Turning the Tide on Venous Thromboembolism: Applying Anticoagulation Best Practices to Reduce the Disease Burden

Turning the Tide on Venous Thromboembolism: Applying Anticoagulation Best Practices to Reduce the Disease Burden is organized by University of Florida (UF) College of Medicine, Medical Learning Institute, Inc. (MLI), PeerView Institute for Medical Education (PVI) and will be held from Feb 01, 2019 - Jan 31, 2020.

Target Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of specialists in vascular medicine, pulmonology, vascular surgery, and hematology, as well as primary care providers, emergency medicine physicians, pharmacists, advanced practice clinicians, and other healthcare professionals involved in the treatment of patients with venous thromboembolism.

Providership, Credit, and Support
Physicians
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 Florida College of Medicine and PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education. The University of Florida College of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Florida College 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.

MOC Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.5 MOC points and patient safety MOC credit 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 credit.

Participation information will be shared with ABIM through the ACCME’s Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS). Blinded individual or aggregated participant data may be shared with the funder of the activity. 

Nurses
Medical Learning Institute, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Successful completion of this continuing nursing education activity will be awarded 0.5 contact hour(s).

Pharmacists
The Medical Learning Institute, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Completion of this knowledge-based activity provides for 0.5 contact hours (0.05 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credit. The Universal Activity Number for this activity is 0468-9999-18-019-H01-P. 

Activity Description and Educational Objectives
In this activity, an expert in cardiovascular medicine discusses several best practices for reducing the disease burden of venous thromboembolism.

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
• Implement evidence-based guidelines for initial and long-term anticoagulation in the treatment and secondary prevention of VTE
• Select direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) for initial and long-term VTE management based on patient preferences, appropriate dosing regimens, and specific factors such as bleeding risk and comorbidity
• Outline best practices to improve VTE risk assessment and transitions of care for patients with VTE
• Educate and counsel patients on the use of DOACs, including comparative safety and efficacy data and the importance of adhering to DOAC therapy for secondary prevention of VTE

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.