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Cardiology for Primary and Urgent Care Providers
Instructor - Richard Silberman, MD
About this Seminar
This 1 - day seminar will cover the signs, symptoms and anatomy of the most common cardiovascular problems faced by health care professionals in primary or urgent care. This will be proceeded by a grounding in the important anatomy and physiology of the muscle, vessels, valves and nerves involved. Diagnostic EKG principles will also be covered.
Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this seminar, participants will understand:
  • How to distinguish cardiac from non-cardiac pain.

  • How to assess arrythmias and their level of danger.

  • The atherosclerotic process and the roll of cholesterol in this disease.

  • How to clinically evaluate the importance of heart murmurs.

  • Basic EKG patterns.

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About the Instructor
Richard Silberman, MD
Dr. Silberman is a graduate of the Univeristy of Wisconsin School of Medicine. He interned on the George Washington U. service at D.C. General Hospital before attending the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine. He then served as a combat flight surgeon before returning to Milwaukee for residency and fellowship in cardiology. Dr. Silberman has practiced for over 30 years during which he had a teaching service at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee. He has also served as the hospital’s director of the EKG lab, Director of the coronary care unit and two terms as chief of cardiology. Dr. Silberman has served as a clinical preceptor and lecturer to PA’s at Marquette University and NP’s at UW Milwaukee. His passion for teaching along with his vast experience makes this a seminar worth attending.
Seminar Credit
The Medical Technology Management Institute (MTMI) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education for physicians.

MTMI designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6.5 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity. These AMA CAT 1 credits are accepted by AAPA and AANP accrediting bodies.

This seminar also offers 7 hours of Category A credit.
Seminar Schedule
7:30 am Registration and Coffee
8:00 am Evaluation of Chest Pain
  • Assessing quality and location of the discomfort
  • What to ask the patient and how to phrase it
  • Physical examination
  • The uncommon ones you don't want to miss
9:00 am The Mysteries of the Squiggle: EKG's
The most over and under read test in cardiology
  • Electricity 101: Why the EKG looks the way it does
  • Do you want to analyze it to death or make a diagnosis for the patient?
  • Conduction defects/interval defects
  • Injury/ischemia patterns
  • The odd and the interesting
10:00 am Informal Discussion and Break
10:15 am Things that go bump in the night: Palpitations
  • Taking a history from a patient who complains of skipped heart beats
  • Physical exam
  • EKG or rhythm strip
  • When to "ignore" and when to panic
11:15 am Questions and Answers
11:30 am A Low Fat, Sugar-Free, High Fiber Lunch
(on your own)
12:30 pm Be still my heart: Is that a murmur I hear?
  • The most important part of any stethoscope
  • Sr, S3: What do they really mean (and why are they so hard to hear?)
  • Timing the murmur
  • Quality of the sound
  • Besides listening ... what other info do we need?
  • The cheapest, bestest test that can give us a load of free info
1:30 pm From Atherosclerosis to Zetia:
An Introduction to Lipids and Lipid Therapy
  • A brief history of how we got to where we are
  • The failings of the base line lipid panel
  • Evaluating particle size
  • Who gets treated and how?
2:30 pm Informal Discussion and Break
2:45 pm Case Studies
  • Histories, physical findings and EKG's will be presented in a step-wise fashion to allow each participant to arrive at a diagnosis
3:45 pm Questions and Answers
4:00 pm Adjourn
Registration
All prices are in US dollars *

 ♦ AmountEarlyMembersMbrs EarlyReg DoorMbr Door
other179.00169.00161.00151.00189.00171.00
physician199.00189.00179.00171.00209.00189.00

Qualifying 'Early' registrations must be made at least 14 days in advance.

Refunds, minus a $30 processing fee, will be granted for cancellations received at least 3 days prior to the seminar. Cancellations received within 3 days of the seminar will receive a credit toward a future MTMI seminar, minus the $30 processing fee. No refunds will be made after the seminar.

Registration Discounts
Group discount for a group from one facility registering at the same time: 3-5 attendees 5%; 6 or more attendees 10%.
Group discounts for MTMI Institutional Members can be as high as 25%, please contact MTMI for details (discount is not applicable if the tuition is paid by purchase order). For student rates, contact MTMI. Members of MTMI receive a discount. Only one discount may be applied.

*Events in Canadian cities show amounts in Canadian dollars.

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