Northwest Arkansas Diagnosis & Treatment of Vitamin D Deficiency
Seminar for Medical Professionals

Wednesday, September 29, 2010
5:30-8:00 pm

Mercy Medical Center Auditorium C
2710 Rife Medical Lane
Rogers, AR 72758

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Dear Colleagues:
This seminar is aimed at providing a working foundation for the causes as well as the immediate treatment protocols for vitamin D deficiency. After viewing the seminar presentations, the researchers themselves will be addressing clinicians’ practical ‘how to do it’ questions via a remote link.

AGENDA
5:30-5:50 Registration/Exhibits/Posters
5:50 Overview - Carole A. Baggerly, Director, GrassrootsHealth
6:00 Interactions: Vitamin D, Calcium, Safety - Robert P. Heaney, MD
7:00 Preventing Cancer: How does it work? - Cedric F. Garland, Dr. P.H., F.A.C.E.

Objectives
At the end of the course, the participants should be able to

1. Identify key measures of calcium and vitamin D and risk levels.
2. List 3 steps in the cancer prevention model (DINOMIT).
3. Define the target levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D for the prevention of at least 3 different diseases.

Needs Assessment
The content of this educational activity was determined by assessment of educational need and includes literature reviews, new research publications (2009), interviews with researchers and practitioners and public health professionals

Target Audience
This course is designed for all health care personnel to address the vitamin D deficiency with appropriate diagnosis and treatment.

Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine and GrassrootsHealth. The UAMS College of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The UAMS College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure
It is the policy of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all sponsored or jointly sponsored educational activities. All individuals who are in a position to control the content of the educational activity (course/activity directors, planning committee members, staff, teachers, or authors of CME) must disclose all relevant financial relationships they have with any commercial interest(s) as well as the nature of the relationship. Financial relationships of the individual’s spouse or partner must also be disclosed, if the nature of the relationship could influence the objectivity of the individual in a position to control the content of the CME. The ACCME describes relevant financial relationships as those in any amount occurring within the past 12 months that create a conflict of interest. Individuals who refuse to disclose will be disqualified from participation in the development, management, presentation, or evaluation of the CME activity.

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