Content Details - Outpatient Medicine Update B

• Up to 16 hours of accredited CME
• Accredited CME focused on the latest developments in adult outpatient medicine.
• We cover the latest guidelines, studies, and developments and update the content regularly as new information is released.

Topics:

• Sleep: Practical Ways to Help Your Patients with Sleep Issues
• Artificial Intelligence: Ways to Save Time and Improve Patient Care
• Hypertension
• Managing Chronic Kidney Disease
• Anxiety and Depression
• Recent Studies that Might Change How You Practice Medicine
• USPSTF Updates
• Hard Conversations: Discussing Code Status and Similar Issues with Your Patients
• Weight Loss: The Data Behind Various Diets, Exercise and Medications

Educational Objectives:

• Discuss updates and new evidence in the medical literature
• List recent guideline updates and recommendations
• Identify best practices for interprofessional care when managing common issues in outpatient medicine
• Review expert opinions for areas lacking data and evidence
• Recognize new pharmaceuticals as well as updates on existing medications

We constantly evaluate new studies and guidelines, and adjust our course content accordingly. Our goal is to always present the latest info that will help you improve how you care for patients.

Outpatient Medicine Update Accreditation

Full Accreditation Information

Jointly provided by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education (PACE) and CME Vacations, LLC

Target Audience

This activity is intended for those who practice or support office-based medicine for adults, including:

• Primary care physicians
• Specialist physicians
• Nurse practitioners
• Nurses
• Physician assistants
• Pharmacists

Educational Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Discuss updates and new evidence in the medical literature
• List recent guideline updates and recommendations
• Identify best practices for interprofessional care when managing common issues in outpatient medicine
• Review expert opinions for areas lacking data and evidence
• Recognize new pharmaceuticals as well as updates on existing medications

Instructions for Credit
To successfully complete this activity and receive CE credit, learners must attend the conference in person or via live streaming and complete an evaluation. 

For claiming AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, ANCC, ACPE, and IPCE contact
hours:
1. Review the objectives and disclosures
2. Study the educational content
3. Please use the survey link in the course to submit your quiz and evaluation. Your CME certificate will be emailed upon successful completion of your quiz and evaluation.

For Pharmacists: Upon successfully completing the online evaluation, your credit will be submitted to CPE Monitor.  Please check your NABP account within thirty (30) days to make sure the credit has posted.

For claiming ABIM MOC/AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™:
1. Review the objectives and disclosures
2. Study the educational content
3. Please use the survey link in the course to submit your quiz and evaluation. Your CME certificate will be emailed upon successful completion of your quiz and evaluation with a passing grade of at least 50%.

Faculty

Deborah Brackett, MD, Cheyenne Regional Medical Center

Steve Burgess, MD, MBA, Cheyenne Regional Medical Center

Kenna Payne, Pharm.D.,Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Rodney Young, MD, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Ryan Harden, MD, MS, Gateway Family Health Clinic            

Disclosures

PACE requires every individual in a position to control educational content to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies that have occurred within the past 24 months. Ineligible companies are organizations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

All relevant financial relationships for anyone with the ability to control the content of this educational activity are listed below and have been mitigated according to PACE policies. Others involved in the planning of this activity have no relevant financial relationships.

• Deborah Brackett, MD has no relevant financial relationships.
• Steve Burgess, MD, MBA has no relevant financial relationships.
• Ryan Harden, MD, MS, has no relevant financial relationships.  
• Kenna Payne, Pharm.D., has no relevant financial relationships.
• Rodney Young, MD has no relevant financial relationships. 

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education (PACE) and CME Vacations, LLC.  PACE 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.

Physician Continuing Education

PACE designates this enduring material for a maximum of 16.0AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 16.0 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

To receive CME credit and/or MOC points, you MUST pass the posttest and complete the evaluation. For ABIM MOC points, your information will be shared with the ABIM through PACE’s Joint Accreditation Program and Activity Reporting System (JAPARS). Please allow 6-8 weeks for your MOC points to appear on your ABIM records. By sharing your Diplomate Board ID # and DOB, you are giving PACE permission to use this information/data to report your participation to these Boards JA-PARS.

Nursing Continuing Professional Development
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Nursing Continuing Professional Development activity is 16.0 contact hours. 
Designated for 8.0 contact hours of pharmacotherapy credit for Advance Practice Registered Nurses. 

Pharmacy Continuing Education
PACE designates this continuing education activity for 16.0 contact hour(s) (1.6 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.
Type of Activity: Application

 Interprofessional Continuing Education

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 16.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

 Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

PACE Contact InformationFor additional information about the accreditation of this activity, please visit https://partnersed.com.

Cancellation/Refund Policies

For our conferences, you must register for the conference, make reservations for the hotel, and complete necessary travel arrangements. Hotels, airlines and cruises have their own cancellation and refund policies.  Please contact those providers individually to understand their policies.

CME Live and Streaming Conference Cancellation Policy:

Within 7 days of the purchase date your choice of the following:

• Full credit towards another conference or
• Refund minus 5% processing fee

After 7 days from the purchase date, your choice of the following:

• Full credit towards another conference or
• You can utilize the online content

Cancellations and conference schedule modifications must be requested via email, please email info@CMEvacations.com 

Online Course Cancellation Policy:

If you have completed less than 50% of the course and have not received a CME certificate:

• Refund minus $50 processing fee within the first 7 days or
• Full credit towards another course or conference 

Cancellations and conference schedule modifications must be requested via email, please email info@CMEvacations.com

Hotel / Cruise Line Cancellation Policies:

Each hotel and cruise line has their own cancellation and refund policies.  We provide information from our negotiated rates when available.  Please review on their websites for the most current information.

Airline Cancellation Policies:

Each airline has their own cancellation and refund policies.  Please review on their websites for the most current information.

Resident, Fellows, and Student Pricing

Special Resident, Fellows, and Student pricing:

Online Updates:

$395 discount

DEA Class:

$45 discount

Live Conferences:

$395 discount on regular price of conference

To obtain resident, fellows, or student pricing:

• Send an email from your resident, fellows, or student email account to info@CMEvacations.com
• Include all pertinent info: name, status as resident, fellows, or student, the name of your school, fellows, or residency program, and what course(s) you want to purchase
• Include a link to your program's website that shows you are actively in their program. If you are not listed on the program's website, have your program coordinator or one of the physicians you work with send us an email from their medical school, fellows, or residency account stating that you are actively in that program.
• Once we have verified your status, we will email you a personalized discount code
• Purchase the product, entering the discount code at checkout

When you wow your colleagues with your vast knowledge of the latest guidelines and studies, please mention CME Vacations to them!