Release date: 1/31/2018
Expiration date: 1/31/2019
Estimated time to complete activity: 1.25 hours
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of clinicians involved in otorhinolaryngology care.
Educational Objectives
Hardware and Software Requirements
Processor Speed: 1.4 GHz P3
Memory: 256 MB RAM (20MB available)
Operating Systems Supported: Windows 7, 2000/XP, MAC
Browsers Supported: Internet Explorer 5.5 or greater, Mozilla Firefox and Safari 3.525 or greater
Additional Requirements: Flash player 8.0 or greater, 800x600 Resolution or higher with 32-bit color
Connection Speed: 128 Kbps or better
Adobe Acrobat: 6.0 or greater
Educational Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
- Discuss novel techniques to treat head and neck diseases.
- Chose which patients are appropriate for treatments.
- Apply new information to treatment algorithms for OTO problems.
- Determine which patients should be considered for referral to tertiary care centers.
- Assess whether new information can be applied to local or regional practices.
Method of Participation and Request for Credit
HOW TO RECEIVE YOUR CME/CE CERTIFICATE STATEMENT OF PARTICIPATION
We support green CME by offering your request for CME/CE credit online. In order to obtain your CME/CE certificate, please follow the steps below at the conclusion of the meeting:
- Go to www.cmeuniversity.com
- Register or Login (will take less than 1 minute)
- Type in 12285 at the top of the page, “Find Post-Test/Evaluation by Course”, click enter
- Click on activity title and date when it appears
- Choose the type of credit you would like
- Complete the Posttest
- Complete online Evaluation
- Receive an immediate Certificate to download and/or print for your files
If you have any questions regarding the CME certification for this activity, please contact Postgraduate Institute for Medicine at: inquiries@pimed.com or (303) 799-1930.
Penn Faculty
Gregory S. Weinstein, MD, FACS
Co-Director, Center for Head and Neck Cancer
Professor of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and the Division of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery/Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is jointly accredited by the American 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.
The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Credit Designation
The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity
Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires instructors, planners, managers and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest (COI) they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified COI are thoroughly vetted and resolved according to PIM policy. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality CME activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.
The faculty reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity:
Dr. Weinstein reports royalties from Olympus Corporation
The planners and managers reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity:
The following PIM planners and managers, Trace Hutchison, PharmD, Samantha Mattiucci, PharmD, CHCP, Judi Smelker-Mitchek, RN, BSN, and Jan Schultz, MSN, RN, CHCP, hereby state that they or their spouse/life partner do not have any financial relationships or relationships to products or devices with any commercial interest related to the content of this activity of any amount during the past 12 months.