COURSE
INFORMATION
COURSE
OBJECTIVES
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Provide basic information about youth
violence.
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Describe risk factors and appropriate
screening tools.
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Point to an understanding of dating
violence.
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Suggest ways to take an appropriate history of
violence.
COURSE
CREDIT
Deadline for completing the course
is July 31, 2009.
The Massachusetts Medical Society
designates Recognizing and Preventing Youth Violence: A Guide
for Physicians & Other Health Care Professionals for a maximum
of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should
only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in
the activity.*
This program meets the criteria of
the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for risk
management study.
Participants will receive a
confidential report of their examination score. You must receive a score
of 70% or better to receive AMA PRA Category 1
Credit™. A confirmation of credit will be issued at the
end of the course to those who successfully complete the
examination.
The Massachusetts Medical Society
is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for
physicians.
*There is an opportunity to
complete an additional exam for CME for 1 AMA PRA
Category 1 Credit™. The exam includes 4 questions
designed to help you self-identify strategies in your own practice for
recognizing and preventing youth violence.
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COURSE
FEES
The Recognizing and
Preventing Youth Violence: A Guide for Physicians & Other Health
Care Professionals course and all associated course materials
are available free of charge. An opportunity to complete an exam
and receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credit for a nominal fee is
available at the end of the course. The course fees are as follows:
Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS)
Member: $20*
Non-MMS member: $40*
COURSE CONTENT
DEVELOPERS
Robert D. Sege, MD, PhD
Editor
Vincent G. Licenziato
Associate Editor
MMS Committee on Violence:
2004 -2005
Barbara Herbert, M.D., Chair
Elliot M. Pittel, M.D., Vice Chair
Elaine J. Alpert, M.D., M.P.H.
Seema Baranwal, M.D.
Ylisabyth S. Bradshaw, D.O.
Usha H. Desai, M.D.
Patricia Falcao-Blumenfeld, M.D., M.P.H.
Beverly A. George
Benjamin D. Gordon, M.D.
Subramanyan Jayasankar, M.D.
Harriet Robbins Kantrowitz, R.N.
Howard S. King, M.D.
Roderick K. King, M.D.
Jane M. Liebschutz, M.D., M.P.H.
Judith A. Linden, M.D.
Lydia E. Mayer, M.D.
Nagy N. Mikael, M.D.
Elizabeth A. Miller, M.D.
Alice W. Newton, M.D.
Robert D. Sege, M.D., Ph.D.
Peter G. Stringham, M.D
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ONLINE DEVELOPMENT
Kathleen Bellisle, Manager of
Distance Learning, MMS
Nancy L. Bennett, PhD, Education
Consultant
COURSE MATERIALS
Click on the link below to open a
pdf copy of the course curriculum guide, Recognizing and
Preventing Youth Violence: A Guide for Physicians & Other Health
Care Professionals. After reading the course content click on
Proceed to Exam in the left navigation
bar.
Course
Materials (pdf, 395k)
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Free Flash download is
available at beginning of course.
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DISCLOSURE/COMMERCIAL SUPPORT
Disclosure
The following faculty have no financial
interests or relationships with commercial manufacturers to
disclose:
Robert D. Sege, MD, PhD
Vincent G. Licenziato
Nancy L. Bennett, PhD, Education
Consultant
Off-label Disclosure
This course does not include any discussion
of an off-label use of a commercial product or an investigational use
not yet approved for any purpose by the FDA.
Commercial Support
No commercial support was received for this
online program.
Content Disclaimer
The views expressed are not necessarily
those of the Massachusetts Medical Society.
Contact us at continuingeducation@mms.org.
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