Antibiotic Awareness Week 2023 Concludes & the Urgent Care Convention Registration Opens Dear Urgent Care clinicians, On behalf of the College of Urgent Care Medicine, I wish you a joyous holiday season. As 2023 comes to an end, I would like to reflect on one of the College’s initiatives: Antibiotic Stewardship. November 17-24 was U.S. […]
Exploring Non-Opioid Pain Treatments in the Urgent Care Was brought to you by: From Hippo Education: For more on this topic, listen to Dr. Ross Cohen and Jackie McDevitt-Capetolla PA-C discuss “Non-Opioid Pain Medication Tips and Tricks” in a special Urgent Care RAP podcast segment recorded live at the UCA conference! And if you’re looking […]
Target Audience This CME activity is intended for medical professionals who practice medicine in the on-demand space including Urgent Care, retail medicine and other similar venues. These providers may include physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. Designation Statement The Urgent Care Association (UCA) designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA […]
We would like to welcome the following new fellows of the College of Urgent Care Medicine! These fellows represent the best of us who work every day to provide the highest quality of medicine and advance the specialty of Urgent Care Medicine. The following individuals applied and earned the distinction of Fellow in the College […]
Ivan Koay MD, MBChB, MRCS, FRNZCUC Urgent Care Physician and Medical Lead Kings College Hospital Urgent Treatment Centre, LondonAbstracts Section Editor, Journal of Urgent Care Medicine Convenor Ireland and UK Faculty of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent CareIndependent Assessor European Reference Network, Andalusian Agency for Healthcare Quality Anxiety and Depression Treatment in Pediatric Population […]
West Nile Infections Rising in the US West Nile Virus is the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the continental U.S. And as of August 8, 126 human cases had been identified across 22 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Full Access: Medscape Bird Flu Researchers Turn to Finland’s Mink Farms, […]
Can allergic conjunctivitis cause ulcerations? Most seasonal allergic conjunctivitis will respond optimally to a combination of antihistamine and mast cell stabilizer drops. Patients with severe allergic conjunctivitis may develop a corneal ulceration in the superior aspect of the cornea due to hypertrophic papillae. Source: EBM Does penicillin allergy sensitivity decrease over time? Many patients who […]