ACCREDITATION

This continuing medical education activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Medical Education (ACCME) through the sponsorship of the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF). The National Osteoporosis Foundation is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The National Osteoporosis Foundation designates this continuing medical educational activity for a maximum of 1.75 Category 1 credits toward the Physician’s Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. Physician participants should claim only those hours of credit that they actually spend in the educational activity.

• Date of Live Presentation and Recording: April 7, 2005
• Original Release Date: October 1, 2005
• Expiration Date: December 31, 2006
• Estimated Time to Complete this Educational Activity: 1.75 hours
• Type of Enduring Material: Internet-Based CME
• DISCLAIMER: The views and observations presented in this Continuing Medical Education activity are those of the presenters and do not necessarily reflect those of the producers of this activity. Participants are urged to consult current prescribing and clinical practice information in any drug, device or procedure discussed in this activity.

Upon completion of this CME activity, the participant should be able to:

• Describe the pathophysiology of bone remodeling.
• Describe the pathophysiology of bone loss.

FACULTY, MODERATORS AND DISCLOSURES
See the individual presentations

REGISTRATION

There is a $10.00 fee for this CME course. Payment may be made by VISA, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover. We cannot accept any other forms of payment.

You may view the content of this course before paying the registration fee. Click on the hyperlink to see the individual presentations.

After registering and paying for the course, you will be given links to the CME test and course evaluation. You should complete the test first, and you will be scored automatically. You may take the test as many times as necessary to pass it. Then, in order to receive credit, you must fill out the course evaluation form. Once you have passed the test and filled out the course evaluation you will be able to print the CME certificate yourself.

It should take approximately ½ hour to complete the test and evaluation.