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Target Audience

Family Physicians, Specialists, Physician Assistants, Optometrists, Pharmacists, IMGs, Nurse Educators/Practitioners, Dietitians, and Residents.

Learning Objectives 

At the end of this activity, learners will be able to:

• Understand the role of insulin therapy in the past, present and future.
• Develop an approach to assess and optimize brain health in diabetes. 
• Recognize challenging lipid problems in diabetes and management strategies.
• Organize emerging approaches to managing pregnancy in diabetes.
• Explore existing and emerging ways of managing obesity in people with diabetes.
• Review the proven ways to prevent diabetes in the clinic and in society.

Accreditation Statements

McMaster University, Continuing Professional Development Office (CPD) is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME) to provide CFPC Mainpro+ and RCPSC Maintenance of Certification (MOC) study credits for Continuing Medical Education. 

This Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of The College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by McMaster University, Continuing Professional Development Office for up to 3.5 Mainpro+ credits. 

This activity is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and approved by McMaster University, Continuing Professional Development Office for up to 3.5 MOC Section 1 credits. 

The American Medical Association: Through an agreement between The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and The American Medical Association, Physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA credit can be found at: ama-assn.org/go/internationalcme

Each healthcare provider should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.


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