role in empowering patients’ decision-making as “we are not always there,” to guide them. Learn how DSMES improves clinical time management while improving diabetes outcomes. Be part of the solution.

Led by expert faculty Joyce Lee, MD, and Jenny Williams, PA, this interactive activity centers around the need to increase clinicians’ awareness of interstitial lung disease (ILD) and its clinical manifestations. Faculty explore diagnostic and assessme

Online or canceled schooling, canceled activities, loss of caregiver income, and in some cases illness and the loss of loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic had an extremely detrimental impact on many children and adolescents. This activity discusses the consequences of the pandemic in the areas of child development, scholastic achievement, and mental health. Strategies to ameliorate the most profound deleterious effects on young people will be suggested.

This interactive activity will review the clinical course of Alzheimer's disease (AD) focused on the screening and assessment of AD as well as applying patient-centric communication practices in the primary care setting. This education will also focus on increasing clinician and patient awareness about AD, best screening practices, and using sensitive and specific diagnostic tests in primary care can help decrease time to diagnosis and improve patient outcomes.

PAOS Ortho in the West 2023 Bundle offers up to 15.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits and 5.0 AAPA Category 1 Self-Assessment CME credits including topics on common fractures, dislocations, arthritis to patient-specific instrumentation, and more, all on demand..This is the perfect course for advanced knowledge on the diagnosis and management of many musculoskeletal conditions.

From common fractures, dislocations, arthritis to patient-specific instrumentation, and more, all on demand. This is the perfect course for advanced knowledge on the diagnosis and management of many musculoskeletal conditions.

This case-based self-assessment activity outlines evaluation and treatment of extremity injury, plus new clinical and technical skills to improve delivery of healthcare to patients with upper and/or lower extremity trauma. This CME expires July 31, 2025, 11:59 PM EDT.

More than 107,000 Americans died from an overdose last year. While there has been a great push towards opioid stewardship, minimal access to treatment has created a vacuum which has been filled with fentanyl, fueling soaring overdose deaths. PAs in all fields of work are well-positioned to treat substance use disorders, as they would any other chronic medical condition. This session will help lay the foundation for rapid adoption of evidence-based treatment pathways and identify opportunities to continue to expand education in addiction medicine.