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How to Obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
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Volume 77, Number 6
Should patients with mild asthma use inhaled steroids?
First Step: Review Information Below to Begin Activity
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Expiration Date: May 31, 2011
Description
Each learning activity within the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine CME series is based on an article from the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, a post-test, and an evaluation.
Objective
Readers will consider prescribing inhaled corticosteroids to their patients who have mild persistent asthma.
Target Audience
Directed to internists, cardiologists, and other physicians.
Accreditation
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association Council on Continuing Medical Education for Category 2 credit.
Activity DirectorBrian F. Mandell, MD, PhDChairman, Department of Medicine, Education Institute Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Editor-in-Chief, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH |
Co-Activity DirectorTimothy Gilligan, MDTaussig Cancer Institute and Department of Bioethics Deputy Editor, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH |
Authors / Faculty
| Susan Razavi Abouhassan, MD Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH |
David M. Lang, MD Head, Allergy/Immunology Section, and Co-director, Asthma Center Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH |
Disclosures
In accordance with the Standards for Commercial Support issued by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education requires resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest to ensure CME activities are free of commercial bias.
The following faculty have indicated that they have a relationship, which in the context of their contribution(s), could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:
| Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD (Activity Director) | ||
| Fees for consulting and speaking (CME lectures): | Takeda Pharmaceuticals |
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| Paid independent contractor (clinical trials): | Savient Pharmaceuticals | |
| Consultant: | URL Pharma | |
| Section editor (rheumatology and immunology): | The Merck Manual | |
| David M. Lang, MD | ||
| Honoraria for teaching and speaking: | Merck Schering-Plough, Genentech-Novartis, sanofi-aventis, GlaxoSmithKline, and AstraZeneca | |
| Honoraria for consulting: | GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, and MedImmune | |
| Phillip E. Canuto (Executive Editor) | ||
| Ownership interest (common stock): | Merck and Medco | |
The following faculty have indicated they have no relationship which, in the context of their contribution(s), could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:
Timothy Gilligan, MD (Co-Activity Director)
Susan Razavi Abouhassan, MD
All other CCJM staff report no relevant financial relationships
Next Step:
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Final Step:
Proceed to Posttest and Complete the CME Process
This CME activity was produced by the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine and the Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education.
