Case Challenges in the Use of Insulin in T2DM

This second clinician module of three is designed to touch on some of the case challenges in the use of insulin in T2DM.
 
Program Developer/Facilitator: MCM Education.
 
Medium: Online Presentation
 
Commerical Support: This activity is supported by independent educational grants from Novo Nordisk Inc. and Sanofi US, and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Lilly USA, LLC.

Target Audience

This activity is designed for endocrinologists, primary care physicians, and other members of the care team involved in the management of patients with T2DM, including endocrinology and primary care nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs), and nurses.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this educational activity,the participant should be able to:

  • Summarize the current evidence-based practice guidelines for the management of T2DM;
  • Describe the benefits and risks of currently approved insulin therapies for the management of T2DM;
  • Incorporate insulin into the management of patients with T2DM who do not achieve glycemic control;
  • Intensify insulin therapy for patients with T2DM who do not achieve glycemic goals with initial insulin therapy;
  • Develop strategies to overcome patient-related adherence barriers to the use of insulin in patients with T2DM.
Additional information
ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies: 
Patient Care and Procedural Skills
Medical Knowledge
Summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 0.75 Participation
Activity opens: 
12/07/2017
Activity expires: 
12/07/2018
COURSE FACULTY
  Louis H. Philipson MD, PhD
  Professor of Medicine
  Director, Kovler Diabetes Center
  The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
  Chicago, IL 
 
  Neda Laiteerapong, MD, MS, FACP
  Assistant Professor, Section of General Internal Medicine
  Associate Director, Center for Translational and Policy Research of Chronic Diseases
  The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
  Chicago, IL 

 

Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone who is in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. This includes any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients. The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months, including financial relationships of a spouse or life partner that could create a conflict of interest. Mechanisms are in place to identify and resolve any potential conflict of interest 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.

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 the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and MCM Education. The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
Credit Designation Statement
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of 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.
 
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.
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