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HIV Infection and Metabolic Bone Disease
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Dolores Shoback
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Overview

CME Credit Available: 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ($25 fee)
Course Number: MED1409J
Presentation Date: April 21, 2010
CME Release Date: March 1, 2011
CME Expiration Date: March 1, 2014

Anyone can browse or listen to this resource free of charge. Users who are requesting CME credit are required to complete a brief posttest, an evaluation, and a CME application, and to pay a $25 processing fee to the UCSF Office of Continuing Medical Education.

Activity Objectives

In this presentation, Dr. Shoback addresses low bone mass among HIV-infected individuals. After providing an explanation of the science of osteoporosis in HIV-uninfected patients, Dr. Shoback describes the epidemiology of low bone mass among HIV-infected individuals. She addresses key questions regarding screening and treatment, such as risk factors, when to start treatment, and what treatment is believed to be effective.

CME Accreditation

The HIV InSite Group offers this activity in conjunction with the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Office of Continuing Medical Education. The UCSF Office of Continuing Medical Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The UCSF Office of Continuing Medical Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This CME activity is accredited from March 1, 2011 to March 1, 2014. Content is reviewed yearly. Participants who successfully complete the activity posttest and submit the evaluation and registration forms are eligible to receive CME credit. Physicians (MDs, DOs, and international equivalents) may receive CME credit for completing this activity.

Grant Support and Cost

This Grand Rounds / CME activity was made possible through an educational grant from the NIAID-funded UCSF-GIVI Center for AIDS Research. There is a $25 processing fee, which goes to the UCSF Office of Continuing Medical Education.

Faculty
Presenter
Dolores Shoback, MD

Dr. Dolores Shoback is a Professor of Medicine at UCSF and Director of the UCSF Training Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism. Her research focuses on metabolic bone disease and regulation of bone remodeling.

Medical Editor
Susa Coffey, MD

Dr. Coffey is Associate Professor of Medicine and attending physician at the UCSF Positive Health Program (PHP) at San Francisco General Hospital, and Medical Editor at HIV InSite. Dr. Coffey is in practice at the two UCSF-affiliated HIV/AIDS clinics at San Francisco General Hospital and on the UCSF Parnassus campus.

Disclosure of Financial Interests

Dr. Shoback has previously received an honorarium from Novartis.

Dr. Coffey has no financial disclosures.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Grand Rounds / CME activity, please contact the UCSF Office of Continuing Medical Education:

UCSF Office of Continuing Medical Education
3333 California Street, Room 450
San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone: 415-476-4251
Fax: 415-476-0318
Registration: 415-476-5808
Registration Fax: 415-502-1795
email: info@ocme.ucsf.edu