0269_ABSMC_Journal Club - January - Osteoporosis and Therapeutic Options_Live

January 8, 2024

Description:

This activity is a continuing education journal club which is used to facilitate an evidence-based approach to problem solving, as a tool for informing guideline development and to enable an exchange of insights regarding clinical problems related to degenerative lumbar pathologies. In this session, the physician team will be sharing best practice on treatment approaches intended to improve outcomes after elective lumbar surgeries.

Target Audience

Physicians (MD or DO)

Learning Objectives

After participation in the 1/8/24 session, learners should be able to:

1. Apply strategies to critically analyze and descriptively evaluate the medical literature relevant to specific specialties.

2. Identify which patients to screen for osteoporosis and who may need further evaluation of their low bone density.

3. Discuss when and how to treat low bone density based on risk factor stratification.

4. Demonstrate understanding of the different therapeutic options, including recommendations for drug holidays, for degenerative lumbar pathologies.

Course summary

Available credit:

1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
In support of improving patient care, Sutter Health, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for physicians. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Hour(s)
In support of improving patient care, Sutter Health, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Sutter Health certifies this Live activity was designated for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Hour(s). Non-physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Course opens:

01/08/2024

Course expires:

02/08/2024

Event starts:

01/08/2024 - 5:30pm PST

Event ends:

01/08/2024 - 7:00pm PST

Cost:

$0.00

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Rating:

Assembly Bills 1195 & 241- Providing Culturally Appropriate Care which is Free of Implicit Biases:

Reyes, S. G., Bajaj, P. M., Alvandi, B. A., Kurapaty, S. S., Patel, A. A., & Divi, S. N. (2023). Impact of Social Determinants of Health in Spine Surgery. Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine, 16(1), 24–32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12178-022-09811-1
Al Jammal, O. M., Shahrestani, S., Delavar, A., Brown, N. J., Gendreau, J. L., Lien, B. V., Sahyouni, R., Diaz-Aguilar, L. D., Shalakhti, O. S., & Pham, M. H. (2022). Demographic predictors of treatments and surgical complications of lumbar degenerative diseases: An analysis of over 250,000 patients from the National Inpatient Sample. Medicine, 101(11), e29065. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000029065

Disclosure of Financial or In-Kind Commercial Support & Conflict of Interest

No one involved in the planning or presentation of this educational activity have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. No financial or in-kind commercial support was received to produce or promote this educational activity.

– Provider Designee/Verification: Kerri Maya, PhD(c), MSL, RN, NPD-BC

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