Medicine Today
Internal Medicine Webcast Series
Bariatric Surgery: Treatment of Choice
for the Metabolic Syndrome
Release Date: March 1, 2007
Renewal Date: May 8, 2009
Expiration Date: May 8, 2010
 |
||
|
How to Obtain AMA PRA
|
|
 |
||
Estimated Time of Completion: 60 minutes
Description
The Medicine Today, Internal Medicine Webcast Series features on-demand
CME webcasts. Each webcast consists of an hour-long video presentation
and related questions following the video.
Upon completing the CME activity, the post-test, the evaluation and registration forms, you will have an opportunity to print your CME certificate for your records.
Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- Discuss the basic pathophysiology of the metabolic syndrome.
- Acquire recognition and appreciation of the major weight reduction operations performed currently.
- Describe complications and weight loss associated with bariatric surgery.
- Discuss the effect of bariatric surgery on components of the metabolic syndrome.
- Explain the role of bariatric surgery as a model for research into pathophysiologic mechanisms of insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome.
Target Audience
This activity is intended for general internists and subspecialists.
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 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. 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 Director
William D. Carey, MD
Director, Center for Continuing Education
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Author / Faculty
Philip Schauer, MD
Director, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Faculty Disclosure
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 has indicated that he may have a relationship which, in the context of his presentation, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:
| Philip Schauer, MD | ||
| Consulting, Investigator |
Bard-Davol |
|
| Scientific Advisory Board |
Barosense |
|
| Educational Grant Recipient |
Baxter |
|
| Teaching, Speaking |
Dowden |
|
| Consulting, Teaching, Speaking, Investigator |
Ethicon |
|
| Teaching, Speaking |
Gore |
|
| Educational Grant Recipient |
Invacare |
|
| Board Membership |
ReMedyMD |
|
| Consulting, Teaching, Speaking, Investigator |
Stryker |
|
The following faculty has indicated he has no relationship which, in the context of his presentation, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:
William D. Carey, MD
This CME activity was produced by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Center for Continuing Education.
