Course Expires 7/26/2023
Have you reviewed the 2020 AACE Postmenopausal (PMO) Clinical Practice Guidelines? This course delves into key recommendations the new guidelines provide using clinical cases to illustrate important points. Recognizing PMO as the correct diagnosis is key; issues such as fracture risk, symptoms and patient background must be considered. Once a patient has been diagnosed, is pharmacologic treatment a good option? What should be done if a patient has been on pharmacologic treatment for several years? The five clinical cases in the course provide you the opportunity to apply the new guidelines to patient situations. Discover how you can apply the guidelines to your practice.
Learning Objectives
- Evaluate how fracture risk is assessed and when osteoporosis is diagnosed.
- Describe the fundamental measures for bone health.
- Identify who meets guidance for receipt of pharmacologic therapy and proper medication(s) to treat osteoporosis.
- Recognize successful treatment of osteoporosis, sequential use of therapies and how long patients should be treated.
- Appreciate how to monitor treatment holidays.
Accreditation and Credits
The American College of Endocrinology is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American College of Endocrinology designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Maintenance of Certification
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 2.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. Only those who receive a passing score will be eligible for MOC credit. Please allow two weeks for MOC points to appear within your account on the ABIM website. Participation information will be shared with the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) through the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS).