UCSF CME: Diabetes Update and Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism 2023

Overview:

The Diabetes Update section on Thursday focuses on new ideas and therapies relevant to patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism on Friday and Saturday will provide the clinician with updated, pragmatic information about the management of common endocrinologic and metabolic problems, as well as insight into important current areas in clinical research. Formal presentations will be accompanied by question and answer periods with general discussion. Clinical cases will focus on common endocrine problems encountered in clinical practice.

TARGET AUDIENCE: This course is intended for general internists, family physicians, general practitioners, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists, and other health professionals. It is expected that the participants will gain new life skills and strategies to manage these disorders.

Onsite and Remote Learning Options:
The course will be offered as a live conference. Registrants have the option to attend in person or to tune in remotely via zoom live stream during programming hours (Pacific Time). Login instructions along with the digital syllabus will be shared with attendees before the meeting. Included in your registration fee is access to the course recordings on demand after the conference and for 30 days after the course. You must tune in to the live conference (in person or remotely) to claim CME.

Objectives:

DIABETES UPDATE

At the completion of this program, course participants will be able to:

• Use newly introduced drugs to control glucose levels in patients with Type 2 Diabetes;
  
• Be aware of the benefits of new diabetes agents on diabetes outcomes;
  
• Appreciate which patients may benefit from beta cell replacement therapy;
  
• Appreciate how circadian rhythms impact metabolism;
  
• Initiate hybrid closed loop insulin delivery systems in patients with Type 1 Diabetes;
  
• Counsel patients on diets and glucose control;
  
• Understand autoimmune mechanisms that result in Type 1 Diabetes;
  
• Help patients deal with their fears of complications of diabetes, hypoglycemia and injections.

ADVANCES IN ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

At the completion of this program, course participants will be able to:

• Improve their management of patients with osteoporosis;
  
• Counsel patients on the role of nutrition on bone health;
  
• Evaluate and treat patients with osteomalacia;
  
• Appreciate the availability of different imaging modalities to assess disease of the bone;
  
• Assess and treat patients with glucocorticoid deficiency;
  
• Evaluating and treating men with acromegaly;
  
• Optimally manage patients with pheochromocytoma;
  
• Obtain an overview of how to manage hyponatremia;
  
• Deliver high quality care for patients with incidental thyroid nodules;
  
• Appropriately order and interpret various endocrine tests;
  
• Manage commonly encountered thyroid disorders (clinical cases);
  
• Identify and treat commonly seen lipid problems.

Accreditation:

The University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 18.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This activity meets the requirements under California Assembly Bill 1195, continuing education and cultural and linguistic competency.

Nurses
For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Physician Assistants
AAPA accepts category 1 credit from AOACCME, Prescribed Credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM for the PRA for organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Pharmacists
The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and have been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.

Registered Dieticians
The Commission on Dietetic Registration accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to Dietetic practice and have been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.

Geriatric Medicine
The approved credits shown above include 3.00 credits toward meeting the requirement under California Assembly Bill 1820, Geriatric Medicine.

ABIM Maintenance of Certification
Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn up to 18.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC points. SUBMISSION WILL BE COMPLETED ONLINE WITHIN THE GENERAL EVALUATION.

Course Outline:

G = Geriatric Credit  

Chairs:

Umesh Masharani, MB, BS, MRCP
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Faculty:

Travel & Lodging:

Marines’ Memorial Club & Hotel
609 Sutter Street,
San Francisco, CA 94102
Hotel Phone: 415-673-6672
Reservations: 800-562-7463

Reservations Information: For reservations, you can book online at https://marinesmemorial.org and click Attendees can click the “Book a Stay” Reservation button and place the offer code UCSFDIAB2023 or call 1-800-562-7463 and ask for UCSF Diabetes Update 2023 in order to receive the group rate.

Rates: $244/standard per night $264/deluxe per night
Cutoff Date: March 15, 2023 - Extended!