Program Description:
Eating disorders are common among adolescents, and exact a heavy toll on patients and their families. Up to 10% of affected individuals will ultimately die as a result of their disease. This case study features a young female patient who presents with signs and symptoms of the most common eating disorder, anorexia nervosa (AN). Strategies to appropriately diagnose and manage AN in primary care as part of the multi-disciplinary care approach will be demonstrated.
INTENDED AUDIENCE:
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, physician assistants, and other healthcare providers.
Activity Objectives:
After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:
- Apply evidence-based best practice in the treatment of an adolescent with anorexia nervosa
- Define the roles of the multidisciplinary team in the outpatient management of eating disorders
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Credits
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Type
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Accreditation Statement
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Designation Statement
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1.00
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AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM
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This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through joint sponsorship of the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (CFMC), Office of Continuing Education and Haymarket Medical Education. CFMC is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
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Colorado Foundation for Medical Care designates this enduring material internet activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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Faculty:
Daniel Le Grange, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Disclosures:
Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (CFMC) ensures balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all our educational activities. In accordance with this policy, CFMC identifies conflicts of interest with its instructors, content managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of an activity. Conflicts are resolved by CFMC to ensure that all scientific research referred to, reported, or used in a CME activity conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis. CFMC is committed to providing its learners with high-quality CME activities that promote improvements or quality in health care and not the business interest of a commercial interest.
Daniel Le Grange, PhD, is a consultant to Training Institute for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders, LLC.
All other members of the faculty and planning team have nothing to disclose nor do they have any vested interests or affiliations. It is the policy of Haymarket Medical Education and Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (CFMC) that the faculty discloses real or apparent conflicts of interest relating to the topics of the educational activity.
Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain discussion of unapproved and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. CFMC and Haymarket Medical Education 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 CFMC and HME. 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 on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.
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Copyright
Copyright © 2012 (Haymarket Medical Education). All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced, displayed, modified or distributed without the express prior written permission of the copyright holder.
Sponsor:
This Continuing Educational activity is joint sponsored by the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care and Haymarket Medical Education.
If you have any questions pertaining to CME accreditation, please contact Craig Mattingly at CFMC via email at
cmattingly@cfmc.orgQuestions pertaining to the content, programming, or system issues please contact myCME Web Support at
myCME.Support@haymarketmedical.com.
Commercial Supporter:
There is no commercial support for this educational activity.
Instructions:
To obtain credit, a score of 70% or better is required. This CME is offered at no cost to participants. Please proceed with the activity until you have successfully completed this program, answered all test questions, completed the post-test survey, and have received your digital copy of your credit certificate. Your online certificate will be saved on myCME.com within your Profile/Exam History, which you can then access at any time.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
WINDOWS PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
266-MHz Pentium II; Windows 98 or higher; 64 MB RAM; 800 x 600 screen resolution
set for “High Color (16-Bit)”; Macromedia Flash Player 6 or higher.
MACINTOSH® SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Power Mac g3 at 300 MHz; System 8.5 or higher (excluding Mac OSX); 96 MB RAM; 20
MB minimum hard disk space available; 800 x 600 screen resolution set to “Thousands
of Colors”; Macromedia Flash Player 6 or higher.