Activity ID
1707Expires
December 31, 2024Format Type
InternetCME Credit
1.25Fee
$25-$95CME Provider: Drexel University College of Medicine
Description of CME Course
Anxiety disorders are serious medical illnesses that cause disabling anxiety and fear. Unlike episodic anxiety caused by a stressful event such as a business presentation or a first date, anxiety disorders are relentlessly distressing, disrupting patients’ lives with irrational fear and dread. Effective treatments are available, and research is yielding improved therapies that can help most people with anxiety disorders lead fulfilling lives. In this module we focus on the more common generalized anxiety and panic disorders.
Diplomate Engagement
Self-assessment questions tailored to each specific module topic are required upon module completion. Multiple choice questions required; open-ended discussion questions are optional.
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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
Describe the key features of anxiety as it appears in its most common forms in the primary care setting.
List common somatic symptoms that lead anxious patients to seek treatment in the general medical setting.
List medical conditions that can masquerade as an anxiety disorder.
Elicit anxious patients' symptoms and perspectives.
Assess the patient for comorbid conditions (behavioral and somatic).
Inform patients how mind-body interactions produce somatic symptoms.
Inform patients about treatment options, and explore their interest in treatment.
Keywords
Online, Communication, Videos, Evidence-Based, Patient-Centered, Professionalism, Interpersonal Skills, Medical Knowledge, Brain Injury, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Neuromuscular Development, Pediatric Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord, Sports, Pain Medicine
Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Professionalism
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Physician Well-being activity
Personal Resilience
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Inpatient, Outpatient, Rural, Urban, VA/Military
National Quality Strategies and/or Quadruple Aim Care Processes
Communication Skills, Assessment, Quality Improvement, Professionalism, Physician-Patient Relationship