Osteoporosis Update
In this online course Shawn Baca, M.D., FACR presents Osteoporosis Update. Dr. Baca will define osteoporosis and its risk factors, discuss treatment and prevention of osteoporosis, and analyze controversies and difficulties in osteoporosis management.
Target Audience
Internal Medicine Physicians, Family Medicine Physicians, Obstetricians, Hospitalists, Fellows, Physician Assistants, Residents, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Nurses, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and all other interested healthcare providers.
Learning Objectives
- Identify osteoporosis risk factors, explain available discuss treatment options and implement prevention strategies in clinical practice.
- Analyze controversies and difficulties in osteoporosis management.
Shawn Baca, M.D., F.A.C.R.
Rheumatology Associates of South Florida (RASF)
RASF Clinical Research
Clinical Associate Professor
Schmidt School of Medicine
Florida Atlantic University
Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Boca Raton, Florida
Shawn Baca, M.D., F.A.C.R., faculty of this education activity, is an independent contractor for Radius. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated and has indicated that the presentation will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.
John Rubin, M.D., conference director for this educational activity, has indicated that he is a shareholder in AstraZeneca, Merck, and Bristol Myers Squibb.
Kenneth Rosenthal, M.D., conference director for this educational activity, has indicated that he is on the speakers' bureau for AbbVie.
All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies*.
*Ineligible companies – Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
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 enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.25 Medical Knowledge MOC point 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.
Your participation information will be shared with specialty boards through the ACCME's PARS reporting system. Successful completion of a course examination is required. Submissions are recorded in approximately 48 hours. You will receive an email when your credits have been processed.
Through an agreement between the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, medical practitioners participating in the Royal College MOC Program may record completion of accredited activities registered under the ACCME’s “CME in Support of MOC” program in Section 3 of the Royal College’s MOC Program.
Available Credit
- 1.25 ABIM MOC II
- 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.25 General certificate of attendance
- 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
- 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
- 1.25 Florida Board of Pharmacy
Your participation information will be shared with specialty boards through the ACCME's PARS reporting system. Successful completion of a course examination is required. Submissions are recorded in approximately 48 hours. You will receive an email when your credits have been processed.
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