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- Adolescent Behavioral Health Issues
- Adolescent Primary Care
- Adolescent with knee pain: Web M + M
- Adverse Childhood Events
- Asthma in AI / AN adults
- Cardiology Topics for Primary Care Providers
- Chronic Kidney Disease: CKD is Part of Primary Care!
- Diabetes: Understandings About the Causes of Type 2
- Domestic Violence in Native Women
- Electronic Health Record (EHR) Implementation: Worth the effort?
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Methamphetamine Use in Indian Country
- Narcotics for Chronic non-Cancer Pain: Appropriate Use
- Obesity: Surgical Treatment?
- Palliative Medicine's Role in the Continuity of Care
- Pap test screening
- Periodic Exam in the Elderly Native American
- Rectal bleeding in 40 year old AI/ AN female - Web M + M
- Traditional AI/AN Medicine: Incorporating Into I/T/U Clincial Practice
Adolescent Behavioral Health Issues
- Introduction, Case Study, and Links (WORD - 63KB)
- Discussion and Summary
Adolescent Primary Care: Risk behaviors, assessments, areas of focus
- Question (WORD - 39KB)
- Discussion (WORD - 75KB)
- Summary (WORD - 13KB)
Adolescent with knee pain: Web M + M
- Question (WORD - 55KB)
- Predictive value for musculoskeletal pain in children. McGhee 2002
- Clinical utility of antinuclear antibody tests in children. McGhee 2004
- Presentation of children with chronic arthritis Jarvis 2006
- Discussion (WORD - 132KB)
- Summary (WORD - 32KB)
Adverse Childhood Events: Impact on chronic adult illness / Risk taking
- Question (WORD - 40KB)
- Adverse Childhood Experiences Bibliography (WORD - 68KB)
- CDC Press Release Adverse Childhood Experiences (WORD - 47KB)
- Intergenerational transfer of psychosocial risk: mediators of vulnerability and resilience
- Psychobiology of Depression and Resilience to Stress
- Discussion (WORD - 155KB)
- Summary (WORD - 38KB)
Asthma in AI / AN adults: Management, surveillance, and the future
- Question (WORD - 79KB)
- Cherokee Asthma Cards (WORD - 230KB)
- Asthma Register & Action Plan Samples (WORD - 39KB)
- Discussion (WORD - 60KB)
- Summary (WORD - 33KB)
Cardiology Topics for Primary Care Providers
- Question (WORD - 49KB)
- Acute Coronary Syndrome Orders: NNMC (WORD - 57KB)
- AHA Conference March 2006 Lecture Notes (PPT - 3MB)
- BP and Lipids to Prevent CHD in AI/AN (PPT - 2MB)
- Cardiac Structure and Function: STRONGHEART (PPT - 1MB)
- Unstable Coronary Artery Management, GIMC (WORD - 91KB)
- Discussion (WORD - 134KB)
- Summary (WORD - 51KB)
Chronic Kidney Disease: CKD is Part of Primary Care!
- Question (Word - 75KB)
- Introduction (PDF - 301KB)
- Discussion (WORD - 78KB)
- Summary (WORD - 39KB)
Diabetes: Understandings About the Causes of Type 2 - Old / New
- Question (WORD - 73KB)
- International Diabetes Federation: Causes of Type 2 Diabetes
- Consensus on the Aetiology of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, IDF
- Discussion (WORD - 103KB)
- Summary (WORD - 38KB)
Electronic Health Record (EHR) Implementation: Worth the effort?
- Question (WORD - 33KB)
- EHR within IHS, Sequist et al J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007 (WORD - 32KB)
- Discussion (WORD - 144KB)
- Summary (WORD - 29KB)
Domestic Violence in Native Women
- Question (WORD - 29KB)
- RPMS DV Resources (PPT - 78KB)
- Discussion (WORD - 85KB)
- Summary (WORD - 35KB)
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Methamphetamine Use in Indian Country
- Question (WORD - 37KB)
- AZ Guidelines for Identifying Substance Exposed Newborns,
2005
(PDF - Version) (Text Version) - Methamphetamine, WORD - document by Thomas Drouhard, MD (WORD - 27KB)
- Methamphetamine Abuse: Fact or Fiction? PPT by Diana Hu (PPT - 526KB)
- DRAFT Substance Abuse Screening (WORD - 49KB)
- UNM Maternal / Neonatal Drug Monitoring (WORD - 40KB)
- Neonatal Drug Screening Template (WORD - 48KB)
- Excellent Methamphetamine Presentations
- Methamphetamine.org website
- Discussion (WORD - 159KB)
- Summary (WORD - 38KB)
Narcotics for Chronic non-Cancer Pain: Appropriate Use
- Question (WORD - 29KB)
- Treatment of Pain Patients with Substance Abuse (PPT - 132KB)
- Universal precautions in pain medicine: a rational approach to the treatment of chronic pain. Gourlay DL, et al.
- Opioid therapy for chronic pain. Ballantyne JC, Mao J N Engl J Med. 2003 Nov 13;349(20):1943-53.
- Management of Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain, VA / DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines, 3/03 (PDF - 1.8mb)
- Evidence Based Recommendations for Medical Management of Chronic Non-Malignant Pain, (PDF - 2.7mb)
- Prescription Opioids: Good, bad, and ugly, Sidney Schnoll MD PHD (PPT - 1MB)
- Pain Management Circular - Multidisciplinary (WORD - 62KB)
- Methods of detoxification and their role in treating patients with opioid dependence. O'Connor PG. JAMA
- Opioid use for moderate to severe pain. Rasor J, Harris G. J Am Osteopath Assoc.
- Discussion (WORD - 155KB)
- Summary (WORD - 43KB)
Obesity: Surgical Treatment?
- Question (WORD - 63KB)
- Discussion (WORD - 92KB)
- Summary (WORD - 50KB)
Palliative Medicine's Role in the Continuity of Care
- Question (WORD - 54KB)
- CPR in the Elderly (WORD - 51KB)
- Discussion (WORD - 46KB)
- Summary (WORD - 45KB)
Pap test screening: New guidelines and technologies
- Question (WORD - 25KB)
- Full Discussion (WORD - 59KB)
- Summary (WORD - 31KB)
Periodic Exam in the Elderly Native American: Evidence Based
- Question (WORD - 60KB)
- Discussion (WORD - 79KB)
- Summary (WORD - 49KB)
Rectal bleeding in 40 year old AI/ AN female - Web M + M
- Question Part 1 (WORD - 45KB)
- Case History Part 2 (WORD - 45KB)
- Resources and Glossary (WORD - 52KB)
- Initial evaluation of rectal bleeding in young persons: a cost-effectiveness analysis
- Accuracy of a single fecal occult blood sample on rectal exam
- Approach to minimal bright red bleeding per rectum
- Ensuring Competence in Endoscopy (for the GI physician)
- Ensuring Competence in Endoscopy Executive Briefing (for the hospital or health plan administrator)
- Discussion (WORD - 189KB)
- Summary (WORD - 75KB)
Traditional AI/AN Medicine: Incorporating Into I/T/U Clincial Practice
- Case Study and References (WORD - 41KB)
- Discussion and Summary (WORD - 87KB)
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