Disease Management Clinical Decisions
Colonoscopy: Screening Guidelines and
Follow- up Recommendations
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Release Date: January 26, 2012
Expiration Date: January 26, 2015
Estimated Time of Completion: 15 minutes
Description
Each lesson within the Disease Management Clinical Decisions series includes a related chapter from The Cleveland Clinic Disease Management Project; an interactive case; and an evaluation.
Throughout the interactive case-based lesson, you may proceed to the next question once you answer each question correctly. In addition to allowing you
to proceed, the correct answer also reveals the rationale for the answer.
Upon completing the CME activity, the evaluation and registration forms, you will have an opportunity to print your CME certificate for your records.
Learning Objectives
- Recognize the prevalence of colorectal cancer.
- Discuss average-risk screening guidelines for colorectal cancer.
- Identify high-risk patients for colorectal cancer.
- Recognize the various screening modalities available and their role in detecting colorectal cancer.
- Understand the recommendations for post-polypectomy surveillance.
Target Audience
Directed to primary care physicians including family practitioners and internists.
Accreditation
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association for Category 2 credit.
Activity Director
Kenneth Goodman, MD
Department of Family Medicine
Associate Director, Research and Development - Center for Continuing Medical Education
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Authors / Faculty
Keely Parisian, MD
Fellow, Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Emily Carey, DO
Fellow, Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Disclosure
In accordance with the Standards for Commercial Support issued by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education requires resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest to ensure CME activities are free of commercial bias.
The following faculty have indicated they have no relationship which, in the context of their presentations, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:
Kenneth Goodman, MD
Emily Carey, DO
Keely Parisian, MD
This CME activity was produced by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Center for Continuing Education.
