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Taking Care Over the Long Haul: Improving Diabetes Management in Commercial Truck Drivers

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Improve your management of diabetes among commercial drivers, with lessons you can apply to all your patients with diabetes

Physicians : maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 {Credit}

Released: April 23, 2018

Expiration: April 22, 2019

No longer available for credit.

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Faculty

Daniel Lorber

Daniel Lorber, MD, FACP, CDE

Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Flushing, New York

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Provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine
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Supporters

This activity is supported by independent educational grants from

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals and Lilly USA LLC

Lilly USA

Partners

HTAA and AADE

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Target Audience

This activity is intended for DOT-certified physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners who provide assessments of commercial drivers with or at risk for diabetes.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
  • Compare and contrast the risk factors for diabetes and comorbid diseases between commercial drivers and the general population
  • Individualize and maintain glycemic targets for commercial truckers that reflect glycemic patterns, patient factors, and considerations for driving safety
  • Safely and appropriately select and combine antihyperglycemic medications to initiate and/or intensify individualized diabetes regimens for patients without glycemic control
  • Consider findings of cardiovascular outcomes trials when selecting antidiabetes regimens for commercial drivers with elevated cardiovascular risk factors

Faculty Disclosure

Primary Author

Daniel Lorber, MD, FACP, CDE

Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Flushing, New York

Daniel Lorber, MD, FACP, CDE, has no real or apparent conflicts of interest to report.

Staff Disclosure

Staff

Megan K. Murphy, PhD

Scientific Director

Megan Murphy, PhD, has no real or apparent conflicts of interest to report.

Jenny Schulz, PhD

Associate Managing Editor, Hepatitis
Clinical Care Options, LLC

Jenny Schulz, PhD, has no real or apparent conflicts of interest to report.

Zachary Schwartz, MSc, ELS

Scientific Director

Zachary Schwartz, MSc, ELS, has no real or apparent conflicts of interest to report.

Carolyn Skowronski, PharmD

Associate Director, Scientific Services

Carolyn Skowronski, PharmD, has no real or apparent conflicts of interest to report.

Instructions for Credit


Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and Clinical Care Options, LLC. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation

The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Creditâ„¢. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Additional Information

Participation in this self-study activity should be completed in approximately 1 hours. To successfully complete this activity and receive credit, participants must follow these steps during the period from April 23, 2018, through April 22, 2019:

1. Register online at http://www.clinicaloptions.com.
2. Read the target audience, learning objectives, and faculty disclosures.
3. Study the educational activity online or printed out.
4. Submit answers to the posttest questions and evaluation questions online.

You must receive a test score of at least 70% and respond to all evaluation questions to receive a certificate. After submitting the evaluation, you may access your online certificate by selecting the certificate link on the posttest confirmation page. Records of all CME/CE activities completed can be found on the "CME/CE Manager" page. There are no costs/fees for this activity.

Program Medium

This program has been made available online.


Goal


The goal of this activity is to improve the competence of DOT-certified examiners and other clinicians in managing diabetes among commercial drivers, a targeted patient population at high risk for both diabetes as well as adverse diabetes-related health outcomes.