Rheumatology Pearls

October 20, 2021

Purpose

Mary Greeley Medical Center Grand Rounds is a multi-disciplinary clinical activity which serves to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance and relationships that a physician uses to provide services for patients, the public or the profession.

Target Audience

Physicians, Advance Practice Professionals, Nurses, Ancillary Staff, Medical Students (Rotating), Non-Medical Students (Rotating), and Healthcare Administrators.

Learning Objectives

  • Review autoimmune antibody testing.
  • Identify rheumatological emergencies.
  • State preventative measures in patients with rheumatic diseases.

Speaker

Melissa Wells, MD
Rheumatologist, McFarland Clinic, Ames, IA

Education

  • Doctor of Medicine - University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS
  • Bachelors of Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology - Drake University, Des Moines, IA

Residency

  • Internal Medicine - Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Fellowship

  • Rheumatology - Duke University, Durham, NC
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AOA Category 1­B
Course opens: 
10/20/2021
Course expires: 
10/20/2021
Event starts: 
10/20/2021 - 12:00pm CDT
Event ends: 
10/20/2021 - 1:00pm CDT
Cost:
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Accreditation Statements

  • DO: Des Moines University (DMU) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. DMU designates this program for a maximum of 1.0 AOA Category 1-B credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.

EDUCATIONAL GRANTS

No commercial interest company provided financial support for this continuing education activity.

DISCLOSURE

Everyone in a position to control the content of this educational activity will disclose to the CME provider and to attendees all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. The speaker(s) will disclose if any pharmaceuticals or medical procedures and devices discussed are investigational or unapproved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Determination of educational content and the selection of speakers is the responsibility of the activity director. Firms providing financial support did not have input in these areas.

Speaker(s)

  • The speaker does not have a  financial relationships with a commercial entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients.

CME Committee

  • No member of the Mary Greeley Medical Center CME Committee who planned this activity has any financial relationship to disclose relating to the content. 

This program is supported by gifts to the Mary Greeley Medical Center Foundation from Mary Greeley Medical Center, McFarland Clinic, Availa Bank, and Green Hills Health Care Center. The content and selection of speaker(s) is the responsibility of the Mary Greeley Medical Center for Continuing Medical Education Committee and not the sponsors of this program.

DISCLAIMER

The information provided at this activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a healthcare provider relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition. The content of each presentation does not necessarily reflect the views of Des Moines University.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AOA Category 1­B

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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