CME/CE
Earn up to 18.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ or 18.25 AANP contact hours.
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Pri-Med Midwest
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
October 8–10, 2024
This activity is intended for clinicians in primary care, family medicine, pediatrics, and internal medicine.
Learning Objectives
- Integrate new and updated guidelines, practices, therapies, and tools into your daily practice
- Develop and implement strategies that overcome patient and clinical barriers and improve health outcomes of your patients
- Recognize the opportunities to enhance patient quality of life, encourage healthy lifestyles, and avoid unnecessary subspecialty consults
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Pri-Med Institute, American Liver Foundation, Brain Aneurysm Foundation, and Miller Medical Communications. Pri-Med Institute is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation Statement
Pri-Med Institute designates this live activity for a maximum of 18.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AANP
Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Accreditation Standards of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners® (AANP) through the joint providership of Pri-Med Institute, American Liver Foundation, Brain Aneurysm Foundation, EBMed, Institute for Medical and Nursing Education (IMNE), Miller Medical Communications, and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Pri-Med Institute is accredited by the AANP as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider Number 040308.
Designation Statement
This activity is approved for 18.25 contact hours. AANP pharmacology credit will be awarded based on the pharmacology content of the sessions you attend.
AAFP Prescribed Credits
Accreditation Statement
The AAFP has reviewed Pri-Med Midwest and deemed it acceptable for up to 18.25 Live AAFP Prescribed credit(s). Term of Approval is from 10/08/2024 to 10/10/2024. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Taking the Dialogue to the Next Level: Facilitating Open Communication About Obesity
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
This activity is intended for clinicians in primary care, family medicine, pediatrics, and internal medicine.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize obesity as a serious chronic illness that requires sustained weight management to mitigate adiposity-related complications and comorbidities
- Use appropriate, non-judgmental language when discussing obesity with patients
- Apply motivational interviewing techniques in the clinical setting to improve clinicians’ and patients’ comfort in discussions about obesity while eliciting information about patient’s weight loss goals, motivations, and state of change
- Employ therapeutic communication strategies to develop patient-centered treatment plans for people with obesity
- Use a holistic, evidence-based approach to obesity management to formulate individualized treatment plans that support sustainable weight management
- Discuss the efficacy, safety, and best prescribing practices for long-term anti-obesity medication (AOM).
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Pri-Med Institute and the Obesity Medicine Association. Pri-Med Institute is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation Statement
Pri-Med Institute designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AANP
Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Accreditation Standards of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners® (AANP) through the joint providership of Pri-Med Institute and Obesity Medicine Association. Pri-Med Institute is accredited by the AANP as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider Number 040308.
Designation Statement
This activity is approved for 1.50 contact hours of continuing education, which includes 0.00 hours of pharmacology.
AAFP Prescribed Credits
Accreditation Statement
The AAFP has reviewed Taking the Dialogue to the Next Level: Facilitating Open Communication About Obesity, and deemed it acceptable for AAFP credit. Term of approval is from 04/02/2024 to 04/02/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Claim Credits
Please follow these instructions for evaluating and claiming continuing education credit for sessions you attend at this Pri-Med meeting:
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Scan Your Badge.
Be sure to scan your badge once each day near the session room entrances to activate your identification for your credit award.
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Go to www.pri-med.com/midwest/eval
Access the online credit system to complete the evaluation and credit request process by Monday, October 14. Computers will not be available onsite. Pri-Med staff can assist you with the process on your mobile device if you have questions.
- Enter your badge number and email address for identification.
- Select the day for the sessions you attended.
- On the session screen, identify and evaluate the sessions that you attended.
- Confirm total credit award for each session and attest to correct total. Designate the type of credit you seek.
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Recieve your credit.
View and print your certificate right from the evaluation web site. Your certificate will also be posted to your Pri-Med.com account the next day.
FAQ
The following courses are designed to satisfy CME/CE licensure requirements for Pri-Med Midwest:
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IL: "Alzheimer Disease in Primary Care: Early Identification and New Anti-Amyloid Treatment Options" (1 hour) is designed to satisfy CME/CE requirements on alzheimer and dementia (MD/PA/NP).
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IL: "Curbside Consults: Top Questions from PCPs on Transgender Health" (0.50 hour) is designed to satisfy CME/CE requirements on implicit bias and cultural competency (MD/PA/NP).
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IN: The session "Curbside Consults: Top Questions from PCPs on Substance Use Disorders" (0.50 hour) is designed to satisfy CME/CE requirements on Opioids - Abuse (MD/NP/PA).
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MI: "Painful Orthopedic Complaints in Primary Care" (0.75 hours) is designed to satisfy CME/CE requirements on pain and symptom management (MD/DO/NP).
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IL/IN/MI: "P.A.C.T.: Practical Approaches to Comprehensive Treatment of Pain: Parts 1-3" (3.5 hours) is designed to satisfy CME/CE state licensure requirements on opioid/controlled substances, prescribing and abuse, and safe opioid prescribing practices (MD/DO/PA/NP), as well as pain and symptom management in MI (MD/DO/NP), and also meets training requirements for the DEA MATE Act.
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IL: "Pride in Practice: Empowering LGBTQ+ Health and Wellbeing (1 hour) is designed to satisfy CME/CE state licensure requirements on implicit bias and cultural competency (MD/PA/NP).