UC San Diego Hot Topics in Medicine - Live Webinar Series

Hot Topics in Medicine - Webinar Series
1st Wednesday of Every Month - Virtual

This webinar series is presented by UC San Diego Continuing Medical Education, in collaboration with UC San Diego School of Medicine faculty. The overarching goal for the series is to provide professional development opportunities for local and regional health care providers on the latest advances and updates on a variety of hot topics in Medicine. 

These webinars will feature engaging, live presentations with an extended question and answer period following the presentations to interact with faculty. Learning objectives, target audience, and accreditation vary per webinar. Please see individual courses on the schedule tab.

REGISTRATION IS FREE!

You must first create an account in CloudCME before you can register. Next, you will select the activity from the Schedule then you will click on the Register button. You will receive an email a few days prior to the course with the ZOOM link and final details.  Registration must be completed prior to the webinar start time. CME credit will only be awarded to those that register and attend the course. 

Follow the Conversation at #HotTopicsInMedicine

2025 Resources (Past Activities)

May 7, 2025 - Contraception for Primary Care: Updates in Family Planning - Sheila Mody, MD, MPH
Join Dr. Sheila Mody for an update on covering contraceptive options with an emphasis on newer lower or non-hormonal options.  We will also discuss pain control for IUD placement.

Email: [email protected]
UC San Diego Family Planning Services Guide

April 2, 2025 - Integrative Medicine Approaches to Chronic Pain - Megan E. Jolicoeur, DO, FAAFP, ABOIM, IFMCP & Ariel Portera, DO, IFMCP
This course will be a combined discussion reviewing the pathophysiology of chronic pain and the need for a multimodal treatment approach. Furthermore, it will review the evidence for integrative modalities to support chronic pain patients.  

Email: [email protected] & [email protected]
Presentation Slides
Video
UC San Diego Center for Integrative Medicine Consult Guide


March 5, 2025 - Glucose Monitoring for Primary Care - Tricia Santos Cavaiola, MD 
Dr. Tricia Santos Cavaiola for an update on glucose monitoring in the outpatient setting with a focus on continuous glucose monitoring.

Email: [email protected]
Presentation Slides
Video


February 5, 2025 - Chronic Low Back Pain Evaluation and Treatment - Timothy Furnish, MD, MSW 
Join Dr. Timothy Furnish to learn more about the evaluation and management of chronic low back pain.  

Email: [email protected]
Presentation Slides
Video

2024 Activities 

2022 & 2023 Activities 

AAPA: AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 0.75 hours of Category 1 credit for completing this program.

Nurses: For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME. For the purpose of relicensure, the California Board of Registered Nursing accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (report up to 0.75 hours of credit and list "CME Category 1" as the provider number).

Pharmacists: The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing education for pharmacists coursework which meets the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and is accepted as continuing education by the Medical Board of California.

Psychologists: The California Board of Psychology recognizes and accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ for license renewal. Psychologists outside of California should check with their state and local boards to ensure that ACCME accredited activities are acceptable for renewal.

American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA): This activity contributes to the CME component of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s redesigned Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology^TM (MOCA®) program, known as MOCA 2.0®. Please consult the ABA website, www.theABA.org,
for a list of all MOCA 2.0 requirements.

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM): Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.75 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (ABOHNS): Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn their required annual part II self-assessment credit in the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery’s Continuing Certification program (formerly known as MOC). It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of recognizing participation.

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS): Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME [and Self-Assessment Examination requirements] of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery’s Maintenance of Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABOS credit.

American Board of Pathology (ABPath): The activity has been registered to offer credit in the American Board of Pathology’s Continuing Certification program on activity materials. This Lifelong Learning (CME) activity enables the participant to earn up to 0.75.

American Board of Pediatrics (ABP): Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 0.75 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

American Board of Surgery (ABS): Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS): Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME  of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery’s Maintenance of Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABTS credit.

All persons in a position to control the content of accredited education must disclose all financial relationships held with ineligible companies, prior to assuming their role in the accredited activity. Those relationships deemed relevant to the education, are mitigated prior to the activity.

CME staff, meeting planners, peer reviewers, editorial staff, and CME committee reviewers, do not have any relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

The UC San Diego School of Medicine adheres to the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. 

Member Information

Role in activity

Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)

Natalie Prussak, MD
Primary Care Physician
UC San Diego
San Diego, CA

Co-Director

Nothing to disclose

Heather L. Hofflich, DO
Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego School of Medicine
San Diego, CA

Course Director

Nothing to disclose

UC San Diego Continuing Professional Development
The purpose of the CME Program at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine is to provide needs-based education for physicians and health care providers to improve knowledge, competence and performance and enable the optimum provision of health care.

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