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Part 2 - Physician Training in Age Management Medicine
16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Release date: Jan. 1,
2007. Updated: August 1, 2007,
Expiration Date: July 31. 2009.
Faculty:
Jeff Life, MD, PhD, Course Co-Director; Alvin Lin, MD, Course
Co-Director; Beth Traylor, MD
What you must do to obtain credit for
this course.
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Faculty
Bios - Jeff Life,
MD, PhD; Alvin Lin, MD; Beth Traylor, MD.
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disclosures .
After completing this module, the
physician will be able to . . .
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Obtain a health history pertinent to
age management medicine
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Interpret laboratory studies as
prescribed by CERF for assessing the physical, mental and
emotional status of the patient
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Develop and implement an
individualized regimen for nutrition, exercise and hormonal
optimization
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Develop and implement a plan to
resolve side effects and promote adherence to treatment regimen
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Formulate a treatment plan, using
evidence-based research presented in home-study subsets, on-site
clinical practice and your personal review of the literature
Review the
references provided in Part 2.
Part 2 demonstrates your
competency in age management medicine (AMM). There are 50
questions, covering basic science/clinical science and 20 real-life
case studies, all multiple-choice. To answer these case study
questions, you must consider the complete patient history and be
able to interpret the laboratory results accompanying each case,
based on the standardized dosing algorithm given during the formal
training modules.
Eligibility for Part 2.
You must first satisfactorily complete Part 2 and be licensed
in good standing in the state you are practicing. Upon completing
Part 1 at the training site, the battery of basic
science/clinical science questions and case studies are made
available to you via a home study.
A Cenegenics Education and Research Foundation (CERF)
certificate is awarded when Part 1 and Part 2 are
successfully completed. The certificate states the certificate
holder has met certain standards and has passed an examination
conducted by CERF and the Foundation for Care Management (FCM),
demonstrating to the satisfaction of CERF that the certificate
holder has the training and qualifications needed to practice age
management medicine.
Certificate of
Completion.
Each case study must be reviewed and questions
answered, focused on specific sub-topics including . . .
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Basic Science/Clinical Science (50
questions)
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Introduction to Age Management
Medicine (5 cases)
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Hormonal Evaluation of the Aging
Male (5 cases)
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Hormonal Evaluation of the Aging
Female (5 cases)
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Human Growth Hormone Evaluation for
an Adult Onset Growth Hormone Deficiency (5 cases)
Address general questions on the case studies to
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JDunn@FCMcme.org or phone 206.274.5722. You will receive a response within three working days.
Submission, Grading,
Retaking Exam.
Answers to the basic science/clinical science questions and case
studies must be returned to the CERF faculty. Grading is completed
within five working days of receipt. Three out of four questions in
each case study must be answered correctly and a passing 80% earned
for each sub-topic to receive credit for the module. CERF must
receive the answers to the basic science/clinical science questions
and case studies (along with the evaluation) within 90 days from the
date you received the exam. If a passing score isn’t earned, the
entire module must be retaken; the module can be retaken a maximum
of two times. A $500 fee will be assessed for any exam taken
after the allotted 90-day period.
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This
activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the
Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship
of the Foundation for Care Management (FCM) and Cenegenics Education
and Research Foundation (CERF).
FCM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical
education for physicians. FCM designates this educational activity
for a maximum of 16 AMA PRA
Category 1 credits TM Physicians may claim
only those hours engaged in the activity.
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