Thursday, June 8, 2023
As an organization accredited by the ACCME, Medscape, LLC, requires everyone who is in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. The ACCME defines "relevant financial relationships" as financial relationships in any amount, occurring within the past 12 months, including financial relationships of a spouse or life partner, that could create a conflict of interest.
Medscape, LLC, encourages Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration, at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Regents Professor,
Medicine and Epidemiology;
Dean,
College of Public Health,
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry,
McMaster University,
Hamilton,
Ontario, Canada
Professor of Medicine,
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell,
Manhasset, New York
Peer Reviewer
This activity has been peer reviewed and the reviewer has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Abbott Laboratories; Medtronic, Inc.
This educational activity is intended for an international audience of cardiologists, primary care physicians, and hematology/oncology specialists.
The goal of this activity is to have increased knowledge regarding the burden of thrombosis and current strategies to assess risk and prevent venous thromboembolism (VTE) in the hospital setting, as well as have greater competence in collaborative care approaches to improve outcomes for patients at risk for VTE.
Upon completion of this activity, participants will have:
As an organization accredited by the ACCME, Medscape, LLC, requires everyone who is in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. The ACCME defines "relevant financial relationships" as financial relationships in any amount, occurring within the past 12 months, including financial relationships of a spouse or life partner, that could create a conflict of interest.
Medscape, LLC, encourages Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration, at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Regents Professor,
Medicine and Epidemiology;
Dean,
College of Public Health,
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry,
McMaster University,
Hamilton,
Ontario, Canada
Professor of Medicine,
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell,
Manhasset, New York
Peer Reviewer
This activity has been peer reviewed and the reviewer has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Abbott Laboratories; Medtronic, Inc.
Medscape, LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ . Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.50 MOC points 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 credit. Aggregate participant data will be shared with commercial supporters of this activity.
For questions regarding the content of this activity, contact the accredited provider for this CME/CE activity noted above. For technical assistance, contact [email protected]
There are no fees for participating in or receiving credit for this online educational activity. For information on applicability
and acceptance of continuing education credit for this activity, please consult your professional licensing board.
This activity is designed to be completed within the time designated on the title page; physicians should claim only those
credits that reflect the time actually spent in the activity. To successfully earn credit, participants must complete the
activity online during the valid credit period that is noted on the title page. To receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, you must receive a minimum score of 70% on the post-test.
Follow these steps to earn CME/CE credit*:
You may now view or print the certificate from your CME/CE Tracker. You may print the certificate but you cannot alter it.
Credits will be tallied in your CME/CE Tracker and archived for 6 years; at any point within this time period you can print
out the tally as well as the certificates from the CME/CE Tracker.
*The credit that you receive is based on your user profile.
CME / ABIM MOC Released: 6/22/2018
Valid for credit through: 6/22/2019
processing....
Editor's Note: This content was developed through a partnership between Medscape and International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis.
Developed through a collaboration between Medscape Education and the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) on behalf of World Thrombosis Day
Disclaimer
The educational activity presented above may involve simulated case-based scenarios. The patients depicted in these scenarios are fictitious and no association with any actual patient is intended or should be inferred.
The material presented here does not necessarily reflect the views of Medscape, LLC, or companies that support educational programming on medscape.org. These materials may discuss therapeutic products that have not been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration and off-label uses of approved products. A qualified healthcare professional should be consulted before using any therapeutic product discussed. Readers should verify all information and data before treating patients or employing any therapies described in this educational activity.
Medscape Education © 2018
Medscape, LLC
