Fee
There is no fee for this UC Davis CME activity.
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Target Audience
The intended audience consists of primary care physicians and other health care professionals.
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Course consists of the following elements:
Pre-activity self assessment
Video (58 minutes)
Post-activity Test and Evaluation

An electronic CME certificate will be available after successfully completing the evaluation/test.
It takes approximately 60 minutes to complete this activity.
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Welcome to the You Asked for It series.

Speakers:
Kiarash Shahlaie, MD, PhD
UCDHS, Assistant Professor, Dept of Neurosurgery and Neurology

Lin Zhang, MD, PhD
UCDHS, Associate Professor, Dept of Neurology and Neurosurgery

GLOBAL LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1) Identify through needs assessment surveys and course evaluations educational topics requested from our learners.
2) Arrange speakers specializing in those topics to discuss and update our learners in order to apply best practices to the care of patients.

Session Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to 
1) Identify the medical indications of DBS;
2) Describe when to refer patients for DBS evaluation;
3) Describe the benefits and risks of DBS;
4) Identify the long-term medical needs of a patient post-DBS implantation and
5) explain the principles of programming.
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Accreditation Statement
The University of California, Davis Health System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Physician Credit: The University of California, Davis Health System designates this enduring material for 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AMA PRA Category 1 credit acceptable for multidisciplinary team members:

Nurse:  For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ issued by organizations accredited by ACCME. For the purpose of relicensure, the California Board of Registered Nursing accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (report hours of credit and fill in “CME Category 1” for the provider number).

Physician Assistant: The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification.

Psychologist: This educational activity is recognized by the California Board of Psychology as meeting the continuing education requirements toward license renewal for California psychologists (self reporting required).

MFT/LCSW: California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider #PCE 2354
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Receipt of Credit
Once you have completed the course, test and evaluation, you will receive your Statement of Credit and your "My Transcript" page will be updated to reflect the credits earned along with a link to a printable version of the official certificate for that course.
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Disclosures of Relevant Financial Relationships
No relevant financial relationships with commercial interests:

Course Director
Gibbe H. Parsons, M.D., Assistant Dean, Continuing Medical Education

Speakers                                         
Kiarash Shahlaie, MD, PhD
Lin Zhang, MD, PhD