Long COVID and Fatiguing Illness Recovery Program
NEW ONLINE COURSE!
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Long COVID Care:
Three Case Studies
CME/NCPD Interactive Activities Real-world Videos
The growing number of Long COVID cases emphasizes the need for primary care providers to be able to assess and manage this condition in the outpatient setting. This course begins with a broad overview of Long COVID followed by three real-world cases presented by Long COVID experts at the University of Colorado highlighting the most common clinical manifestations.
By walking through case studies via video, this course offers relevant insights into the epidemiology, pathophysiology and clinical management of brain fog, orthostatic intolerance and PEM/fatigue associated with Long COVID. Each module offers resources for patients and providers.
The Long COVID and Fatiguing Illness Recovery Program’s (LC&FIRP) asynchronous courses are CDC-funded learning sessions intended to rapidly disseminate Long COVID and ME/CFS findings and emerging best practices.
AUDIENCE:
This program is open to all health care professionals and Long COVID and ME/CFS patient-lived experience experts interested in learning more about the treatment of Long COVID and ME/CFS.
COURSE DATES:
May 15, 2024 - March 7, 2025
CME and NCPD:
An application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending.
This series was approved for Nursing Continuing Professional Development credit by the Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Participants earn one credit/contact hour upon completion of all modules and a final assessment and evaluation.
TOPICS COVERED:
Module 1
Overview of Long COVID
Module 2
Case Study: Autonomic Dysfunction in Long COVID
Module 3
Case Study: Post Exertional Malaise and Fatigue
Module 4
Case Study: Brain Fog
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CASE PRESENTERS
Sarah Jolley, MD, MSc
Autonomic Dysfunction in Long COVID (Module 2)
Dr. Jolley is an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center. She serves as medical director of the UCHealth Post-COVID and ICU Recovery Clinic. She receives NIH funding from multiple NIH grants aimed at improving care for patients with Long COVID and clinical trials of novel therapeutics for Long COVID.
William (Bill) Niehaus, MD
Post Exertional Malaise and Fatigue (Module 3)
Dr. Niehaus is associate professor of Physical Medicine and a rehabilitation physician at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. His focus is on neuro-rehabilitation and working with patients who have suffered a spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury or stroke. In addition to seeing patients in intensive care and on the rehabilitation unit, he has a twice-weekly outpatient clinic. Dr. Niehaus is involved with the CU Denver residency program as the associate program director and he is the PM&R provider in the University of Colorado ICU recovery and Post COVID clinic. He also serves as the co-founder and president of a free clinic for uninsured rehabilitation patients who suffered catastrophic injuries (www.ColoradoRSVPclinic.org) and is the ACRM #RehabCast digital editor. Follow Dr. Niehaus on X and Instagram: @NHausMD
Thida Thant, MD
Brain Fog (Module 4)
Dr. Thant is a faculty psychiatrist at the University of Colorado Department of Psychiatry and she is the director of the UCH psychiatry consult service, the Psychiatric Consultation for the Medically Complex clinic, the Easy Consultation rural primary care consult program and the assistant chief of service for the CU Medicine Psychiatry Community Practices. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Plan II Honors from the University of Texas at Austin, attended medical school at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston and completed her general adult psychiatry residency and CL fellowship at the University of Colorado. Her academic interests include marijuana and its impact on psychiatric practice, cannabis in medical education and comprehensive psychiatric care for medically and neurologically complex patients. Since 2020 she has begun to focus on the neuropsychiatric and psychological impact of COVID-19 infection through her role in the University of Colorado multi-disciplinary COVID clinic and overseeing the Department of Psychiatry Long-COVID Mental Health program.
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