July, 2007
  12:00-1:00 p.m.

            MeritCare Auditorium & Southwest Children’s Clinic Conf. Room
MeritCare Southpointe Conference Room 2A/B
MeritCare Jamestown Clinic Basement Conference Room
MeritCare Valley City Doctors Lounge
         UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences-Grand Forks, Room 2106
           UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences-Bismarck, Conf. Rm. A

CREDIT

MeritCare Health System is accredited by the North Dakota Medical Association to sponsor continuing education for physicians.  MeritCare Health System designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 in Category 1 credit towards the AMA Physician=s Recognition Award.  Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.   Category 1 credit is not available to those viewing the webcast of this program.

This activity has also been approved for 1.2 MeritCare contact hours. (1 contact hour = 50 minutes of content.)  Each participant should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Program Objectives:

Review the epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, and clinical features of the topic discussed.

Perform necessary diagnostic studies correctly.

Apply state-of-the-art therapeutic techniques (including the implications of pharmaceutical therapy discussed).

Explore the differential diagnosis of the topic discussed.

Recognize both likely and rare complications that may occur in quality pediatric patient care.

Unless verbally stated at the conference the faculty for this activity have disclosed that they have no significant financial or other relationship with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) that may have direct bearing on the subject matter of this CME program.