After reviewing the learning objectives and accreditation below, click the Program Activities link located at the top of the page to begin the activities.
Faculty and Planning Committee
Medical Reviewer
Eduardo Slatopolsky, MD, FACP, Joseph Friedman Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine, Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Planning Committee
Tim I. Robinson, President, Millennium CME Institute, Inc., Hampton, New Hampshire
David C. Howard, BS Pharmacy, Director of Clinical Affairs,
Millennium CME Institute, Inc., Hampton, New Hampshire
Mark A. Gendreau, MD, CME Medical Director,
Millennium CME Institute, Inc., Hampton, New Hampshire
Disclaimer
The opinions expressed in this activity are those of the faculty. It should not be inferred or assumed that they are expressing the views of Abbott, any other manufacturer of pharmaceuticals, or Millennium CME Institute, Inc. The drug selection and dosage information presented in this activity are believed to be accurate. However, participants are urged to consult the full prescribing information on any agent(s) presented in this activity for recommended dosage, indications, contraindications, warnings, precautions, and adverse effects before prescribing any medication. This is particularly important when a drug is new or infrequently prescribed.
Disclosure of Significant Relationships with
Relevant Commercial Companies/Organizations
Millennium CME Institute, Inc., endorses the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Standards for Commercial Support. All faculty are required to disclose any commercial relationships or personal benefit with companies whose products are discussed in educational presentations and with companies who have provided the commercial support for this activity. Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone bias in any presentation, but is made to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a presentation.
Relevant Commercial Companies/Organizations
The faculty listed below have declared that they have no relationships to disclose:
| Mark A. Gendreau, MD | MD Edward Walshe, MD |
| David C. Howard | Nicole Weinreb, MD |
| Tim I. Robinson | Abigail Zavod, MD, MPH |
The faculty listed below have declared the following arrangements and/or affiliations:
Dennis L. Andress, MD: Consultant—Shire, Quintiles; Speakers Bureau—Abbott
Daniel W. Coyne, MD: Consultant—Abbott; Speakers Bureau—Abbott, Amgen
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAP, FACP, FASN, FAHA: Consultant, Grant/Research Support, Speakers Bureau—Abbott
Eduardo Slatopolsky, MD, FACP: Speakers Bureau—Abbott, Amgen, Genzyme
Stuart M. Sprague, DO: Grant/Research Support, Speakers Bureau—Abbott
Myles S. Wolf, MD, MMSc: Speakers Bureau—Abbott, Genzyme Corporation, Shire
Signed disclosure forms are on file at Millennium CME Institute, Inc.
Off-label Usage Disclosure
This CME-certified activity does not contain information on commercial products/devices that are unlabeled for use or investigational uses of products not yet approved.
Off-label Usage Disclosure
This CME-certified activity does not contain information on commercial products/devices that are unlabeled for use or investigational uses of products not yet approved.
Target Audience & Learning Objectives
This CME-certified activity is intended for nephrologists who treat secondary
hyperparathyroidism in patients with chronic kidney disease.
Upon completing this multimedia CME activity, you should be able to:
Upon completing this multimedia CME activity, you should be able to:
- Describe the relationship between chronic kidney disease and secondary hyperparathyroidism.
- Identify and contrast treatment options used to treat secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with chronic kidney disease.
- Discuss the survival benefit associated with active vitamin D therapy in dialysis patients.
Instructions
For each program in the multimedia CME activity, the learner should read the learning objectives and review the content in its entirety. After reviewing the material, the learner should complete the Activity Self-assessment Test consisting of a series of multiple-choice questions.
Upon successfully completing this activity as designed and achieving a passing score of 70% or higher on the Activity Self-assessment Test, participants will receive a continuing education credit letter awarding the appropriate credit.
Estimated time to complete this activity as designed is 1.0 hour.
Upon successfully completing this activity as designed and achieving a passing score of 70% or higher on the Activity Self-assessment Test, participants will receive a continuing education credit letter awarding the appropriate credit.
Estimated time to complete this activity as designed is 1.0 hour.
Accreditation
This activity was reviewed for relevance, accuracy of content, balance of presentation, and time required for participation by Edward Walshe, MD; Nicole Weinreb, MD; Abigail Zavod, MD, MPH.
Release Date: December 2006
Expiration Date: December 31, 2007
Millennium CME Institute, Inc., is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Millennium CME Institute, Inc., designates this educational program for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
© 2006 Millennium CME Institute, Inc. All rights reserved including translation into other languages. No part of this activity maybe reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from Millennium CME Institute, Inc.
Release Date: December 2006
Expiration Date: December 31, 2007
Millennium CME Institute, Inc., is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Millennium CME Institute, Inc., designates this educational program for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
© 2006 Millennium CME Institute, Inc. All rights reserved including translation into other languages. No part of this activity maybe reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from Millennium CME Institute, Inc.
This CME-certified program is supported by an educational grant from Abbott.