Approach to Anemias
Laura Gunder-McClary, DHSc, PA-C
1.5 CME Credits*

This CME lecture is designed to allow the practicing clinician to identify the various  clinical presentations  of anemia. It further guides the participant through the History and physical examination, diagnostic laboratory testing and the formulation of treatment plans. 

Learning Objectives: 

• Define the different lab tests used to diagnose hematologic abnormalities
• Understand the various anemias and their clinical presentations
• Recognize the most common etiologies of anemias
• Create a differential diagnoses based on subjective and objective data
• Formulate a plan of care for each disease process

About Laura:

Dr. Laura Gunder McClary is a fulltime Professor in the Doctor of Medical Sciences Program and the Director of the Education Track at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions in Provo, Utah.

She has 18 years of clinical experience in internal and family medicine in both inpatient and outpatient settings to include rural medicine and medical house calls. She also has 5 years of experience in telemedicine in Florida.

She is a three-time graduate of the Medical College of Georgia and received her Doctor of Health Science degree from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Her entrance into healthcare began in the clinical laboratory profession in 1989 and beside her vast clinical experiences she has worked as a patient educator, a medical writer and curriculum developer.  She is currently a graduate medical education and accreditation consultant. Dr. Gunder McClary is also a professional medical speaker on influenza, laboratory medicine, rural medicine, and a published author of two Genetics textbooks.

Microhematuria in Primary Care
Clay Walker, MSPA, PA-C
1.5 CME Credits*

This lecture will cover the etiologies, risk factors, and evaluation of patients with microhematuria in the primary care setting. This will be a discussion based lecture, providing case examples leading to interactive discussion with attendees to apply the information being taught in the lecture. The talk will also discuss the new hematuria risk index and which patients may benefit from a more aggressive versus conservation approach to their microhematuria evaluation.

Learning Objectives:

After this session, participants should be able to do the following:

• Be able to apply the hematuria risk index to your patients in the evaluation and workup of microhematuria. 
• To be able to analyze the urinalysis and diagnose microhematuria based on the current diagnostic guidelines. 
• Be able to identify and differentiate between the potential etiologies microhematuria.

About Clay:

Clay is a physician assistant who began practice in 2016 in rural southern Illinois, serving in family practice and urgent care. After three years, Clay relocated to Chicago, Illinois, where he has practiced in internal medicine, interventional radiology, and urgent care.

In addition to his clinical work, Clay is an adjunct lecturer and preceptor for Rush University, Rosalind Franklin University, and Southern Illinois University Physician Assistant Programs. Aside from in-person lecturing, Clay teaches for an online medical education group, Medgeeks, where he teaches on PANCE/PANRE board review and created a primary care mentorship course to augment the transition from student to student clinician in primary care.

In the spring of 2022, Clay will be transitioning to work as a primary care Physician Assistant at Mayo Clinic – Arizona and will aid in creating their new family medicine PA/NP fellowship program.