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Optimizing Multidisciplinary Care in Private Practice

Activity Snapshot

Activity Type: 
On-Demand Webinar
Release Date: 
Monday, March 8, 2021
Expiration Date: 
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Sponsor Information: 

This program is supported in part by an independent educational grant from Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America.

Faculty

Liberty Jenkins, MB ChB, MA, MRCP
Director, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Clinic
Forbes Norris ALS/MDA Treatment & Research Clinic
Marian Leon, MPH, BSN, RN, CHPN
RN Case Manager
Forbes Norris Treatment and Research Center
Activity Overview: 

In this grand rounds webinar, Liberty Jenkins and Marian Leon from Forbes Norris ALS/MDA Treatment & Research Clinic provide an overview of best practices and learnings that help to optimize multidisciplinary care of patients with NMDs in a private practice setting. The webinar reviews the benefits of multidisciplinary care for management of NMDs, important considerations for implementing multidisciplinary care, use of telehealth to promote multidisciplinary care, and various models used to incorporate expertise from external providers.

Learning Objectives: 
  • Understanding the benefits of different multidisciplinary team designs in the private practice setting
  • Identifying facilitating factors and hurdles to creating a multidisciplinary primary care team
  • Implementing team designs in their own practices that would benefit their patient populations
  • Identify and obtain telemedicine tools and available resources to import disease-specific training and outside expertise into the private practice setting
Accreditation and Designation Statement: 

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of PeerPoint Medical Education Institute and the Muscular Dystrophy Association. PeerPoint Medical Education Institute is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

PeerPoint Medical Education Institute designates the enduring format for this educational activity for a maximum of .5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Dates March 8, 2021 – March 7, 2022

How to Obtain CME credits : 

Once you have viewed the program, MDA will share back with you instructions for how to obtain your CME credits. If you have questions on this process, please reach out to cmemanagement@mdausa.org.

Faculty Disclosures: 

All presenters, planners, editors, or staff report no relevant relationships to disclose:

“I, or an immediate family member, do not have at present, or within the last 12 months, nor anticipate having financial interest, arrangement or affiliation with any organizations that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in context to the design, implementation, presentation, evaluation, etc. of CME Activities.”