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ACTIVITY GOAL Multidisciplinary (MD) care for multiple sclerosis (MS) is an important element of supportive treatment to improve patients' quality of life. The team approach can facilitate a greater breadth and depth of comprehensive, continuous care for the MS patient in a coordinated, interdisciplinary fashion. Visit this activity to see a panel of thought leaders discuss the multidisciplinary management of multiple sclerosis.
Release Date: August 18, 2008; Valid for credit through August 18, 2009
Credits Available
Physcians - maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ for physicians; Nurses - 1.0 ANCC contact hours (None of these credits is in the area of pharmacology)
This activity is supported by an educational grant from EMD Serono, Inc.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
Describe advances in MS diagnosis and intervention
Identify factors that impact quality of life and disability in patients with MS
Create a multidisciplinary network of collaborating providers, including nurse practitioners, physician assistants, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, occupational therapists, pharmacists, neuroophthalmologists, neurologists, and other practitioners who provide support for the MS patient
Discussion of Off-Label, Investigational, or Experimental Drug Use:
Cladribine, fingolimod, and teriflunamide
Aaron P. Turner, PhD
Disclosure:
Dr. Turner
Sources of Funding for Research:
None
Consulting Agreements:
None
Speakers' Bureau/Honorarium Agreements:
None
Financial Interests/Stock Ownership:
None
Discussion of Off-Label, Investigational, or Experimental Drug Use:
None
CREDIT DESIGNATION / ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
DIME is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
DIME designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Discovery Institute of Medical Education (DIME) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Illinois Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Participants in this activity are eligible for up to 1.0 contact hours of continuing nursing education.
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