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Online CME Activity

Managing Diabetes in Elderly Patients
Title:
Managing Diabetes in Elderly Patients
Release Date:
05/07/2012
Expiration Date:
05/07/2015
Topics:
Diabetes, Diabetes / Endocrinology
Primary Audience:
Primary Care
Activity Format:
Expert Perspective
Credits:
0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

 
Overall Satisfaction Rating:
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Learning Objectives

Outline the results of the ACCORD trial and its implications on the treatment of elderly patients with diabetes.

Accreditation

This educational program is conceived and credited in accordance with ACCME's Essential Areas and Policies, including the 2004 Updated Standards for Commercial Support. Pri-Med faculty hail from a variety of institutions and participate in content development, along with pmiCME's Advisory Boards and its expert review partners, the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and Tufts Health Care Institute. All final decisions about program content are the responsibility of pmiCME.

Credits Type Accreditation Statement Designation Statement
0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ pmiCME is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. pmiCME designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of .5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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Faculty and Editorial Board

Written By: Marie T. Brown, MD, FACP, (Read Bio), Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, Governor-Elect, North Illinois Chapter, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA, National Diabetes Education Program, Bethesda, MD

Edited By: Alyce Kuklinski, NP, RN, pmiCME Medical Director

Financial Disclosure Statement(s)

Dr Brown has no financial relationships to disclose.

Ms Kuklinski has no financial relationships to disclose.

Education Partner:

n/a

Commercial Support:

n/a

Instructions for Obtaining Credit:

Complete this activity. Answer the questions in the attached post-activity assessment and evaluation. Click on "claim credit" and follow the instructions to print out the credit certificate.

Computer System Requirements:

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Disclaimer

The opinions, ideas, and recommendations expressed in this educational activity are those of the faculty only and are not necessarily endorsed, nor do they necessarily reflect, those of their affiliated institutions, pmiCME, pmiCME Advisory Boards and Consultants, or DBC Pri-Med, LLC.

Clinical judgment must guide each clinician in weighing the possible risks, benefits, or contraindications of any diagnostics, interventions or treatments discussed. Clinicians should review manufacturers’ product information and consider these with the recommendations of other authorities when applying the assessment and/or clinical management strategies discussed in this activity to the care of their patients.