Accreditation and Objectives
Target Audience
This program is intended for physicians, dieticians, pharmacists, nurses, physician assistants, cardiologists, endocrinologists, internists and primary care physicians and other healthcare professionals who wish to specialize and become certified by the American board of clinical lipidology (ABCL), the accreditation council for clinical lipidology (ACCL), or who desire advanced training in the management of dyslipidemias and the metabolic syndrome.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the educational activity, participants should be able to:
- Discuss lipoprotein metabolism and the role of the vascular system in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis
- Manage dyslipidemias according to patient profiles
- Assess traditional and emerging markers for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
- Critique the role of drug therapies, nutrition, and therapeutic life style changes in the management of dyslipidemias
- Manage cardiometabolic risk factors of the metabolic syndrome
- Explain the role genetic disorders play in lipoprotein metabolism
CME credit provided by the National Lipid Association
Physicians
The National Lipid Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. The National Lipid Association designates this live activity for a maximum
of 16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Physician Assistants
NCCPA accepts AMA PRA Category I Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME.
 CE Credit provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine
Pharmacists
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
Universal Activity Number - 0809-9999-12-118-L01-P (Application).
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this continuing education activity for 16 contact hour(s) (1.6 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
e date 03/10/2011.
Nursing
This educational activity for 15.9 contact hours is provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine.
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 13485 for 15.9 contact hours.
Dietitians
The following program has been submitted for approval to the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) for 16 credits.
Criteria for Success
Statements of credit will be awarded based on the participant's attendance and submission of the activity evaluation form. A statement
of credit will be available upon completion of an online evaluation/ claimed credit form at www.lipid.org/cme.
Disclosure Statement
It is the policy of NLA to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, scientific rigor, and integrity in all of its continuing education
activities. The faculty must disclose to the participants any significant relationships with commercial interests whose products or devices
may be mentioned in the activity or with the commercial supporter of this continuing education activity. Identified conflict of interest is
resolved by NLA prior to accreditation of the activity. NLA planners and reviewers have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Commercial Support
Full notification of commercial support will be provided in the activity syllabus.
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