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CE Credit: CE credit available for dietitians, nurses, pharmacists and physicians

Total Credit Hours: 1.0

Release Date: June 1, 2019

Expiration Date (all CE credit must be claimed by the expiration date): June 30, 2020

Issue: 34

Volume: 3

Journal: Nutrition in Clinical Practice (NCP)

Author(s):

Cheryl Smith, MS, RD, LD, CNSC, Clinical Dietitian, Oklahoma City VA Healthcare System, Oklahoma City, OK

Karen S. Allen, MD, MHA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care VA Medical Center OKC, OK and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Samih Raad, MD, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellow, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK

Link to article: Link

Journal-based CE Activity Overall Goal:

The NCP Editor, in concurrence with ASPEN’s Education and Professional Development Committee, selected this article to be offered for CE credit to fill an observed learning need in the arena of clinical nutrition and metabolism. This CE activity serves to promote the process of life-long learning for physicians, dietitians, pharmacists, and nurses by providing peer-reviewed journal articles that fully qualify for continuing education credits.

Goal and Target Audience:

This educational activity is directed toward clinical nutrition and metabolism professionals and others who wish to update their knowledge of clinical nutrition and metabolism. By participating in this educational activity, the reader may expect to:

Acquire knowledge in the area of clinical nutrition and metabolism research
Update or confirm your understanding of appropriate clinical nutrition and metabolism practices.
Identify further learning needs as they relate to the subject matter.

Learning Objectives:

Recognize that malnutrition is common in COPD and leads to worse outcomes.
Identify non-BMI risk stratification tools that help recognize malnutrition.
Recognize the importance of fat-free mass index and sarcopenia in evaluation of nutritional status in COPD.
Identify some of the imaging modalities that can be used to assess nutritional status in COPD.
Summarize the role of nutrition screening tools in COPD.

Requirements for Successful Completion:
To obtain CE credit for this activity, attendees must read the journal article in its entirety, complete an online knowledge assessment for each article and achieve a score of 100%, and complete an online activity evaluation. All CE credit must be claimed prior to the expiration date.

Accreditation Statements/Continuing Education Credit:

Nurses, Pharmacists and Physicians
In support of improving patient care, The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

This activity is for a maximum of 1 contact hour (0.1 CEU) per journal article and is a knowledge activity.

ASPEN designates this journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ^TM per article. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ASPEN is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider CEP 3970.

ACPE UAN: JA0002345-0000-19-057-H01-P
Knowledge activity.

Dietitians
ASPEN, Provider Number AM005, is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR level 2. Dietitians may post comments on this program on www.cdrnet.org.

Policies/Information:
Non-Commercialism: ASPEN subscribes to the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support. ASPEN does not provide programs that constitute advertisement or include promotional materials. ASPEN does not endorse any products.

Computer Requirements and Technical Support: Participants will need a computer with internet connection to access the online assessment and evaluation for each journal article. If the journal article is read electronically, then the ability to read a PDF document is also necessary. Users should enable pop-ups if attempting to read article electronically. For technical difficulties please contact Digitell Inc. Customer Support at: 1-800-679-3646

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Refund Policy: Refunds are not available.

Grievances: Grievances must be submitted in writing to Director of Education at ASPEN 8401 Colesville Road, Ste 510, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Commercial Support and Sponsorship:
No commercial support or sponsorship has been received for this continuing education activity.

Commercial Relationships Disclosures and Conflicts of Interest (COI) of Authors and Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editors

Among the authors, Karen Allen, Samih Raad, and Cheryl Smith have nothing to disclose.

Among the NCP Associate Editors, Mary Marian, Mary McCarthy, and Jayshil Patel have nothing to disclose. Ryan Hurt has served in a consultant role for Nestlé Nutrition and has received honorarium.

Editor-in-Chief Jeanette Hasse has served on the speakers’ bureau for Alcresta and Abbott Nutrition and received honorarium.

No conflicts related to disclosure information present and subsequently no need for resolution. Standard journal peer-review process also in place as another layer of review to ensure no conflicts to resolve

Karen S. Allen MD, MHA

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care VA Medical Center OKC, OK and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK

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