Online CE and Professional Development

Before we can discuss the process of conducting an electrocardiogram, we must first review the heart's anatomy and physiology, as well as its electrophysiology. While complex in design, the function of the heart is quite simple-it's a muscular pump that moves the blood throughout the body, sustaining the body's metabolic needs. This course provides a comprehensive guide to dysrhythmias commonly manifested by imaging patients.

This cardiovascular series is divided into 5 courses, 5.50 CEUs, and designed for the busy healthcare professional. This series covers anatomy & physiology, hemodynamics, patient assessment, diagnostic testing, acute coronary syndrome, heart failure, disease, injury, case studies and medications. 

NOTE: After purchasing the courses, participants may review the course for a full year and continuing education credit is immediately available after course completion of the posttests and survey.

These courses meet all criteria and have been approved by the AHRA.

The demographic trends are clear - the medical professions in the U.S. will be managing increasing numbers of Hispanic patients, while minority patients experience poorer health status. (Barrow, 2010) Understanding the reasons for this will help healthcare providers improve health trends for Hispanic populations in the United States. Cultural competency is important for everyone touching Hispanic patients in some way. This program is dedicated to describing the most significant cultural traits of Latino peoples and providing practical advice for the English-speaking American seeking positive interaction with this segment of the population.

Includes over 250 review and test questions for the Computed Tomography Professional. Complete these 5 self-study interactive review modules and earn 7.00 Hours ARRT Category A Credit. Covered material - Patient Care, Physics & Instrumentation, Imaging Procedures, Pathology and Anatomy; up to 1 full year self-study access after purchase.

NOTE: Each of these courses in this series are accredited as ARRT Catagory A. Continuing education credit will be awarded after successful completion of each course within this review series.

The purpose of this course is to enrich the quality of healthcare professionals’ culturally sensitive healthcare delivery. Cultural and Linguistic Appropriate Standards are discussed, theories that assist in the delivery of cross-cultural care are reviewed, and several tools that can facilitate and enhance conducting a culturally sensitive assessment are introduced.  

This course is directed to all healthcare professionals. Presented are the definition, statistics, and patterns of domestic violence in America. This course outlines intimate partner violence, elder abuse and neglect, and child abuse and neglect. Learn the factors that make healthcare professionals reluctant to intervene in these situations. Although laws and definition of terms may vary among states, all state legislatures have passed laws requiring that you must take action to help the victim - failure to report is a first degree misdemeanor!

This course has been approved by a MQA Board and fulfills the renewal and disciplinary continuing education requirements for 2 hours of Domestic Violence as required for state licensing in the state of Florida - 456.031, F.S. and 64B-5.010, F.A.C.

Join us as Elizabeth Evans, MBA, RT(R) and Patricia Pitterman, NMTCB, RT(N) host a webinar on image QA and case studies, brought to you by the AdventHealth University Radiography and Advanced Imaging Department and AdventHealth. This event will benefit students and technologist alike in discussing the emphasis of quality and excellence throughout the continuum of diagnostic imaging in healthcare.

Target Audience: NucMed, Imaging Technologist, Sonographers, and Clinical Partners

Note: This event is accredited by the AdventHealth University Radiography and Advanced Imaging Department. 

ECG: Cardiac Review was designed to advance the clinical expertise and provide the platform in understanding and analysis of ECG rhythms. This module is intended to deliver to the healthcare provider a review of cardiac anatomy and physiology in relation to electrophysiology, dysrhythmias, and heart blocks.

ECG: Heart Blocks and Causes was designed to advance the clinical expertise in the understanding, knowledge, and skills of AV blocks and their causes in terms of their identification criteria, causes, and appropriate treatment protocol.

ECG: Junctional Dysrhythmias was designed to advance the clinical expertise in the understanding, knowledge, and skills of junctional rhythms in terms of their identification criteria, causes, and appropriate treatment protocol.

ECG: Lead Systems & Waveforms was designed to advance the clinical expertise in the understanding of dysrhythmias and ECG. This module is intended to deliver to the healthcare provider a review of ECG waveforms to the electrical events in the heart including leads, lead wire systems, the components of ECG analysis, and waveforms followed by strip analysis.

ECG: Pacemakers was designed to advance the clinical expertise in the understanding of pacemakers. This course is intended to deliver to the healthcare provider the knowledge of the types of pacemakers, possible malfunctions, their causes, and appropriate actions. In addition, the healthcare provider will have the fundamental skills to identify ECG strip representations of pacemaker malfunctions.

ECG: Pharmacologics and Drug Classifications was designed to advance the clinical expertise in the understanding of pharmacologics and drug classifications. This course is intended to deliver to the healthcare provider the knowledge of pharmacologics in terms of antiarrhythmic drug classifications, use, dosage, guidelines, and clinical impact according to the ACLS treatment protocol.

ECG: Sinus Dysrhythmias was designed to advance the clinical expertise in the understanding, knowledge, and skills of sinus rhythms in terms of their identification criteria, causes, and appropriate treatment protocol.

ECG: Ventricular Dysrhythmias was designed to advance the clinical expertise in the understanding, knowledge, and skills of ventricular dysrhythmias in terms of their identification criteria, causes, and appropriate treatment protocol.

Fetal Abdominal Abnormalities will cover the abnormalities that are associated with the fetal genitourinary and gastrointestinal system. Sonographic descriptions will be provided, and a variety of associated anomalies will be explored. Attention will also be given to laboratory values that may present with specific anomalies. Multiple examples of sonographic images will be presented including some case presentations of complex anomalies.

This HIV/AIDS course is designed for the healthcare professional who would like to learn more about the clinical management and current recommended treatment regimens of the patient who is HIV-positive. ART will be discussed, as well as treatment to control symptoms and to treat concurrent opportunistic and co-infections.

This course is fully accredited by the Department of Health under 64B9-5.009, F.A.C. and 456.033, F.S.

Learn about AIDS-defining infections and the general guidelines to delay or prevent occurrences. The content is organized into three broad sections: 1) some of the more common co-infections, including hepatitis and STDs; 2) opportunistic, AIDS-defining infections, including those that are bacterial, fungal, viral, and parasitical, as well as several malignancies; and 3) guidelines to delay or prevent occurrences of these infections.

This course meets MQA requirements under 64B9-5.009, F.A.C. and 456.033, F.S.

The course focus is on HIV/AIDS prevention and transmission. It also addresses concerns of healthcare workers who may have "accidentally" been infected. Content includes an overview of AIDS: its global impact, disease stages, and treatment guidelines; a discussion of OSHA standards related to bloodborne pathogens; and a description of the Florida Omnibus Act, including the Florida Omnibus Act Amendment. This course meets requirements for 1 credit of HIV/AIDS training for healthcare professionals.

This course is fully accredited by the Department of Health under 64B9-5.009, F.A.C. and 456.033, F.S.

Imaging Techniques of PET/CT is designed to provide imaging professionals and  radiation technologists  with a basic understanding of the components, theory, use, and benefits of PET/CT technology. It begins with a discussion of the theory and development of PET and CT scanners and the steps that led to merging the technologies to produce PET/CT. Other topics include a brief look at some of the PET/CT systems currently available; the image acquisition process, including whole body scans, heart and brain studies, and radiation therapy planning; and image formation and reconstruction. The final module addresses quality control procedures necessary for maintaining and operating PET/CT equipment.

This course will help enhance the healthcare professional's ability to effectively communicate with patients in order to satisfy patients' needs and expectations. The course focuses on how to best communicate important and relevant information to a diverse patient population that will establish trust with the patient. Particular attention is given to the healthcare professional's role in communication, ethics, protocols, patient confidentiality, image quality, and professionalism.

Myocardial perfusion imaging is a commonly used procedure in caring for patients with cardiovascular disease. This course provides a better understanding of all aspects of myocardial perfusion imaging, including patient preparation, radiopharmaceuticals, acquisition parameters, processing, and potential artifacts.

The ability to provide patients with an early, accurate diagnosis for neurodegenerative movement disorders, such as Parkinson’s Disease, has been an on-going challenge that can take up to six years because of the dependence on symptom presentation. Unfortunately symptom presentation varies with patients. Also, other movement disorders, such as essential tremor, have similar symptoms, but they occur in different areas of the brain and do not involve the dopamine system. Now, the FDA has approved DaTscan, an imaging agent developed that can detect the presence of dopamine transporters (DaT) in the brain which allows physicians to diagnose and begin the correct course much earlier in the disease process. The ability to provide patients with an early, accurate diagnosis for neurodegenerative movement disorders, such as Parkinson’s Disease, has been an on-going challenge that can take up to six years because of the dependence on symptom presentation. Learn about Parkinson's Disease and Essential Tremors (ET), and the use of DaTscan in diagnosis.

This program is designed as a self-paced course for sonographers seeking continuing education in pediatric cardiac sonography. An overview of heart anatomy will be included including heart development, orientation, planes, and segments. Imaging protocol specific to the pediatric patient will be demonstrated, and anatomy unique to pediatric cardiac imaging will be explored, including congenital variants. A number of cardiac heart defects will be described, and interventional procedures and surgical repairs will be explained. An introduction to imaging the fetal heart will be provided to include basic biometry and fetal anatomy and survey.

POINT-OF-CARE-ULTRASOUND Gastric Assessment or POCUS gastric assessment is a new method of ultrasound testing that allows the provider to obtain real-time, objective results at the bedside to improve patient care. While the current NPO guidelines may seem adequate, the low rate of actual aspiration has given a false sense of security, leaving providers to rely on a generalized protocol. The literature identifies POCUS gastric assessment as a quick and effective method yielding high benefits with low harm to the patient. POCUS gastric assessment can be applied to surgical patients to determine the exact amount of stomach content and the risk of aspiration before anesthesia. This course provides education on performing a POCUS gastric assessment and highlights the high-risk populations and circumstances that typically overestimate current NPO guidelines.

Target Audience: Healthcare professionals involved in preoperative care. This list includes but is not limited to CRNAS, SRNAs, MDs, Nurse Practitioners, Physicians Assistants, RNs, or Preoperative nurses. The recommended prerequisite is a basic understanding of ultrasound equipment.

This course fulfills the 2-hour Medical Errors requirement for license renewal. The content focus is on medical errors and their effects on patient safety. Using multi-causal analysis, you will be able to recognize error prone situations and processes and identify factors that impact the occurrence of these errors to improve patient outcomes.

This course has been approved by an MQA Board and fulfills the renewal and disciplinary continuing education requirements for 2 hours of Medical Errors as required for state licensing in the State of Florida - 64B9-5.011, F.A.C.

This course fulfills the Medical Errors requirement for license renewal. The content focus is on medical errors and their effects on patient safety. Using multi-causal analysis, you will be able to recognize error prone situations and processes and identify factors that impact the occurrence of these errors to improve patient outcomes.

This course has been approved by an MQA Board and fulfills the renewal and disciplinary continuing education requirements for 2 hours of Medical Errors as required for state licensing in the State of Florida - 64B9-5.011, F.A.C.

This highly entertaining course features Nigel, the quirky science guy, who teaches Doppler ultrasound, volume flow rate, velocity calculations, and much more. The Doppler equation will be analyzed, with emphasis on the angle and its impact on accurate velocity calculations.

This course is designed for healthcare professionals specializing in nuclear cardiology in the area of exercise stress testing with and without pharmacologic agents. It is an excellent course for any healthcare professional seeking to learn more about stress testing. The first part of the course addresses exercise stress testing measurements and indications, and patient selection and care. The last section gives an overview of pharmacologic stress testing and radioimaging, including agents, protocols, and patient monitoring.

There are an estimated 1.4 million adults in the United States that currently identify as transgender and 61% of those transgender individuals have pharmaceutically transitioned with Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and 25% have undergone Gender Affirming Surgery (GAS). These therapies and practices lead to potential perioperative complications. This course is designed to increase awareness and evidence-based knowledge regarding perioperative complications in the transgender individual undergoing surgery and offer recommendations regarding the anesthetic care of this population.

Target Audience: Healthcare professionals involved in perioperative care. This list includes but is not limited to CRNAS, SRNAs, MDs, Nurse Practitioners, Physicians Assistants, RNs, or Preoperative nurses. 

Venus, the robotic instructor, and V1K, as his helper, guide Sonographers to properly perform an upper extremity duplex examination in this animated, yet comprehensive course. Simulations are given for user interaction and standard protocol will also be addressed.

According to Go Red For Women, "cardiovascular diseases and stroke cause 1 in 3 women's deaths each year, killing approximately one woman every 80 seconds". Unfortunately, the majority of those women did not perceive themselves to be at risk. Nearly 80 percent of cardiac events can be prevented. All healthcare professionals need to understand the awareness issues, risk factors, and treatment options for women and heart disease.