This educational program consists of two discussions on optimal treatment for patients with T2DM and multiple CV risk factors.

This course consists of the following:

• Clinical dialogue: CV risk in diabetes - Prof. Nikolaus Marx, MD (Aachen, Germany) and prof. Michael Lehrke, MD (Aachen Germany)
• Clinical dialogue: ASCVD-risk in a patient with overweight and T2DM - Prof. Nikolaus Marx, MD (Aachen, Germany) and Adie Viljoen, MD (Stevenage, UK))

How to obtain your CME certificate

• Watch the two dialogues and answer the pre- and post-test questions
• Fill in the evaluation questions
• Download CME Certificate (if your score >70%)

After watching these three videos, the learner should be able to:

• Describe the recommendations in guidelines for patients with T2DM and ASCVD or high CV risk
• Recall findings on (CV) outcomes with GLP-1RA in patients with T2DM
• Recall details of short-acting and long-acting GLP-1RAs
• Discuss findings of studies on use of GLP-1RAs and SGLT2i in real-world

Expert faculty

- Prof. Nikolaus Marx, Professor of Medicine / Cardiology, Head of Department of Internal Medicine I, Cardiology, Angiology, and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Aachen, Germany.

- Prof. Michael Lehrke, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Aachen, Germany.

- Adie Viljoen is Consultant Chemical Pathologist Metabolic Medicine at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage and Honorary Consultant at Cambridge Universities NHS Trust, UK.

Target audience

This educational activity is designed for all healthcare professionals with an interest in management of patients with T2DM and high risk of ASCVD and is intended for an international audience of non-US and non-UK HCPs.

CME accreditation

This online course is accredited by the European Board for Accreditation of Continuing Education for Health Professionals (EBAC) for 1 hour of external CME credit.

Through an agreement between EBAC and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EBAC External CME credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert EBAC credit to AMA credit can be found on the AMA website. Other health care professionals may obtain from the AMA a certificate of having participated in an activity eligible for conversion of credit to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Funding

Funding for this educational program was provided by an unrestricted educational grant from Novo Nordisk A/S.

Questions

For questions regarding this activity, please contact us at info@pace-cme.org.