Mayo Clinic Proceedings - Symposium on Pain Medicine - Common Functional Gastroenterologic Disorders Associated With Abdominal Pain (August 1, 2016)

One of the premier peer-reviewed clinical journals in general and internal medicine, Mayo Clinic Proceedings is among the most widely read and highly cited scientific publications for physicians, with a circulation of approximately 125,000. Mayo Clinic Proceedings is published by Elsevier and sponsored by Mayo Clinic and the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. The mission of Mayo Clinic Proceedings is to promote the best interest of patients by advancing the knowledge and professionalism of the physician community. Since 2009 the Journal has offered CME credit for specific articles from both the Mayo Clinic for Concise Review for Clinicians and specially commissioned Symposia articles (comprehensive coverage on one topic).  

Participation in this activity consists of reviewing articles and responding to a short online test. It is estimated that this activity will take approximately one hour per article.  There is no charge for participating in this Journal CME activity.

NOTE: You must select AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM in your profile's credit eligiblility field in order for the sytem to recognize that you want CME credit. The system will only issue credit for the credit types that match your profile.

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Target Audience

The target audience for Mayo Clinic Proceedings is primarily internal medicine physicians and other clinicians who wish to advance their current knowledge of clinical medicine and who wish to stay abreast of advances in medical research.

Learning Objectives

On completion of this article, you should be able to: (1) recall the epidemiology of gastroenterologic disorders associated with abdominal pain, (2) evaluate clinical features to make a precise clinical diagnosis, and (3) select appropriate diagnostic tests and therapeutic options.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ABIM
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Course opens: 
08/01/2016
Course expires: 
07/31/2018

Planning Committee:
William Lanier, M.D., Thomas Beckman, M.D., Christopher M. Wittich, M.D., S. Vincent Rajkumar, M.D., Terry Jopke, Peg Wentz, Kim Sankey, Nicki Smith

Authors:
Adil E. Bharucha, MBBS, MD, Subhankar Chakraborty, MBBS, Christopher D. Sletten, PhD, LP

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, and Division of Psychology and Department of Pain Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida.

Conflicts of Interest: 

Planning Committee - nothing to disclose.
Author - Dr. Bharucha reports personal fees from Allergan Inc, Johnson and Johnson Inc,  Ironwood Pharma, GI Care Pharma, National Center for Pelvic Pain Research, Salix, Macmillan Medical Communications, Forum Pharmaceuticals, and personal fees and other from Medspira, outside the submitted work. In addition, Dr. Bharucha has a patent anorectal manometry device with royalties paid to Medspira Inc, and a pending patent anorectal manometry probe fixation device licensed to Medtronic Inc.
Drs. Chakraborty and Sletten have nothing to disclose.

This study was supported in part by USPHS NIH Grant R01 DK78924 from the National Institutes of Health.

Off-label drugs:  
Author - Dr. Bharucha - Several medications used to treat these conditions are not FDA approved for the same.

Accreditation Statement:


In support of improving patient care, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
 

Credit Statement(s):

AMA

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this Journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn up to 1 MOC point 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.

Other Healthcare Professionals

A certificate of attendance will be provided to other healthcare professionals for requesting credits in accordance with state nursing boards, specialty societies, or other professional associations.

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Available Credit

  • 1.00 ABIM
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
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