Activity ID
9374Expires
May 25, 2025Format Type
InternetCME Credit
1Fee
$0 - $45CME Provider: Massachusetts Medical Society
Description of CME Course
Persons with Intellectual Disability/Developmental Disability (ID/DD) experience complex physical, medical, emotional and social problems which requires coordination of medical care across multiple disciplines. This webinar reviews the causes and consequences of intellectual and developmental disabilities, suggests strategies for examining and managing associated health care challenges and focuses on how to develop thoughtful diagnostic and therapeutic strategies as part of a medical team.
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Commercial Support?
NoNOTE: If a Member Board has not deemed this activity for MOC approval as an accredited CME activity, this activity may count toward an ABMS Member Board’s general CME requirement. Please refer directly to your Member Board’s MOC Part II Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Program Requirements.
Educational Objectives
Discuss the causes, consequences, and challenges of intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Distinguish syndromes and their complications, and identify management strategies.
Recognize medical co-morbidities common in certain ID/DD associated syndromes.
Assemble a comprehensive health history, preferably in advance, and utilizing multiple informants if possible.
Develop skills of developmentally appropriate and respectful communication with the patient (rather than with the caregivers only).
Design strategies for promoting optimal health.
Keywords
Disability
Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication Skills
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Practice Setting
Inpatient, Outpatient, Rural, Urban
