The Hippo Education Podcast is the place for the best free audio CME on earth. Hippo RAPs (Reviews and Perspectives) bring you the latest news, updated clinical practice information and important stuff you need to know for your specialty. Our RAP roster is Emergency Medicine, Primary Care, Pediatrics, Urgent Care and growing. The Hippo faculty are always on duty to make sure you have the info you need from a source you can trust.
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Antibiotic Stewardship with an Expert Guillermo Sanchez, PA-C, MPH, MSHS and Tiffany Proffitt, DO Antibiotic stewardship is a complex issue, influenced by factors beyond just medical necessity. Late-night shifts, public misconceptions, and patient expectations can all drive inappropriate prescribing. In this discussion, Guillermo (Memo) Sanchez, PA…
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Primary Care RAP presents a segment on Hypogonadism Featuring Margaret Wierman, MD and Andrew Buelt, DO
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Mike and Rob dive back in to give you some new finds on Smoking Cessation from the March 2016 Edition of Urgent Care RAP.
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Dr. Ilene Claudius discusses the safety, risks and laws relating to hoverboards.
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Solomon Behar, MD and Danelle Fisher, MD discuss the most common skin conditions in children and basic approaches to management. Pearls: First line management of atopic dermatitis includes good skin hygiene and topical moisturizers; topical corticosteroids are often needed to control flares as well as help with relapses. Topical calcineurin inhibit…
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Mike Weinstock, MD and Mizuho Spangler, DO discuss fingernail pathologies, management of paronychia and risks for aggressive antibiotic usage in outpatient settings. PEARLS: Fingertip lesions can be isolated injuries or evidence of more serious, systemic processes. Radiographs of fingertips are useful if there is a concern for a retained foreign bo…
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A patient you’re caring for, but don’t know very well, dies in the hospital. You feel awkward about writing a condolence letter since there isn’t much of a relationship with the family. Should you write one? Will it bring up unpleasant memories for the family? Eric Lamotte and Susan Merel explore these questions and more (as well as brief how to gu…
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