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Chapter Summary: Opiate Use in Kids

This month, the DEA issued new requirements that all prescribers must complete at least 8 hours of training on opiate use before being able to renew a DEA license. Join Sol and Jason Woods as they discuss these new requirements and dive into the indications and use of opiates in kids.

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Chapter Summary: AAP Says What!?! : Treatment of Obesity Part 1

Obesity is one of the most common chronic conditions we care for in pediatric patients. Until recently, there have not been standardized guidelines for the use of medication or surgery in the treatment of obesity in children. Sit down with Parul and Alaina Vidmar, assistant professor of clinical pediatrics, Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine and the Medical Director of the Healthy Weight Clinic in the Division of...

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Chapter Summary: Practical Hepatitis B Breaking News Update

Pearls:

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Chapter Summary: UCA live: Good to Great

Urgent care providers often find themselves caught between acting like an emergency room provider and a primary care provider all at once.  When patients' complaints are categorized as somewhere in the middle, it’s on us to make sure they have the best possible outcome.  So what can we do to take these visits from good to great? Hosts Sarah, Vicky, and Matt give us tips to throw in our toolkit to elevate the patient experience.

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Chapter Summary: Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome

Karen Hovav, MD and Solomon Behar, MD

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Chapter Summary: Whole Food Plant-based Diet

Kristen Gialo DO, Neda Frayha MD

Within the field of Cardiology, primary prevention of heart disease is an area that is just MADE for primary care clinicians. What do the guidelines say, and how can PCPs best put them into action with our patients? Academic cardiologist Dr. Stan Liu is back for a helpful primer on the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease for the PCP.

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Chapter Summary: Primary Cardiac Prevention for the PCP

Within the field of Cardiology, primary prevention of heart disease is an area that is just MADE for primary care clinicians. What do the guidelines say, and how can PCPs best put them into action with our patients? Academic cardiologist Dr. Stan Liu is back for a helpful primer on the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease for the PCP.

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Chapter Summary: Cancer Screening Considerations for Transgender Patients

Pearls:

  • Cancer screenings for transgender patients should take into account an organ inventory that can be obtained from history-taking, personal/family risk factors and trauma-informed approaches to sensitive exams like the pelvic exam.
    • Cancer screening considerations for transgender patients:
      • Cancer screening is a cornerstone of primary care yet can be more nuanced among transgender individuals based on their sex organs
      • Pearl: An...
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How to get the most out of the AAPA PANRE-LA Reference Guide

As PA-Cs everywhere are starting the 1st quarter of the new PANRE-LA, we know anxiety is high. Five minutes seems like a long time when we are watching our favorite sports team try to come from behind or desperately try to hold on to the lead. But when that PANRE-LA timer starts to tick down, five minutes a question doesn’t seem that long at all. And we know that panic can set in quickly with each passing minute.

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Educational Philosophy: Confidence and Ability

What’s the secret sauce that makes Hippo Education’s urgent care products so popular with 150 provider networks and leading to a partnership with the Urgent Care Association?

It all starts with our educational philosophy.

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The New PANRE-LA is Coming

Are you deciding if the PANRE-LA is right for you? Have you already signed up for it? Let the PA team at Hippo Education help you feel confident as we all approach these uncharted waters together.

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Race and Medicine Returns

I am very proud of Hippo’s Race and Medicine series and its efforts to foster a rational discussion around an important topic.

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