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Initiating and Maintaining Antidiabetic Drug Therapy


ONLINECMECNEMOCSafetyDiabetesPrimary Care Best PracticesCollaborative and Team-Based CME/CEPSRM - Patient Safety/Risk ManagementComplimentary - No Fee

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Date & Location
Monday, June 20, 2016, 12:00 AM - Sunday, November 28, 2021, 10:59 PM

Target Audience
Specialties - FAMILY MEDICINE, INTERNAL MEDICINE, INTERNAL MEDICINE - Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism


Objectives
Upon completion of this educational activity participants should be able to:

  1. Apply the knowledge of the mechanisms, benefits, and limitations of the various noninsulin antidiabetic agents to treat patients with type 2 diabetes effectively.
  2. Take into account the expected glycosylated hemoglobin reduction for each class of oral medications when managing patients with type 2 diabetes.
  3. Implement a stepwise approach to escalation of glucose lowering treatments, with intensification of therapy for those who fail to meet blood glucose targets according to latest guidelines.

Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, Penn Medicine 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.

Designation of Credit

Penn Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. 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 0.75 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 points.

This activity is approved for 0.75 contact hours.

AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. PAs may receive a maximum of 0.75 Category 1 credits for completing this activity.

Disclosures

The following planning committee and faculty members have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests related to the content of this educational activity:

Mark Schutta, MD
Zalman Agus, MD
Mila Kostic, CHCP, FACEHP
Michael Schoen, PhD
Patricia Smith, DNP, RN, BC

The following planning committee and faculty members have reported relevant financial relationships with commercial interests related to the content of this educational activity:

Serena Cardillo, MD AstraZeneca Research
Bristol Myers Squibb Research

The faculty for this activity have indicated that their presentations contain no mention of investigational and/or off-label use of commercial products.

Acknowledgement of Commercial Support

There was no commercial support received for this educational activity.

However, we gratefully acknowledge the following companies for providing educational grants and partial support for the development of a related, earlier educational initiative: Abbott Laboratories, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., Genentech, Inc., GlaxoSmithKline, Lilly USA LLC, and Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.

How to Receive Credit: To receive your Certificate of Credit for participating in this CME/CE-certified educational curriculum, please follow these steps:

  • Read all the introductory material including faculty and disclosure information
  • Complete the pre-activity survey
  • Review the video lectures, references and resources
  • Complete the post-activity survey. You will have to earn 75% correct in order to proceed.
  • Evaluate the course using the brief survey. You must complete the post activity evaluation to receive your certificate.
  • You will be able to download your certificate after completing the post-activity survey.

Questions: For questions related to this educational activity, contact Penn Medicine Continuing Medical and Interprofessional Education at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania at penncme@pennmedicine.upenn.edu or at 215-898-8005.

Acknowledgement: We would like to thank Lewis A. Miller, MS, CCMEP, John Delfs, MD, Caitlin Rothermel, MA, MPHc, and Amanda Justice who contributed to earlier versions of this topic review.


Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.75 hours), Non-Physician Attendance / Participation (0.75 hours), Nursing Contact Hours (0.75 hours), ABIM MOC Part 2 (0.75 hours), Patient Safety/Risk Management PSRM (0.75 hours)
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Zalman Agus, MD
Emeritus Professor
Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Serena Cardillo
HUP
Philadelphia, PA
Mark Schutta, MD
Associate Professor in Diabetes
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Initiating and Maintaining Antidiabetic Drug Therapy
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In support of improving patient care, Penn Medicine 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.
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