Diabetes Symposium, Sixth Annual

Miami, FL US
October 13, 2018

Thank you for your interest in the Sixth Annual Diabetes Symposium.  At this time, we have reached our space capacity.  We would like to invite you to participate via live webcast.  Please see the information below on how to register for the live webcast.

 

You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Oct 13, 2018 7:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Diabetes Symposium, Sixth Annual

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PpuHwqA-RyaBfNaYrX2wVA

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

 

Thank you again.

 

This Sixth Annual Diabetes Symposium will focus on the medical management of common and important challenges facing health professionals who care for patients with diabetes. The multispecialty educational approach allows participants to explore treatment options, whether inpatient or outpatient, in a concise symposium format. Our esteemed faculty will discuss a wide range of topics, including erectile dysfunction in diabetic men, the management of diabetes in the hospital setting and the diabetic heart. You don’t want to miss this symposium.

For Complete Details go to Diabetes.BaptistHealth.net

 

Target Audience

Hospitalists, Internists, Family Practitioners, Emergency Medicine Physicians, Surgeons, Cardiologists, Endocrinologists, Podiatrists, Psychologists, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Pharmacists, Occupational Therapists, Respiratory Therapists, Radiology Technologists and other interested healthcare practitioners.   

 

 

Learning Objectives

  • 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.
Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 6.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 6.00 Florida Board of Dietitians
  • 6.00 Florida Board of Laboratory Personnel
  • 6.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 6.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 6.00 Florida Board of Occupational Therapy
  • 6.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • 6.00 Florida Board of Podiatric Medicine
  • 6.00 Florida Board of Psychology
  • 5.00 Florida Bureau of Radiation Control
  • 6.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
Course opens: 
04/27/2018
Course expires: 
12/29/2018
Event starts: 
10/13/2018 - 7:55am EDT
Event ends: 
10/13/2018 - 3:15pm EDT
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South Miami Hospital
6200 SW 73 St
Victor E. Clark Education Center, Auditorium
Miami, FL 33134
United States

FACULTY

For the complete faculty list and disclosures, please click HERE.

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Accreditation and Credits

Baptist Health provides accredited continuing education (CME/CE) to doctors, nurses and allied health professionals.
 
Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.

Baptist Health South Florida designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity has been approved for 6 credit hours by the Florida Boards of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine, Podiatry, the Florida Council of Physician Assistants and the Florida Board of Psychology (6 credits). CE Broker Course #20-629243.

Approved for a total of 6.0 contact hours by the Florida State Board of Nursing, Pharmacy, Occupational Therapy, Registered Dietitians and Respiratory Therapy (personal growth). CE Broker Provider #50-182. CE Broker Course #20-629243.

Approved for 5.0 continuing education credits by the Florida Bureau of Radiation Control, Provider #3201106.

Available Credit

  • 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 6.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 6.00 Florida Board of Dietitians
  • 6.00 Florida Board of Laboratory Personnel
  • 6.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 6.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 6.00 Florida Board of Occupational Therapy
  • 6.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • 6.00 Florida Board of Podiatric Medicine
  • 6.00 Florida Board of Psychology
  • 5.00 Florida Bureau of Radiation Control
  • 6.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
Please login or register for a Baptist Health CME account to take this course.

Thank you for your interest in the Sixth Annual Diabetes Symposium.  At this time, we have reached our space capacity.  We would like to invite you to participate via live webcast.  Please see the information below on how to register for the live webcast.

 

You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Oct 13, 2018 7:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Diabetes Symposium, Sixth Annual

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PpuHwqA-RyaBfNaYrX2wVA

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

 

Thank you again.

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