This activity is made possible by an unrestricted educational grant from Innovative Healthcare Solutions, West Palm Beach, FL
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Instructions
This online activity is formatted to include text and graphics, and may include other multimedia features. There are no fees for participating and receiving credit for this activity.
Participation in this self-study activity should be completed in approximately 1 hour. To successfully complete this activity and receive credit, participants must complete the following steps during the period from December 1 , 2005 through December 31, 2006.
- Make sure you have provided your professional degree in your profile. Your degree is required for you to be issued the appropriate credit. For information on applicability and acceptance of continuing medical education (CME) credit for this activity, please consult your professional licensing board.
- Read the target audience, learning objectives, and author disclosures.
- Study the educational activity online.
- Read, complete, and submit answers to the posttest questions and evaluation questions online. Participants must receive a test score of at least 70% and respond to all required evaluation questions to receive a certificate.
- When finished, click “Submit”.
- After submitting the activity evaluation, you may view your certificate online or print it by clicking the print button of your Internet browser. Your credits will be tallied in your CME tracker called “My Courses ”.
For technical assistance with this program, please send an email stating your issue to: info@mediwirenetwork.com.
Target Audience
This activity is intended for neurologists, anesthesiologists, physiatrists, orthopedic surgeons, rheumatologists, internists, and family physicians.
Statement of Need & Course Description
Despite the reduction in jobs that require heavy lifting, the number of people that suffer from low back pain (LBP) has remained constant.1 In fact, LBP is the most prevalent reason for office visits to occupational medicine physicians, orthopedic surgeons, and neurosurgeons.2 In the United States, interventions for LBP annually result in millions of office visits often to specialists, such as osteopathic physicians, allopathic general and family physicians, chiropractors, and orthopedic surgeons.2 Almost half of all office visits for LBP involve spinal manipulation intervention by osteopathic physicians or chiropractors.2 This monograph will explore the newest types of physical rehabilitation as an alternative to surgery, as well as other conservative methods of treating LBP, that can be integrated with pharmacologic therapies to provide a multidisciplinary approach for the relief of LBP.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
- Describe the prevalence and societal impact of LBP
- Identify the primary structures affected by the degenerative process of aging, as well as other nongenerative causes that can result in chronic LBP
- List the signs and symptoms of the few specific disorders that require immediate treatment and can lead to LBP
- Summarize the current physical medicine-based treatment options available for chronic LBP
Accreditation Statement
This continuing medical education 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 Albert Einstein College of Medicine and CME2. Albert Einstein College of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation
Albert Einstein College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 category 1 credit toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. Estimated time to complete this activity: 1 hour.
Disclosure Statement
The Conflict of Interest Disclosure Policy of Albert Einstein College of Medicine requires that faculty participating in any CME activity disclose to the audience any relationship(s) with a pharmaceutical or equipment company. Any presenter whose disclosed relationships prove to create a conflict of interest with regard to their contribution to the activity will not be permitted to present. The Albert Einstein College of Medicine also requires that faculty participating in any CME activity disclose to the audience when discussing any unlabeled or investigational use of any commercial product or device, not yet approved for use in the United States.
Disclaimer
The views and opinions expressed in this educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, CME2, or Innovative Healthcare Solutions. Please review complete prescribing information of specific drugs or combination drugs, including indications, contraindications, warnings and adverse effects before administering pharmacologic therapy to patients.
Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy Statement for Internet CME Activities
Center for Continuing Medical Education
Albert Einstein College of Medicine & Montefiore Medical Center
This statement explains the Center for Continuing Medical Education’s online information practices to assure your privacy when participating in CME activities on the Internet.
Information Collected and Purpose
Regarding visitors to the Internet site:
- We collect aggregate information on what pages are visited in order to assess and improve the content of the site.
- Our Web server does not automatically recognize information regarding individual users, eg, domain name or email address.
- We do not set
any “cookies” to track visitor’s identification or use of the site.
When visitors register for CME activities:
- We ask for information about their identity in order to maintain a record of their participation.
Additionally, when visitors participate in Internet CME activities:
- We ask participants to complete a knowledge test as part of a CME activity in order to provide feedback concerning the participant’s understanding of the content.
- We ask participants to evaluate CME activities in order to improve these activities and future ones.
Other Uses of Information
We may use the information you provide to contact you:
- To check on potential verification problems, eg, duplicate registration for the same activity.
- To ask for more detail about information you have provided, eg, on your suggestions for improvements.
You may request that we provide you with a copy of our record of the information that you provided to us. (See “Contact Information” below.)
Change in Policy
If our information practices change, we will modify this policy statement and use for these new purposes only data collected from the time of the policy change forward.
Security
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Concerns about Following Policy
If you feel that actions associated with this site are not consistent with this privacy policy, you may contact the CCME office directly (see “Contact Information” below). Alternatively, you may contact the Center for Continuing Medical Education by email at cme@montefiore.org.
Contact Information
If you have questions about this privacy policy or other questions regarding CME at the Center for Continuing Medical Education, you are welcome to contact us:
Phone: (718) 920-6674
Fax: (718) 798-2336
Email: cme@montefiore.org
Mail: Center for Continuing Medical Education
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center
3301 Bainbridge Avenue
Bronx, New York 10467
Faculty & Disclosures
Course Director:
This activity has been prepared under the direction of:
Binod Prasad Shah, MD
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York
Faculty:
Michael K. Schaufele, MD
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Emory University
Attending Physiatrist
The Emory Spine Center
Atlanta, Georgia
Dr. Shah has no financial interest/relationship or affiliations with any commercial interests.
Dr. Schaufele has a financial interest/relationship or affiliation in the form of: Grant/Research Support: North American Medical Corporation; Orthovita, Inc; and Smith & Nephew, Inc; Consultant: North American Medical Corporation.
Support Statement
This continuing medical education activity is supported through an unrestricted educational grant from
Innovative Healthcare Solutions, West Palm Beach, FL.
Term of Approval December 1, 2005 through December 31, 2006.
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