Accreditation

The Endocrine Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Endocrine Society designates this educational activity for a maximum of 40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Statement of Need

Endocrinologists need a thorough knowledge of the most recent developments and techniques in endocrinology to ensure the standard of patient care.

 Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:

	Discuss state-of-the-art research in endocrinology
	Demonstrate updated knowledge of the pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of diabetes, obesity, adrenal, cardiovascular, metabolic bone, pediatric, pituitary, thyroid, and reproductive endocrine disorders
	Employ enhanced knowledge and clinical skills to improve patient care

Target Audience

This continuing medical education activity of ENDO 2008 should be of substantial interest to:

	Endocrinologists
	Pediatric Endocrinologists
	Internists
	Clinical researchers
	Other endocrine professionals

Disclosure Policy

As an accredited provider of continuing medical education (CME) by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), it is The Endocrine Society's policy to ensure that the contents and quality of this educational activity are balanced, independent, objective, and scientifically rigorous. All faculty participating in the CME activity are expected to disclose to the learners any significant financial interest or relevant financial relationship(s) with the commercial supporters of the activity that have occurred within the last 12 months. Such relationships may include grants, research support or participation in industry-sponsored research, stock ownership, employment, consultation or participation in speakers’ bureaus and boards of directors. The intent of this disclosure is not to prevent a speaker with significant financial or other relevant relationships from making a presentation but rather to provide learners with information on which they can make their own judgments. It remains for the learners to determine whether the speaker's interests or relationships may influence the presentation with regard to exposition or conclusion.

The Endocrine Society has reviewed this activity's speaker disclosures and resolved or managed all identified conflicts of interest, if applicable.

Faculty disclosures will be printed in the ENDO 2008 Program & Abstracts Book and in the Meeting & Exhibit Guide.

Policy on Unlabeled/Off-Label Usage

The Endocrine Society has determined that disclosure of unlabeled/off-label or investigational use of commercial products is informative for audiences and therefore requires this information be disclosed to the learners at the beginning of the presentation.

Specific medicines discussed in this program may not yet be approved and/or may not be specified to be used as indicated by the speaker. Before prescribing any medication, review the complete prescribing information, including indications, contradictions, warnings, precautions, and adverse effects.

Disclaimer

The information presented in this program represents the opinion of the presenters and is not necessarily the view of The Endocrine Society. The Endocrine Society makes no representation as to the truth or warranty, accuracy, or originality of the information in this program.

Commercial Support

This activity is being supported by various commercial entities. The supporters will be acknowledged in the ENDO 2008 Program & Abstracts Book and Meeting & Exhibit Guide. The Endocrine Society gratefully acknowledges their generous support for this educational activity.

The Endocrine Society takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the ACCME. The ENDO 2008 scientific program was developed by the Annual Meeting Steering Committee prior to and independently of education grant support. The commercial supporters of this meeting have no influence over topics or speakers. Educational grants support the overall meeting and are not used to compensate speakers in supported sessions.

Getting Your CME Credits or Certificate of Attendance

Registrants are to visit the designated CME and Evaluation stations and complete their post program evaluations forms online. Once you have completed the evaluations, you may print your CME Certificates and/or your Certificate of Attendance directly from the computer in use. Please note that you may also complete the evaluation and print your CME certificate directly from your home or office desktop at your leisure. The website will be available until December 2008.

Click here to access the ENDO 07 evaluation form.