Original Release Date: 11/2/2011

The Omnia-Prova Education Collaborative, Inc. designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Course Description
This activity is designed to benefit the primary care physician by providing information on the importance of glycemic control to reduce the risk of complications with diabetes. These cases will help learners to address the challenges surrounding individualizing diabetic diet including the use of meal replacements to achieve treatment goals, including weight loss.

Program Objectives:

• Describe how failure to achieve the ADA goal of A1c of <7.0% affects the complications of diabetes
• Explain the importance of individualizing glycemic goals in diabetes
• Demonstrate how optimizing glycemic control (A1c and glycemic variability) changes the risk for microvascular and macrovascular complications in diabetes
• Describe the bases for individualizing the diabetic diet including the use of meal replacements
• Assess the utility of paired self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG)

Faculty:
Robert A. Vigersky, MD
Director, Diabetes Institute
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Bethesda, MD
Financial Relationship Disclosure
No relationships reported

Media Format:
Enduring online activity; slide format (no audio)

Hardware/Software Requirements: Prova Education presents this activity using basic internet formatting. We recommend the following hardware and software for best viewing:

Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Vista, or Macintosh OS X
Display resolution of 800 x 600 pixels or greater
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1
Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0
Flash 8.0

Other system configurations may work perfectly well, subject to your personal preferences.

Expiration Date: 11/2/12

This activity is supported through a restricted educational grant from Abbott Nutrition Health Institute, Abbott Laboratories, Inc.