Lifestyle Medicine: An Overview - Primary Care Reports - May 01, 2010

Target Audience:

This activity is intended for primary care and family practice physicians.

Accreditation:

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

Credit Designation:

AHC Media designates this enduring material for a maximum of 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Primary Care Reports has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 2.25 Prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians. AAFP accreditation begins 01/01/10. Term of approval is for one year from this date. Credit may be claimed for 1 year from the date of each issue.

Faculty

Editor-in-Chief
Gregory R. Wise, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine
Wright State University
Dayton, OH;
Vice President, Medical Affairs
Kettering Medical Center
Kettering, OH

Editorial Group Head
Russell Underwood

Specialty Editor
Shelley Mark

Peer Reviewer
Clara L. Carls, DO
Program Director
Adventist Hinsdale Hospital Family Medicine Residency
Hinsdale, IL.

Author
Wayne S. Dysinger, MD, MPH
Director, Lifestyle Medicine Institute
Loma Linda University
Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loma Linda, CA.

Subjects:

  • Lifestyle Medicine: An Overview

Objectives:

  • Summarize the most recent significant primary care medicine-related studies
  • Discuss up-to-date information on all aspects of primary care, including new drugs, techniques, equipment, trials, studies, books, teaching aids, and other information pertinent to primary care
  • Evaluate the credibility of published data and recommendations
  • Describe the pros and cons of new testing procedures

Financial Disclosure:

To reveal any potential bias in this publication, and in accordance with Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education guidelines, we disclose that Gregory R. Wise, MD, FACP(editor) serves on the speaker’s bureau for the Medicines Company. Wayne S. Dysinger, MD, MPH (author), Clara L. Carls, DO (peer reviewer), Russell Underwood (Associate Publisher), and Shelley Mark (specialty editor) report no relationships with companies related to the field of study covered by this CME activity.

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