Medicine Grand Rounds on Friday, April 14, 2017 for the presentation titled:

“Statins for Primary Prevention: Heretical Questions, Same Data, Different Answers”

William C. Taylor, MD, FACP, FACPM

Associate Professor of Population Medicine and

Associate Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Director of Medical Education

 Atrius Health

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Auditorium E, Rubin Building, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Sponsored by the Department of Medicine

Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify three neglected, but crucial, elements in applying results from statin trials to the care of patients without clinically evident coronary disease

2. Review three key factors ignored in current statin guidelines that are crucial in patient care

3. Apply data more effectively with other essential factors to help patients make better decisions about primary prevention.

If you are unable to attend and would like to either view Grand Rounds live on your computer or if you would like to view it another time, please use this link.

http://med.dartmouth-hitchcock.org/education/dept_medicine_grand_rounds_live.html

Please note: in order to receive credit for attending this conference you must complete the mobile sign-in within 48 hours of the presentation. Use the text-in number 603-346-4334 from your phone or enter the activity code from a computer http://www.d-h.org/clpd-account

Activity Codes will not be provided until the time of the presentation. Please email Jessica Kinzie with questions Jessica.d.kinzie@hitchcock.org

The office of Continuing Medical Education will not be able to give you credit unless you use the mobile sign in. If you need to claim credit more than 48 hours after the conference you will need to contact clpd.support@hitchcock.org.

** The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education programs for physicians.**

** The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. **