Clinical Geriatrics

Supplement to Clinical Geriatrics
A CME Certified Educational Program
NACCME (North American Center for Continuing Medical Education

This activity is supported by an educational grant from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.

Target Audience:
This program is intended for physicians treating older patients with diabetes.

Credits:
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:
• Describe the heterogeneity of the elderly population in defining individual treatment goals in diabetes.
• Utilize the American Geriatrics Society clinical guidelines for treating older adults with diabetes.
• Apply the standards of care in diabetes in the older adult.
• Use the mnemonic PLAGGUEE-FMM as a means to prioritize treatment.
• Identify the prevalence and causes of clinical inertia in initiating treatment in older adults with diabetes.

Release Date:
May 15, 2007

Expiration Date:
May 14, 2008

Method of Participation:
Read the journal article, complete the post-activity test and evaluation form, and return both to:
North American Center for CME
83 General Warren Blvd., #100
Malvern, PA 19355
Fax: (610) 560-0501

Successful Completion:
Successful completion entails participants obtaining a score of at least 70% on the post-test. A certificate of completion will be mailed to the address listed on your post-test/evaluation form within 6 weeks of receipt of the documents.

Accreditation:
MD/DO:This activity is sponsored by the North American Center for Continuing Medical Education (NACCME).

NACCME is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

NACCME designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity has been planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Essential Areas and Policies.

Faculty Disclosures:
All those with control over the content of continuing education programs sponsored by NACCME are expected to disclose to the meeting audience any real or apparent conflicts of interest related to the content of their presentation. It is not assumed that these financial interests or affiliations will have an adverse impact on presentations; they are simply noted here to fully inform participants.
Dr. Pinkstaff has disclosed that she has no significant financial relationship with any organization that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of her article materials.

Dr. Irwig has disclosed that he has no significant financial relationship with any organization that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of his article materials.

Commercial Supporter:
This activity is supported by an educational grant from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.

Conflict of Interest Resolution/Content Validation:
In compliance with ACCME Standards for Commercial Support and NACCME’s policy and procedure for resolving conflicts of interest, this continuing medical education activity was reviewed by a member of the Geriatric Advisory Board in April 2007 for clinical content validity, to ensure that the activity’s materials are fair, balanced, and free of bias toward the commercial supporter(s) of the activity, and that activity materials represent a standard of practice within the profession in the U.S. and that any studies cited in the materials upon which recommendations are made are scientifically objective and conform to research principles generally accepted by the scientific community.