ePrimaryCare Review | eMedEvents

ePrimaryCare Review is organized by DKBmed.

Date of release: June 15, 2019
Expiration date: January 17, 2022

Estimated time to complete each activity: 60 minutes per newsletter, 30 minutes per podcast.

Intended Audience:
The target audience for this initiative includes primary care clinicians.

Accreditation Statements:
Physicians
Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn up to 6 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC points.

Credit Designation Statements:
Physicians
eNewsletter: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Podcast: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Course Format:
The ePrimaryCare Review series will consist of a monthly review of journal literature on key, pertinent topics, emailed as either a newsletter or podcast, to primary care clinicians. The activities are delivered as 4 bi-monthly newsletters and 4 alternating podcasts. Participants will have up to 2 years to complete the 4 newsletters and 4 podcasts in order to earn CME credit.

Description:

Dear Colleague,

We are pleased to announce that our popular eLiterature Review series is extending to primary care! ePrimaryCare Review is a no-cost CME program that features experts in a variety of fields providing you valuable information directed specifically to primary care.

ePrimaryCare Review will be covering key topics such as:
• HIV: Provider and patient barriers to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
• Type 2 diabetes: Management of older adults
• COPD: Current and emerging therapies and individualizing therapies
• COPD: Inhaled therapy strategies

Over 50,000 health care providers are subscribed to eLiterature Review in areas such as viral hepatitis, HIV, pulmonology, and diabetes. Join your colleagues in this highly-rated educational program.

Learning Objectives:
After participating in this activity, the participant will demonstrate the ability to:
• Compare current and emerging therapies for COPD and their use in individualized therapy, as described in GOLD, based on patients’ needs.
• Describe the circumstances under which patients should be referred for pulmonary rehabilitation.
• Explain how the GOLD guidelines assist in diagnosing COPD and managing treatment.
• Discuss when and how spirometry should be used in the diagnosis of COPD.
• Discuss provider-related barriers to effective implementation of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in primary care.
• Describe patient-related barriers to increased uptake of PrEP.
• Summarize potential disparities in awareness and access to PrEP among priority populations with high rates of new HIV infections.
• Discuss the need for individualized care as well as recommended glycemic targets in older adults.
• Summarize the efficacy and safety of different classes of antihyperglycemic medications in older adults.
• Discuss appropriate de-intensification of anti-hyperglycemic medications, particularly insulin, to minimize risk of hypoglycemia.