Credits for Winter 2012

Kaiser Permanente physicians may earn up to 4 AMA PRA Category 1 credits for reading and analyzing the designated CME articles published in each edition of TPJ.

Other Kaiser Permanente clinicians for whom CME is acceptable in meeting educational requirements may report up to four hours of attendance.

Accreditation

The Kaiser Permanente National Continuing Medical Education Program (KPNC MEP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council
 for Continuing Medical Education (ACC ME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The KPNC MEP designates this educational activity for 4 AMA PRA Category 1 credits.

Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that s/he actually spent in the educational activity. All editors, reviewers, and authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose; where any possible conflict is indicated, it has been reviewed and found not to have any impact on the article content.

Objectives of Continuing Medical Education

1. to inculcate the use of evidence based medicine as part of the science of medicine.

2. to stress the art of medicine via enhanced patient physician communication, improved care experience for patients, and more satisfying care giving experience for physicians and staff through better teamwork.

3. to review appropriate updates on the diagnosis and treatment of clinical conditions.

4. to describe infrastructure and systems improvements that lead to improvements in outcomes and patient care experiences.

All sections must be complete to receive credit.