The course will provide a series of multiple-choice question based cases in common and life-threatening clinical poisonings typically encountered in the Urgent Care or Emergency Department environment. The cases will feature multimedia content to engage the participant. Faculty for the course will primarily be drawn from Harvard Medical School (HMS) associated hospitals. The core faculty will be supplemented by a small number of selected external faculty who are nationally and internationally recognized in the field of contribution.

Emergency Medicine physicians as well as primary care physicians (e.g., Internists, Family Practice physicians, and Pediatricians) who practice Emergency Medicine are the target audience for the course. The participants will have an opportunity to review and advance their knowledge of current practice patterns and recent advances in clinical emergency medicine by taking the course. They will be required to complete all content associated with the course

NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS: The Harvard Medical School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

COST: $80.00
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OVERALL LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. Teach the general principles of the care of the poisoned patient.
2. Teach specific and crucial points of pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of particular poisonings.
3. Introduce the important medical literature which serves as the underpinning for the rational practice of toxicology.
4. Case-based clinical problem solving (a multiple choice question based format will be used for the cases).

CLINICAL LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Summarize the diagnosis and management of the following common clinical problems:

1. Aspirin poisoning
2. Acetaminophen poisoning
3. Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (Ecstasy) poisoning, particularly Ecstasy-induced hyponatremia
4. Amanita mushroom poisoning
5. Carbon monoxide poisoning
6. Digoxin poisoning

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STEPHEN J. TRAUB, MD Course Director

Stephen J. Traub, MD, is the Co-Director of the Division of Toxicology in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Traub’s research interests include the diagnosis and treatment of body packers (those who smuggle large quantities of drugs by internal concealment) and the pathophysiology of drugs of abuse. DISCLOSURE:

VALERIE BYRNES, MD Course Contributor

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JOHN HALAMKA, MD, MS Course Contributor

John D. Halamka, MD, MS, is Chief Information Officer of the CareGroup Health System, Chief Information Officer and Associate Dean for Educational Technology at Harvard Medical School, Chairman of the New England Health Electronic Data Interchange Network (NEHEN), Chief Information Officer of the Harvard Clinical Research Institute and a practicing Emergency Physician. As Chief Information Officer at CareGroup, he is responsible for all clinical, financial, administrative and academic information technology serving 3000 doctors, 12000 employees and one million patients. As Chief Information Officer and Associate Dean for Educational Technology at Harvard Medical School, he oversees all educational, research and administrative computing for 18000 faculty and 3000 students. DISCLOSURE: No dicclosures

SAGE W. WIENER, MD Course Contributor

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JIM GORDON, MD Reviewer

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MELISA W. LAI, MD Reviewer

Melisa W. Lai completed her medical school training at Brown University School of Medicine in 1999 and went on to complete her residency at Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency with Massachussetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital in 2003. She is currently a fellow in Medical Toxicology in the Harvard Medical Area and will complete her fellowship in May of 2005. Dr. Lai is an Instructor at Harvard Medical School and an Emergency Room Physician at Mt. Auburn Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, in Boston, MA. She is a member of the R1-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT), and her medical interests include Disaster medicine and Toxicology. DISCLOSURE:

DANIEL SANDS, MD, MPH Reviewer

Daniel Z. Sands is an internationally recognized lecturer, consultant, and thought leader in the area of clinical computing and patient and clinician empowerment through the use of computer technology. He is the Clinical Systems Integration Architect at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, where he has worked since 1991. He earned his baccalaureate at Brown University, medical degree at Ohio State University, and a master's degree at Harvard School of Public Health. He did residency training at Boston City Hospital and an informatics fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and is a primary care internist who uses computers extensively in his practice. In 1998, Dr. Sands received the President's Award from the American Medical Informatics Association in recognition of his leadership in co-authoring the first national guidelines for the use of e-mail in patient care. In 2003, he was elected to the American College of Medical Informatics and was granted an IT Innovator award by Healthcare Informatics magazine for his leadership in advancing Electronic Patient Centered Communication. Since 1998 he has maintained the Electronic Patient Centered Communication Resource Center. Dr. Sands was the scientific chair of the AMIA Spring Congress 2002 on the topic of medication informatics and is a member of the AMIA Board of Directors. DISCLOSURE:

ROBERT H. SHMERLING, MD Reviewer

Robert H. Shmerling, M.D., is associate physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Associate Professor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. For the last 20 years, he has been an active clinician and teacher at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center where he serves as the Robinson Firm Chief. He is also a practicing rheumatologist and teacher in the Rheumatology Fellowship program. DISCLOSURE:

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NUMBER OF CREDITS: 4 

Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Harvard Medical School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Upon completion of the course you will get a certificate via e-mail within 2 weeks.

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