Fibromyalgia: The Patient Who Hurts Too Much
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
1 Nursing Contact Hour
1 Hour Pharmacy CE*
Release date: September 1, 2009
Expiration date: August 29, 2012
Faculty:
Kathleen Davis, MD
Board Certified Internal Medicine
Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic
Target audience and Cost:
This course is open to all healthcare providers and is targeted to primary care providers - Physicians, PAs, NPs, RNs, and Pharmacists. There is no cost to participants.
Funded through educational grants from  Pfizer, Inc. and  Lilly USA, LLC.
Accreditation:
The Foundation for Care Management ( FCM ) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
FCM designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Foundation for Care Management is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Approval period: July 1, 2009 — June 30, 2012 . Provider # FCM -0612.
 The Foundation for Care Management is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Program # 347-000-09-051-H01-P.
*This CE activity is knowledge-based.
Objectives:
At the completion of this course, the healthcare professional will be able to:
- Discuss the prevalence, incidence, and epidemiology of fibromyalgia.
- Examine through case studies, discussion, and reflection best practices in the diagnosis, treatment, and long-term care of patients with fibromyalgia.
- Describe the origins of pain and the best practices in the treatment of pain in fibromyalgia.
- Identify treatment strategies for depression, fatigue, and sleep problems in people with fibromyalgia.
- Apply best practice strategies to appropriately diagnose and treat patients with fibromyalgia, and manage them long-term, to improve patient outcomes.
What you must do to obtain credit for this course.
1. Review faculty and planning committee disclosures shown below.
2. Read the objectives shown above.
3. Review the Privacy statement.
4. Take the Pre-test.
5. Listen to the case study presentation and view the slides, and answer the questions posed to you.
6. Review the references shown below.
7. Take the Post-test and complete the course evaluation.
8. Print your certificate.
Kathleen Davis MD
Biosketch
Dr. Kathleen Davis is a Board Certified internal medicine physician with over 20 years experience in clinical medicine, health education, and medical practice management. She has worked in various health care settings in the Untied States, Uganda, Guatemala and Laos . Dr. Davis earned her Diploma in Tropical Diseases and Hygiene from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in 2007. From 1996-2005, she was a clinical attending and Co-director of Outpatient Graduate Medical Education for Madigan Army Medical Center . Presently she is a consultant in health education, and an attending physician at the Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic (Toppenish).
Disclosures:
Dr. Kathleen Davis has no financial interest in any products or manufacturers mentioned.
FCM 's Planning Committee has no significant financial interest in any of the products or manufacturers mentioned.
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