Target Audience
This activity is intended for a national audience of pediatric and adult endocrinologists, pediatricians, and other clinicians involved in the management of patients with growth/growth hormone deficiencies.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
- Implement shared decision-making to help patients select a somatropin product based on patient characteristics and needs and product labeling
- Initiate, titrate and monitor somatropin in patients based on patient response and tolerability
- Describe the safety and efficacy of emerging long-acting recombinant human growth hormone therapies and their potential use in clinical practice
Faculty
Vaneeta Bamba, MD
Faculty ReviewerMedical Director, Diagnostic and Research Growth Center
Director, Turner Syndrome Program
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Division of Endocrinology
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Accreditation and Certification
The Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower is accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for
physicians.
The Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower designates
this enduring activity for a maximum of
0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation
in the activity.
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In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards, parallel
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following disclosures have been made:
Disclosures
Vaneeta Bamba, MD
Faculty ReviewerAdvisory Board: Novo Nordisk
The faculty for this enduring activity has disclosed that there will be
no
discussion about the use of products for non-FDA approved applications.
Additional Content Planners
Jessica Martin, PhD (Medical Writer)
No significant relationships to disclose.
Annenberg Center for Health Sciences
Staff at the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower have no relevant financial
relationships to disclose.
All of the financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
The ideas and opinions presented in this educational activity are those of the faculty and do not
necessarily reflect the views of the Annenberg Center and/or its agents. As in all educational
activities, we encourage practitioners to use their own judgment in treating and addressing the
needs of each individual patient, taking into account that patient's unique clinical situation.
The Annenberg Center disclaims all liability and cannot be held responsible for any problems
that may arise from participating in this activity or following treatment recommendations
presented.
This activity is supported by an educational grant from Ascendis Pharma, Inc.
This activity is an online enduring material. Successful completion is achieved by reading and/or viewing the material,
reflecting on its implications in your practice, and completing the assessment
component.
The estimated time to complete the activity is
0:50 hour.
This activity was originally released on
2021-05-20 and is eligible for credit through
2022-05-20.
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