Duke Health & Med-IQ: Epilepsy: Optimizing Treatment for Patients
This accredited activity for primary care providers discusses optimal therapy for patients with epilepsy. Specifically, it focuses on the importance of considering referral to epilepsy centers, especially when seizures are not well controlled. This activity also aims to educate primary care providers on how surgical evaluation and treatment may help patients achieve optimal outcomes.
Cost: Free
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It is critical for primary care providers to recognize when to refer patients with epilepsy to an epilepsy center for appropriate treatment and to understand the benefits of such a referral.
Topics Covered
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy referral
Learning Objectives
1. Understand the needs of patients with epilepsy, including that optimal management often requires referral to an epilepsy center
2. Recognize when patients with epilepsy should be referred to an epilepsy center and the benefits of such a referral, including surgical evaluation
Target Audience
This activity is intended for primary care providers.
Additional credit info
Med-IQ is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Med-IQ designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
To have your AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ reported to ABS, please submit your request to [email protected]; be sure to include your first and last name, month and day of birth, and ABS ID number. Supplying this additional data serves as permission for Med-IQ to transmit your CME credit to ABS via the ACCME PARS system.
Advanced practice providers and other healthcare professionals who successfully complete the activity will receive a Statement of Participation indicating the maximum credits available.