Family Medicine Intensive: Low Back Pain CME
Online CME
Learn the latest in developing the best action plan to maximize patient outcomes in this new 11-hour intensive focused on low back pain.
Experts in treating low back pain will cover various scenarios you are likely to see in your family medicine practice, including:
- Nonpharmacologic treatments
- NSAIDs and opioids
- Imaging options
- Financial burdens
- Comorbidities and red flag symptoms
In this interactive course, you’ll:
- Review patient case studies and journal articles
- Watch animated videos
- Assess when to use imaging
- Discuss various treatment options
- Answer multiple-choice questions to test for gaps
AAFP Member: $325
New Physician: $275
Student or Resident: $215
Other Health Care Professional: $325
Nonmember: $425
Jonathon Firnhaber, MD, FAAFP presents the following sections to deepen your understanding of low back pain.
- Introduction
- Initial Diagnosis
- Disease Management
- Care Coordination
- Care of Complex Conditions and/or Comorbidities
- Patient Education
- Summary
Upon completion of this CME activity, you should be able to:
- Define the types and causes of low back pain.
- Describe the available tools for accurate diagnosis of low back pain.
- Describe preferred pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment options for low back pain.
- Identify potentially serious underlying conditions.
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The AAFP has reviewed Family Medicine Intensive: Low Back Pain and deemed it acceptable for up to 11 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credit. Term of Approval is from 3/24/2023 to 3/24/2026. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed credit, not as Category 1.
CME activities approved for AAFP credit are recognized by the AOA as equivalent to AOA Category 2 credit.
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