General Internal Medicine Clinical Series - March 2018

Northbrook, IL US
March 13, 2018
In this activity, participants will cover topics related to opioids.

Target Audience

This activity has been designed for physicians in internal medicine and family medicine, residents & fellows, nurses, APN's and other healthcare professionals involved in primary care.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this educational activity, participants will be able to:

  • Articulate scope of opiate overprescribing at NorthShore and the Opioid epidemic nationwide;
  • List elements of the CDC Guidelines for Opioid prescribing for chronic pain;
  • Verbalize workflows to help implement the CDC Guidelines into a busy clinical practice.
Additional information
ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies: 
Patient Care and Procedural Skills
Medical Knowledge
For more information, please contact:
CME Coordinator Contact Name: 
Jennifer Wertheimer
CME Coordinator Contact Email: 
jwertheimer@northshore.org
CME Coordinator Contact Phone: 
847-570-1258
Summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.00 Participation
Event starts: 
03/13/2018 - 6:30pm
Event ends: 
03/13/2018 - 8:30pm
Activity opens: 
03/13/2018
Activity expires: 
06/13/2018
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Renaissance Hotel, Northbrook
933 Skokie Blvd
Winnetka Ballroom
Northbrook, IL 60062
United States
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 jwertheimer@northshore.org.
PLANNING COMMITTEE
  Jay L Goldstein, MD
  Roy F. Kehl Chair of Gastroenterology
  Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine
  Head, Division of Gastroenterology
  Northshore University HealthSystem
 
  Howard Vernof, MD
  Department of Medicine
  Head, Division of General Internal Medicine
  NorthShore University HealthSystem
  Clinical Associate Professor
  University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
 
  John M. Revis, MD
  Department of Medicine
  Associate Head, Division of General Medicine
  Senior Clinician Educator
  University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
 
 

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 and NorthShore University Health System. The University of Chicago 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 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.
 
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.
REGISTRATION: Registration is required, and space is limited. RSVP by telephone at (847) 570-1258 or click on the email link below.
 
 
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