Curbside Consults: Top Questions from PCPs on Osteoporosis and PCOS

What do primary care providers need to know about osteoporosis and PCOS? Join expert faculty as they review important questions they get asked about these topics!

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CME/CE Information

1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, 1.00 ABIM MOC or 1.00 AANP, including 0.80 AANP Pharm

Release Date: 9/25/2024

Expiration Date: 11/25/2024

Topics

Learning Objectives

Utilize diagnostic imaging and pertinent past medical history to determine risk of fracture and when to start pharmacotherapy for postmenopausal osteoporosis
Identify pharmacotherapeutic treatments for management of postmenopausal osteoporosis
Describe challenges associated with treating patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis, focusing specifically on the risks of the agents used to treat and prevent osteoporosis
List the 3 diagnostic criteria for PCOS, and explain the pathophysiology of PCOS
Describe metabolic and obstetric consequences of PCOS, and enumerate treatment options for PCOS

Faculty

Violet Lagari, DO, MPH

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of Miami
Section Chief of Endocrinology
Miami VA Healthcare System
Miami, FL

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Katherine Sherif, MD

Professor of Medicine & Vice Chair, Department of Medicine
Director, Jefferson Women's Primary Care, Thomas Jefferson University Medical School, Philadelphia, PA

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Disclosures

The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by faculty, and all have been mitigated by Pri-Med Institute.

Violet Lagari,DO, MPH: No relevant financial relationships disclosed.

Katherine Sherif, MD: No relevant financial

Pamela Kushner, MD (moderator): Speaker for Janssen, Lilly/BI, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Astellas, and Novo Nordisk. Advisory for Novo Nordisk, Lilly, Boehringer Ingelheim, AstraZeneca, Abbott, Intuity, Pfizer, and Janssen. Consultant for Lilly, Boehringer Ingelheim, AsraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, and Bayer. Stockholder for Abbott. Speaker for GlaxoSmithKline.

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development, editing, and review of the content have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.

CME/CE Information

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

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AANP

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Pri-Med Institute is accredited by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners^® as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider number: 040308.

Designation Statement

This activity is approved for 1.00 contact hour of continuing education, which includes 0.80 hours of pharmacology.

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Curbside Consults: Top Questions from PCPs on Osteoporosis and PCOS

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