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Scoring Key: 5=Strongly Agree 4=Agree 3=Neutral 2=Disagree 1=Strongly Disagree NA=Not applicable to my practice
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The information and/or skills learned will enhance my professional competence or ability.
This activity conveyed information which will assist me in improving the health and/or treatment outcomes of of my patients.
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Define PDE5 inhibitor failure in the diabetic patient.
Utilize clinical principles and expert opinions to evaluate patients with erectile dysfunction.
Describe the surgical treatment options for men with erective dysfunction.
Develop a consistent approach to initiating insulin in the hospital.
Appropriately adjust insulin therapy to accommodate special situation in hospitalized patients with hyperglycemia.
Describe the mechanism of action by which diabetes mellitus (DM) can cause atherosclerotic coronary artery disease.
Explain the association between DM, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and A1C levels.
Discuss the relationship between DM and diabetic cardiomyopathy.
Describe the mechanisms linking DM, obesity and CVD.
Describe the prevalence of diabetic nephropathy and recognize its role as a major contributor to end-stage kidney disease in the U.S.
Recognize the clinical manifestations leading to the development and stage progression of diabetic nephropathy.
Utilize evolving therapeutic approaches to the treatment of diabetic nephropathy, including new diabetes drugs, dialysis and kidney transplantation.
Recognize the importance of determining glycemic goals due to the catastrophic consequences in the elderly population.
Appropriately select and use oral agents in the treatment elderly patients with diabetes.
Determine when and how to start insulin therapy in elderly populations with diabetes.
Evaluate the excess risk of CVD associated with DM compared to non-diabetic patients.
Evaluate the evidence that the use of SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 agonists in diabetic patients is associated with the reduction of CVD.
Describe the mechanisms of action for the reduction of CVD with SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 agonists and the lack of relationship to reduction in A1C.
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Scoring key: 5=Very effective, 4= Effective, 3= Somewhat effective, 2= Slightly effective, 1= Completely Ineffective, NA=Not Applicable Speakers are listed according to the lecture schedule.
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Erectile Dysfunction in Diabetic Men - Ranjith Ramasamy, M.D.
Advances in the Management of Diabetes in the Hospital Setting: Use of Oral Agents - Guillermo Umpierrez, M.D.
The Diabetic Heart - Theodore Feldman, M.D.
Diabetic Nephropathy - Gaspar Alejandro Barreto-Torrella M.D.
Management of Diabetes in the Elderly Patient - Guillermo Umpierrez, M.D., CDE
Diabetes and CV Outcomes - Theodore Feldman, M.D.
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