Online CME

An estimated 125,000 Illinois children are abused or neglected each year, and one in five kids are abused before age 18. DCFS receives, investigates, and acts upon a report of child abuse or neglect every five minutes, child sex abuses every two hours, and a child death by abuse or neglect every day-and-a-half. Despite the increase in reports, many serious cases of child maltreatment go unreported, even by mandated reporters. Some reporters believe that “it doesn’t do any good” to make a report....

Many organizations are experiencing a rise in in workplace harassment complaints and strong training, whether legally required or not, is necessary to address harassment in the workplace and shows the commitment to a safe working environment. Sexual harassment training serves many purposes including education, compliance with laws, licensure requirements, and risk mitigation. This course covers all portions of the mandatory Sexual Harassment Training required by the State of Illinois and the req...

Every 40 seconds someone in the United States experiences a stroke. Stroke is also the leading cause of disability in the US and 5th leading cause of mortality. As a result of the high-quality care delivered to stroke patients in our acute care setting, Edward Hospital is designated as Comprehensive Stroke Center through the certifying body Det Norske Veritas (DNV). DNV requires that hospitalists who deliver care to stroke patients receive 6 hours of stroke -related education over a 2-year cycle...

Integrative Medicine, is the practice of medicine that reaffirms the importance of the relationship between practitioner and patient, focuses on the whole person, is informed by evidence, and makes use of all appropriate therapeutic approaches, healthcare professionals, and disciplines to achieve optimal health and healing. By integrating scientifically-validated therapies of conventional medicine with select practices derived from complementary areas of health promotion/illness prevention ...

Integrative Medicine, is the practice of medicine that reaffirms the importance of the relationship between practitioner and patient, focuses on the whole person, is informed by evidence, and makes use of all appropriate therapeutic approaches, healthcare professionals, and disciplines to achieve optimal health and healing. By integrating scientifically-validated therapies of conventional medicine with select practices derived from complementary areas of health promotion/illness prevention ...

Integrative Medicine, is the practice of medicine that reaffirms the importance of the relationship between practitioner and patient, focuses on the whole person, is informed by evidence, and makes use of all appropriate therapeutic approaches, healthcare professionals, and disciplines to achieve optimal health and healing. By integrating scientifically-validated therapies of conventional medicine with select practices derived from complementary areas of health promotion/illness prevention ...

The landscape of medicine in the United States has been slowly progressing toward a more holistic and individualized approach to healing. Part of this progress has been the integration between western and alternative forms of medicine, a concept that has been described as “integrative medicine.” This approach to healthcare incorporates a patient’s mind, spirituality, and sense of community into the healing process. Integrative medicine has been typically well received and the demand has been ste...

Recent behavior/violence reports in RL6 (ambulatory setting) have identified that providers and staff are unintentionally escalating patients or visitors towards more aggressive behavior. During staff debriefing, it has been identified that staff does not know how to handle these situations. The undesirable behavior is often unintentionally rewarded and communicated to others. The purpose of this class is to teach basic de-escalation and limit-setting techniques to all staff and providers in ...

Improving the way opioids are prescribed through clinical practice guidelines can ensure patients have access to safer, more effective pain treatment while reducing the number of people who misuse or overdose from these drugs. The United States is amid an epidemic of prescription opioid overdoses. The number of opioids prescribed and sold in the US quadrupled since 1999, but the overall amount of pain reported by Americans hasn’t changed. This epidemic is devastating American lives, families, an...

Improving the way opioids are prescribed through clinical practice guidelines can ensure patients have access to safer, more effective pain treatment while reducing the number of people who misuse or overdose from these drugs. The United States is in the midst of an epidemic of prescription opioid overdoses. The number of opioids prescribed and sold in the US quadrupled since 1999, but the overall amount of pain reported by Americans hasn’t changed. This epidemic is devastating American lives, f...