Live CME Offerings

Our live CME events cover a wide range of activities, including regularly scheduled Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) departmental Grand Rounds as well as campus-based and off-site accredited educational symposia. We offer CME courses for board review, clinical and scientific updates in a broad range of medical fields, presentation of new discoveries or applications to improve health and disease prevention, and hands-on workshops for medical and scientific technologic advances and improvements in patient safety and care.

E.g., 06/27/2022

  • The Clinical Picture of Celiac Disease and How to Make the Diagnosis

    Friday, June 3, 2022
    10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
    Online Event
    • College of Physicians and Surgeons
    The goal of this program is to provide and support coursework that bridges the gap between current and best practice standards in celiac disease. This course targets health professionals in the broad fields of managed care, primary care physicians, pediatricians, dietitians/nutritionists, gastroenterologists, endocrinologists, neurologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and dermatologists as well as researchers/scientists, specialty physicians, medical assistants, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, residents and fellows working in the field of celiac disease.

  • Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ophthalmic Trauma

    Saturday, June 4, 2022
    10:00 AM to 3:30 PM
    Online Event
    • College of Physicians and Surgeons
    To view the agenda, please CLICK HERE.

  • Cognitive Remediation in Psychiatry

    Friday, June 10, 2022
    9:45 AM to 6:00 PM
    Online Event
    • College of Physicians and Surgeons
    People with psychiatric disorders may have cognitive impairments that affect their ability to function in daily life, and benefit from psychiatric interventions. Cognitive skills training directly targets impaired cognitive processes seen across a variety of psychiatric conditions and thereby seeks to improve behavioral functioning. This conference will provide a forum for academic researchers, clinicians, and students to learn about evidence-based cognitive interventions. Research symposia will spotlight novel treatment approaches and inform key issues pertinent to treatment implementation and effectiveness. A clinical workshop will provide expert guidance in translating evidence-based cognitive remediation approaches for virtual delivery. At the conclusion of the program, mental health professionals will be better able to: • Identify cognitive deficits, motivation deficits that interact with cognitive deficits, and how both can be targeted in recovery-oriented treatments for people with psychiatric disorders • Identify integrative intervention approaches to improve cognitive health, mental health, and functional outcomes in people with psychiatric disorders • Summarize factors that impact engagement in cognitive treatments and potential strategies to facilitate motivation and cognitive learning • Describe challenges to implementing empirically based cognitive interventions in routine settings and approaches to overcome them • Summarize how to provide remote cognitive health care CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE AGENDA

  • Update on Workup and Treatment of Gastric Adenocarcinoma

    Tuesday, June 28, 2022
    5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
    Online Event
    • College of Physicians and Surgeons
    This webinar will provide an update on the current multidisciplinary workup and treatment of patient with gastric adenocarcinoma. Dr. Chin Hur (Gastroenterology) will discuss screening endoscopy and staging with endoscopic ultrasound. Dr. Sam Yoon (Surgical Oncology) will describe the extent of gastric resection and lymphadenectomy with a focus on minimally invasive robotic surgery. Dr. Ryan Moy (Medical Oncology) will describe the current use of chemotherapy for locally advanced disease and metastatic disease as well as targeted therapies and immunotherapy. Each panelist will give a 15-20 minute didactic presentation with PowerPoint slides, then review some cases or have a Q&A The target audience for this course is physicians to see patients at risk for gastric cancer and patients who are diagnosed with gastric cancer. We welcome participation of allied health professionals including nurse practitioners and physician assistants who are integral members of the treatment team. Residents and fellows in training are encouraged to participate in the course. Upon conclusion of this activity, participants will be better able to: • Recognize which individual should be screened for gastric cancer • Describe the appropriate workup and treatment of patients with newly diagnosed gastric cancer • Discuss the latest surgical and medical therapies of gastric cancer This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM

  • The Columbia Renal Biopsy Course

    Saturday, July 2, 2022 to Friday, July 22, 2022
    All day
    Online Event
    • College of Physicians and Surgeons
    The course is designed to assist nephrologists and nephropathologists in diagnosing and managing the most common forms of medical renal disease, including diseases that target the glomerulus, tubules, interstitium, and blood vessels.  The activity will span three weeks and will include a combination of pre-recorded lectures and live Zoom sessions covering the following content areas:  Nephrotic Syndrome, Nephritic Syndrome, Genetics, Tubulointerstitial & Vascular Disease. The live sessions will be held on July 8, 15, and 22 and will consist of: 45 - 60 minutes of Q&A/panel discussion with faculty focusing on the lectures for the week.  45 minutes of 2 CPC cases, with pathologist and clinicians  45 minutes of “show & tell” renal pathology lab – 7-10 cases per day CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE AGENDA The Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum of 33.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • Brain Attack & Cerebrovascular Disease: Update 2022

    Friday, July 15, 2022
    8:05 AM to 4:50 PM
    Online Event
    • College of Physicians and Surgeons
    The Brain Attack course is a yearly comprehensive review of the field of cerebrovascular disease. It covers epidemiology, diagnosis, acute management, secondary prevention, and rehabilitation. Our audience includes physicians and also nurses from the tri-state area as well as nationally. The course is held yearly with a series of core topics focusing on acute stroke management and is supplemented by new lectures each year to cover advances in the field. The faculty for the course includes stroke specialists from the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Cornell Medicine as well as faculty from the departments of radiology, neurosurgery, emergency medicine, and rehabilitation medicine, and expert guest faculty from outside our institution. Our multidisciplinary team provides a broad-spectrum curriculum and a practical approach to the cerebrovascular field. The Brain Attack Course ​fulfills the 8-hour annual CME/CH requirement for Stroke Centers as per New York State Department of Health and certifying organizations such as The Joint Commission. The Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Nursing Professional Development, is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New Jersey State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the America Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

  • Next-Level Perinatal Palliative Care

    Wednesday, September 21, 2022 to Friday, September 23, 2022
    All day
    Online Event
    • College of Physicians and Surgeons
    This activity is designed for the entire perinatal team: physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other allied health professionals practicing in the perinatal arena (obstetrics and neonatology) interested in implementing and/or improving the practice Perinatal Palliative Care, both nationally and internationally. Perinatal detection of congenital anomalies leads to the identification of infants who are affected by life-limiting conditions with a short life expectancy. Perinatal palliative care offers a plan for improving quality of life of the infant and the family, when extending the baby’s life is no longer the goal of care. The evidence base for perinatal palliative care continues to grow. However, there is no consensus about best clinical practice in managing pregnancy and delivery of women who elect to continue their pregnancies, and promoting support for the family and comfort for the neonate. Pregnancy and delivery management, and support for the family are achieved through appropriate obstetric care, pre- and postnatal consults, shared decision-making, and advance care planning. A state of comfort for the neonate is achieved when relational basic needs such as bonding, maintenance of body temperature, relief of hunger/thirst, and alleviation of pain/discomfort are met. To address this growing need to support families or the comfort of the neonate, an interdisciplinary team developed a 3-day intensive training, which will include information about the successful experiences of the Neonatal Comfort Care Program in providing perinatal palliative care for over a decade at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Moreover, the course faculty will discuss evidence-based rationale, practical aspects and strategies to provide support for families and achieve a state of comfort for newborns with life-limiting conditions.