Continuing Education Credit

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.25 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program is a designated event for pharmacists to receive 1 Contact Hour in pharmacy education. The Universal Program Number is 387-999-06-042-H01.

This activity for 1.25 contact hours is provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is accredited as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditations.

The CDC has been reviewed and approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)
8405 Greensboro Drive, Suite 800, McLean, Virginia 22102. The CDC has awarded 0.1 CEUs to participants who successfully complete this program.

To receive continuing education credit for this course:

• Go to the CDC/ATSDR Training and Continuing Education Online at www.cdc.gov/phtnonline. If you have not registered as a participant, click on New Participant to create a user ID and password; otherwise click on “Participant Login” and log in.
• Once logged on to the CDC/ATSDR Training and Continuing Education Online Web site, you will be on the “Participant Services” page. Click on “Search and Register.” Enter the course number (SS1126) or a keyword under “Keyword Search.” Click on “View.”
• Click on the course title (Working Together to Manage Diabetes). Select the type of CE credit you would like to receive and then “Submit.” Three demographic questions will come up. Complete the questions and then “Submit.” A message will come up thanking you for registering for the course. If you have already completed it, you may choose to go straight to the evaluation and posttest. Complete the evaluation and “Submit.” Complete the posttest and “Submit.” A record of your course completion will be located in the “Transcript and Certificate” section.
• When asked for a verification code, please use PPOD-07.
• Continuing education credits for additional professions may be offered in the future. Visit www.cdc.gov/phtnonline for updates.

If you have any questions or problems please contact: CDC/ATSDR Training and Continuing Education Online, 1-800-41TRAIN or 404-639-1292. E-mail at ce@cdc.gov.

The materials and continuing education credits are free. Requirements for obtaining continuing education include reading Working Together to Manage Diabetes: A Guide for Pharmacists, Podiatrists, Optometrists, and Dental Professionals and the Working Together to Manage Diabetes patient education poster, registering on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s continuing education Web site (www.cdc.gov/phtnonline), and completing
an evaluation form and posttest.

Release Date: January 24, 2007
Expiration Date: March 11, 2010

CDC, our planners, and our content experts wish to disclose that they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters, with the exception of Dr. Haines, who discloses that he is a Merck minor shareholder, and Dr. Taylor, who discloses that he has received research grants from NIH/NIDCR, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, and the Foundation for Oral Health for diabetes-related research projects, and he is a scientific consultant for the Colgate Palmolive Company. Content will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.

NDEP would like to thank the following individuals who pilot tested the materials for continuing education credits:

Theresa Aldridge, O.D.
Chris Allen, R.Ph., M.P.H.
Pam Allweiss, M.D., M.P.H.
Gary Baker, R.Ph., M.B.A.
Silvia Benincaso, M.P.H., R.D., C.D.E.
Dan Bintz, O.D.
David Bordeaux, D.D.S., M.A.G.D.
Heidi Brainerd, M.S., R.Ph.
Kat Chinn, R.N., M.S.,F.N.P.
Dawn Clary, O.D.
Gay Crawford, R.D., M.P.H., C.D.E.
Eugene Dannels, D.P.M.
Michael Duenas, O.D.
Charles Edwards, D.P.M.
Kris Ernst, B.S.N., R.N., C.D.E.
Pamela Euliss, R.D.H.
Beth Finnson, R.D.H., M.P.H.
Adam Gordon, O.D., M.P.H.
Chris Halliday, D.D.S., M.P.H.
Larry Herman, D.M.D.
Kim Hort, D.M.D.
Mark Horton, O.D., M.D.
Laurie Hynes, R.D.H.
Ankur Kalra, O.D.
William Kohn, D.D.S.
Marsha Lambrou, R.N.
Chris Lamer, Pharm.D., C.D.E.
Donnie Lee, M.D.
Flora Lum, M.D.
Maria Matthews
Cheryl Metheny, M.S., R.D./L.D.N., C.D.E., C.L.C.
Kristin Nichols, Pharm.D.
Roland Palmquist, D.P.M.
Lauren Patton, D.D.S.
Dennis Pena, D.P.M.
Matthew Pettengill, D.P.M.
Meerah Ramesh, M.S., R.D., C.D.E.
Terry Raymer, M.D., C.D.E.
Stephen RithNajarian, M.D.
Thomas Rogers, D.D.S.
Jody Rosendahl, R.D.
Mark Rothstein, D.P.M., M.P.H.
Michael Schroeder, D.D.S.
Mark Sherstinsky, O.D.
Judith Thompson, Pharm.D., B.C.P.S.
Carol Treat, M.S., R.D., C.D.E., L.D.
Roger VanDyke, R.N.
Nicole Vesely

May 2007

National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)    http://ndep.nih.gov
NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

A Joint Initiative of the National Institutes of Health and the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention