VitaminD-WRAP

Optimizing Identification of and Diagnostic
Laboratory Testing for Patients at Risk for
Vitamin D Deficiency

HealthWRAP CME Disclosure

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Release Date:

June 12, 2009

Expiration Date:

June 12, 2011

Intended Audience:

The program is designed for all clinicians, program directors, nurses, and pharmacists providing care for patients with vitamin D deficiency, including primary care physicians, women’s health specialists, osteoporosis specialists, bone health specialists, internists, and other clinicians managing patients with vitamin D deficiency.

Registration:

Enrollment for this DiseaseStateWRAP is complimentary, and clinicians are invited to participate in this CME-certified DiseaseStateWRAPs and/or share this invitation with other colleagues, departmental staff members, and healthcare professionals.

Grantor Support:

The following program has been supported
by an independent medical educational grant from
Quest Diagnostics Inc.

Accreditation Statement:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the University of Massachusetts Medical School and CMEducation Resources, LLC. The University of Massachusetts Medical School is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement:

The University of Massachusetts Medical School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure

It is the policy of the University of Massachusetts Medical School to ensure fair balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all activities. All faculty participating in CME activities sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Medical School are required to present evidence-based data, identify and reference off-label product use and disclose all relevant financial relationships with those supporting the activity or others whose products or services are discussed. Faculty disclosure will be provided in the activity materials.

Policy on Faculty Disclosure:

It is the policy of the University of Massachusetts Medical School to ensure fair balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all activities. All faculty participating in CME activities sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Medical School are required to present evidence-based data, identify and reference off-label product use and disclose all relevant financial relationships with those supporting the activity or others whose products or services are discussed. Faculty disclosure will be provided in the activity materials.

Program Faculty

Michael F. Holick, Ph.D., M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics
Director of the General Clinical Research Center
Director of the Bone Health Care Clinic and the Heliotherapy,
Light, and Skin Research Center at Boston University Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Faculty Disclosures

Dr. Holick discloses that he has been a consultant for Merck, P&G, Bayer, Quest, Amgen & Novartis, and is on speaker’s bureau for Merck, P&G, Bayer, Quest, Amgen & Novartis.

Educational Objectives:

As a result of participating in this program, clinicians will:

• Learn about the epidemiology and scope of vitamin D deficiency

• Learn about risk factors and causes of vitamin D deficiency

• Learn about approaches to testing for vitamin D deficiency

• Learn about optimal screening assays for 25-Hydroxy, with a focus on tandem mass spectroscopy

• Learn to interpret 25-Hydroxy test results

• Learn about treatment strategies for vitamin D deficiency

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