Why Lipid Lowering Matters for My Patients: Multispecialty Perspectives of Care
Posted about 3 years ago by Rick Ramirez in Education
Aloha HAPN!
Here is a great continuing education for recertification
The Education Committee
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CME / ABIM MOC / CE
Why Lipid Lowering Matters for My Patients: Multispecialty Perspectives of Care
- Authors: Alan Brown, MD; Joseph Saseen, PharmD; Joyce Ross, MSN, RNC, CRNP, CLS, CS, FNLA
- CME / ABIM MOC / CE Released: 6/18/2021
- Valid for credit through: 6/18/2022
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Credits Available
Physicians - maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
ABIM Diplomates - maximum of 0.50 ABIM MOC points
Nurses - 0.50 ANCC Contact Hour(s) (0.5 contact hours are in the area of pharmacology)
IPCE - 0.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit
You Are Eligible For
- ANCC Contact Hour(s)
Target Audience and Goal Statement
This activity is intended for cardiologists, primary care clinicians, diabetologists and endocrinologists, and nurses.
The goal of this activity is to improve the appropriate use of PCSK9 inhibitors in patients with high cardiovascular (CV) risk or cardiovascular disease.
Upon completion of this activity, participants will:
- Have increased knowledge regarding the
- Identification of patients who are at high and very high CV risk
- Gaps in the comprehensive management of lipid-lowering treatment to reduce CV risk
- Have greater competence related to
- Patient selection for team-based PCSK9 inhibitor use as appropriate add-on therapy for additional low-density lipoprotein cholesterol lowering and CV risk reduction
Disclosures
As an organization accredited by the ACCME, Medscape, LLC, requires everyone who is in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. The ACCME defines "relevant financial relationships" as financial relationships in any amount, occurring within the past 12 months, including financial relationships of a spouse or life partner, that could create a conflict of interest.
Medscape, LLC, encourages Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration, at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Faculty
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Alan Brown, MD
Director, Division of Cardiology
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Park Ridge, Illinois
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Loyola Stritch School of Medicine
Maywood, Illinois
Past President, National Lipid Association
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Joseph Saseen, PharmD
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy; Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado
President, National Lipid Association
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Joyce Ross, MSN, RNC, CRNP, CLS, CS, FNLA
Independent Clinical Consultant, Cardiovascular Risk Intervention and Education
University of Pennsylvania
Clinical Associate
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Past President, National Lipid Association
Editor
CME, CE Reviewer/Nurse Planner
None of the nonfaculty planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Accreditation Statements
In support of improving patient care, Medscape, LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 0.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
For Physicians
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Medscape, LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ . Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.50 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
For Nurses
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Awarded 0.50 contact hour(s) of continuing nursing education for RNs and APNs; 0.50 contact hours are in the area of pharmacology.
For questions regarding the content of this activity, contact the accredited provider for this CME/CE activity noted above. For technical assistance, contact CME@medscape.net
Instructions for Participation and Credit
There are no fees for participating in or receiving credit for this online educational activity. For information on applicability and acceptance of continuing education credit for this activity, please consult your professional licensing board.
This activity is designed to be completed within the time designated on the title page; physicians should claim only those credits that reflect the time actually spent in the activity. To successfully earn credit, participants must complete the activity online during the valid credit period that is noted on the title page. To receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, you must receive a minimum score of 75% on the post-test.
Follow these steps to earn CME/CE credit*:
- Read about the target audience, learning objectives, and author disclosures.
- Study the educational content online or print it out.
- Online, choose the best answer to each test question. To receive a certificate, you must receive a passing score as designated at the top of the test. We encourage you to complete the Activity Evaluation to provide feedback for future programming.
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