CMHC Masterclass CME Information

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ACTIVITY TITLE:

CMHC Masterclass
Nutrition for the Cardiometabolic Patient: Practical Strategies to Improve Outcomes

ACTIVITY DATE:

March 11-12 2021 | Live Online | Eastern Time

TARGET AUDIENCE

Primary care physicians, cardiologists, lipidologists, nutritionists, and as well as nurses, nurse practitioners, registered dieticians, and pharmacists.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

During this Masterclass, expert faculty will review the evidence behind nutritional approaches for cardiometabolic health, but most importantly, will provide participants with useful strategies to implement this evidence to practice in order to better aid their patients in improving nutrition.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

  • Describe common elements of healthful eating patterns to promote cardiometabolic health.
  • Examine the effect of diet on risk factors for heart attack, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular death.
  • Review the basics of comprehensive dietary approaches, including plant-based diets, and their role in cardiometabolic health.
  • Develop strategies to council patients on nutrition, including practical culinary medicine and behavioral interventions, to help prioritize nutrition and lifestyle and improve or decrease cardiometabolic risk.

FACULTY

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PROGRAM AGENDA

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JOINT ACCREDITATION STATEMENT

 

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and CMHC. Postgraduate Institute for 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.

PHYSICIAN CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CONTINUING PHARMACY EDUCATION

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this continuing education activity for 6 contact hour(s) (0.6 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.

This is a knowledge-based activity. Universal Activity Numbers (UAN) JA4008162-9999-21-2140-L01-P.

For Pharmacists: Upon completion of the online evaluation, your credit will be submitted to CPE Monitor within 4-6 weeks. Pharmacists have up to thirty (30) days from the live event to complete the evaluation and claim credit.

CONTINUING NURSING EDUCATION

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 6 contact hours. Pharmacotherapy contact hours for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses will be designated on your certificate.

CONTINUING DIETICIAN EDUCATION

This program offers 6 CPEUs for dieticians.

DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest (COI) they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified COI are thoroughly vetted and resolved according to PIM policy. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.

Faculty

A full listing of faculty disclosures will be provided here.

Planners and Managers

The PIM planners and managers have nothing to disclose. The CMHC planners and managers have nothing to disclose.

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.

REQUEST FOR CREDIT

**IMPORTANT FIRST STEP**
In order to access the evaluations you must first REGISTER or login on this website. Please note this is a separate site from www.cardiometabolichealth.org. To begin registration steps:

  1. Click here to register or login now and follow the instructions
  2. Once registered and logged in, return and register for the evaluations.  Thank you.

***ACCESS THE EVALUATION NOW***  

PLEASE NOTE: Evaluations must be completed by Monday, March 22.

For questions regarding the evaluation, please contact cmhc_eval@cardiometabolichealth.org 

FEE INFORMATION & REFUND/CANCELLATION POLICY

There is no registration fee for participating and receiving CME/CE credit for this educational activity.

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