BAMC - HS: Lunch and Learn Primary Care Webinar Series: Pharmacotherapy: Non-Insulin Medications for Diabetes Mellitus, MAY 2021

Program Description

The Lunch and Learn Webinar Series is designed to keep providers and allied healthcare personnel aware of and educated on a wide variety of topics involving the diagnosis and treatment of patients. Areas of coverage will include: pharmacology/new drugs, deployment medicine, orthopedics, sports medicine, interdisciplinary teams, and other specialty care. Presenters will promote effective communication with patients, families, communities, and other health professionals in a responsive and responsible manner that supports a team approach to the maintenance of health and the treatment of disease.

Requirement

The learner must view the training at the following site prior to completing the posttest and evaluation and claiming CE/CME credit:
https://info.health.mil/coi/idwg/LnL/Pages/Lunch-and-Learn.aspx.

Target Audience

This activity provides continuing education for physicians, nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. A certificate of attendance is available for other attendees.

Learning Objectives

  1. Define classes of oral/injectable medications, explain use and assess effectiveness in treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM).
  2. State factors to consider when prescribing medications to treat diabetes and determine proper management.
  3. Apply the Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense (VA/DoD) sequential approach plan medical management of diabetes.
  4. Recognize elements in a clinical case study to construct a treatment plan.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 Physician Assistants (AAPA)
    DHA J-7 CEPO has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.00 hours of AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid until Saturday, May 13, 2023 - 11:59pm ET. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
  • 1.00 ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit
    DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers will be provided a certificate of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers may receive a maximum of 1.00 hours for completing this Course activity.
  • 1.00 Pharmacists (ACPE)
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    No valid paper/electronic statement of credit will be offered. DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to provide continuing education for Pharmacists. This knowledge based activity will provide a maximum of 1.00 contact hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Participant CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE Monitor. There is no cost to participate in this activity.
  • 1.00 Pharmacy Technicians (ACPE)
    <JA4008136-0000-21-278-H04-T>

    No valid paper/electronic statement of credit will be offered. DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to provide continuing education for Pharmacy Technicians. This knowledge based activity will provide a maximum of 1.00 contact hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Participant CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE Monitor. There is no cost to participate in this activity.

  • 1.00 Physicians (ACCME)

    DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    DHA, J-7, CEPO designated this Course for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 Nurses (ANCC)
    DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Joint Accreditation/ Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) to provide this Continuing Nursing Education Course for a maximum of 1.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.00 Certificate of Attendance
  • 1.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)

    In support of improving patient care, DHA, J-7, CEPO 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 health care team. This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

Course opens: 
05/14/2021
Course expires: 
05/13/2023

Maj Jeffrey Colburn is the Program Director for the Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Fellowship at the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium.  He has published articles in the field of diabetes care, including serving as Chair for the 2017 VA/DoD Diabetes clinical practice guidelines published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. 

 

Col Jason Okulicz graduated from Rutgers University College of Pharmacy and then received his MD degree from UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School.  He completed both residency training in Internal Medicine and fellowship training in Infectious Diseases at Wilford Hall and Brooke Army Medical Centers in San Antonio, TX.  Col Okulicz is the Infectious Disease Consultant to the USAF Surgeon General Chair of the DHA Tri-Service Infectious Disease Working Group.  He is an active researcher with over 100 publications and book chapters and received the USAF Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Research Award.  He is a Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and has academic appointments at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, University of the Incarnate Word Feik School of Pharmacy, and the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Moderator(s)

Air Force Colonel Jason Okulicz

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Speaker(s)

Jeffrey Colburn

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 Physician Assistants (AAPA)
    DHA J-7 CEPO has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.00 hours of AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid until Saturday, May 13, 2023 - 11:59pm ET. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
  • 1.00 ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit
    DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers will be provided a certificate of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers may receive a maximum of 1.00 hours for completing this Course activity.
  • 1.00 Pharmacists (ACPE)
    <JA4008136-0000-21-278-H04-P>
    No valid paper/electronic statement of credit will be offered. DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to provide continuing education for Pharmacists. This knowledge based activity will provide a maximum of 1.00 contact hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Participant CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE Monitor. There is no cost to participate in this activity.
  • 1.00 Pharmacy Technicians (ACPE)
    <JA4008136-0000-21-278-H04-T>

    No valid paper/electronic statement of credit will be offered. DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the American Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) to provide continuing education for Pharmacy Technicians. This knowledge based activity will provide a maximum of 1.00 contact hours of pharmacy continuing education credit. Participant CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE Monitor. There is no cost to participate in this activity.

  • 1.00 Physicians (ACCME)

    DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    DHA, J-7, CEPO designated this Course for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 Nurses (ANCC)
    DHA, J-7, CEPO is accredited by the Joint Accreditation/ Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) to provide this Continuing Nursing Education Course for a maximum of 1.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.00 Certificate of Attendance
  • 1.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)

    In support of improving patient care, DHA, J-7, CEPO 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 health care team. This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

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