Vitamin D-What the Clinician Needs to Know

Vitamin D-What the Clinician Needs to Know is organized by National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF)

Start Date: May 15, 2019
Expire Date: Dec 31, 2021

Accreditation:
The National Osteoporosis Foundation is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The National Osteoporosis Foundation designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The National Osteoporosis Foundation is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. The National Osteoporosis Foundation designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 continuing nursing education credit(s).

Other healthcare providers will also be able to receive a certificate of completion; nurse practitioners and physician assistants may request an AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ certificate of participation.

Course Description:
This session will go over Vitamin D deficiency and its effects on the human body. There will also be a discussion on what the clinician needs to know in terms of statistics.

Learning Objectives:
• Appreciate the chaos in defining vitamin D status and understand why this is occurring.
• Identify common sense approach to vitamin D status and supplementation.