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DAN | UHMS Fall 2025 Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine CME
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
DAN’s continuing medical education (CME) staff strives to assist physicians and other health care providers in obtaining new information that will lead to better quality and availability of care to the diving community worldwide. The internationally recognized resources of DAN and its affiliation with numerous institutions serving hyperbaric medicine provide cutting-edge medical and research information.
DAN UHMS Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Course – Core Concepts
This is our traditional class which has been offered in some form since 1983. The program focuses on diving and hyperbaric medicine with emphasis on the latest scientific literature in the field. It is designed primarily for physicians. However, emergency medical personnel, paramedics, nurses, and professionals with an interest in dive medicine are welcome.
Core Concepts Registration
- Be sure to select the CME course with how many participants and reprice the package.
- If you are interested in both weeks or shoulder nights, or any other special requests, email () or call (800-421-9999)
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Faculty
James Holm, MD, FUHM Staff Physician Center for Hyperbaric Medicine Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Seattle, WA
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Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Courses
The accredited courses include lectures, case presentations, support materials, and both formal and informal discussion sessions with faculty.
Jointly provided by Divers Alert Network and Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, the course is designed primarily for physicians. However, emergency medical personnel, paramedics, nurses and professionals, as well as instructors, divemasters and nonmedical, diving-related personnel with an interest in dive medicine may also find the course valuable.
The program focuses on diving and hyperbaric medicine with emphasis on the latest scientific literature in the field. The course features lectures, case presentations and support materials as well as both formal and informal discussion sessions with faculty.
At the end of this course attendees should be able to discuss and clinically apply facts relevant to:
- Medical and physical fitness to dive
- Diving safety issues and current research
- Hyperbaric medicine: applications, protocols, and mechanisms
- Decompression physiology and pathophysiology
- Diving injuries and their management
- Controversies in diving medicine
Jointly provided by Divers Alert Network and Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, this course offers lectures, case presentations, printed support materials, and both formal and informal discussion sessions with the faculty. It is anticipated that attendees completing this course will be able to discuss and clinically apply facts relevant to scheduled topics. Upon completion, course participants should also benefit from a broader understanding of current issues and increased familiarity with recent, relevant scientific literature in diving and hyperbaric medicine. Learning will be reinforced by case reports from the DAN Medical Services Call Center (MSCC) Quality Assurance archives, examples from recent and ongoing diving research, and from the personal experiences of the faculty.
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Included
Deluxe Guestroom
CME For MOC Program Guide Designation Statements for ABMS Boards
As an accredited ACCME provider, the UHMS is now responsible to submit physician learner CME credits into the ACCME PARS system. However, it is the physician’s responsibility to submit the necessary information required to match with the ACCME PARS system. It is also the physician’s responsibility to check with their respective board(s) to see that the credits were applied accordingly.