The Tennessee Diabetes Prevention and Control Program along with Vanderbilt School of Medicine and the Eskind Diabetes Center are offering a CME opportunity to Tennessee health care providers who treat patients with diabetes.
The webcast program consists of four one hour segments which may be viewed individually and will be available through April.
The following link/web address may be used to view the webcast:
http://webcast.streamlogics.com/audience/index.asp?eventid=94576661
Vanderbilt is pleased to offer this free CME opportunity to providers as a part of the collaborative effort and are hopeful that providers in Tennessee will find the information in the program useful in their practices.
Any questions regarding the program can be directed to Laurie Shackleford, NP at laurie.shackleford@vanderbitl.edu.
CME: Vanderbilt School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Vanderbilt School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. A certificate of attendance will be issued to nurse practitioners, registered nurses, registered dietitians, and certified diabetes educators attending the workshop.
Speakers:
Tom Elasy, M.D., M.P.H., Director of Vanderbilt Eskind Diabetes Clinic
"The Changing Face of Diabetes in 2009"
Shari Barkin, M.D, M.S.H.S., Director of Pediatric Obesity Research
"Pediatric Obesity- Prevention and Control in the Latino Population"
Becky Gregory, Registered Dietitian
"Diabetes Medical Nutrition Therapy: A Lesson in History"
Russell Rothman, M.D., Assistant Professor, Health Services Research
"Addressing Health Literacy and Numeracy in Diabetes Prevention and Control"