Bone Health Seminar

Evanston, IL US
September 21, 2022
The NorthShore Bone Seminar is an educational initiative to provide updated information about bone health to clinicians who treat bone disease.

Target Audience

This activity has been designed for physicians, residents & fellows, nurses, APN's and other healthcare professionals working within the areas of endocrinology, rheumatology, internal medicine, family medicine, orthopedics, radiology, and obstetrics and gynecology.

Learning Objectives

Through participation in a multifaceted, interactive curriculum, participants will learn to:

  • Describe the pathophysiology of osteoporosis;
  • Understand how to interpret and act upon DEXA scan results;
  • Review the basic approach to Osteoporosis for osteoporosis for the primary care physician.
Additional information
ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies: 
Patient Care and Procedural Skills
Practice-based Learning and Improvement
Interpersonal and Communication Skills
For more information, please contact:
CME Coordinator Contact Name: 
Liana Billings
CME Coordinator Contact Email: 
atarfur@northshore.org
CME Coordinator Contact Phone: 
8474304300
Summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.00 Participation
Event starts: 
09/21/2022 - 6:00pm
Event ends: 
09/21/2022 - 8:00pm
Activity opens: 
09/19/2022
Activity expires: 
12/21/2022
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NorthShore University HealthSystem Evanston Hospital
2650 Ridge Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201
United States
HYBRID CONFERENCE

Attendees can participate in person or virtually. For questions, contact Liana Billings here.

.WANT TO KNOW MORE?
Learn more about NorthShore University HealthSystem's Evanston Hospital here!
 

ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact our office at 847-663-8346 or via email at lbillings@northshore.org.

The University of Chicago and NorthShore University HealthSystem reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, The University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.

COURSE DIRECTOR
  Liana Billings, MD, MMSc 
  Vice Chair of Research and Education
  Department of Medicine, NorthShore University HealthSystem
  Director of Clinical and Genetics Research in Diabetes and Cardiometabolic Disease
  Clinical Associate Professor in Medicine
  University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
FACULTY
Stuart M. Sprague, DO
Chief, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
 
Julio Cordero, MD
Head of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology
NorthShore University HealthSystem
 
Diana S. Sandler, MD
Division of Rheumatology
NorthShore University HealthSystem
 

Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships prior to the start of the activity.

Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires 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.

Physician Credit
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 The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and NorthShore University HealthSystem. The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Other Health Professions Credit
Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
 
Please Note: The credit claiming process will close three months after the conference end date. Requests to claim credit after three months will be subject to additional fees.
Registration: Registration is limited to University of Chicago faculty, NorthShore faculty, and affiliates.
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