LOGIN OR REGISTER
Course Library

Clinical Convergence™: Patient and Provider Perspectives in BED: Initial Visit

Psychiatry
Curriculum:
Clinical Convergence<sup>SM</sup>: Patient and Provider Perspectives in BED
Credits:
1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™
Launch Date:
March 15, 2016
Expiration Date:
The accreditation for this activity has expired.

Primary Audience:

Psychiatrists, primary care physicians, gynecologists, and nurse practitioners and physician assistants in psychiatry, primary care, and gynecology

Relevant Terms:

Binge eating disorder

Anna I. Guerdjikova, PhD, LISW, CCRC

Anna I. Guerdjikova, PhD, LISW, CCRC
Director of Administrative Services, Harold C. Schott Foundation Eating Disorders Program
Lindner Center of HOPE
Mason, Ohio
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio

Anna I. Guerdjikova, PhD, LISW, CCRC, serves as a staff licensed social worker for Lindner Center of HOPE, with a primary focus in the treatment of adult patients with eating disorders and mood disorders. Within the Harold C. Schott Foundation Eating Disorders Program, Dr. Guerdjikova serves as a director of administrative services. She is an outpatient therapist, inpatient group facilitator, and an assessment/outcomes coordinator.
 
Dr. Guerdjikova has been extensively trained in cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and holds a certification in enhanced CBT with eating disorders treatment focus (CBT-E). She has a strong clinical and research interest in binge eating disorder and in treating complex patients presenting with psychiatric and medical comorbidities.
 
As part of her graduate training, Dr. Guerdjikova provided psychiatric evaluation, treatment planning, and ongoing psychiatric care to patients with various psychiatric disorders, including to those with severe mental illness, anxiety disorders, and chemical dependencies, and to victims of abuse and neglect. Prior to joining the Research Institute at Lindner Center of HOPE, Dr. Guerdjikova was a post-doctoral fellow with the Psychopharmacology Research Program at University of Cincinnati Medical Center. She was a co-investigator, supervisor, and coordinator for numerous clinical trials examining subjects with mood and eating disorders. Her main research interests are in the area of eating, mood, and impulse control disorders.
 
Through Dr. Guerdjikova's teaching experience, she has served as a course coordinator and lecturer for medical and social work students as well as a public educator.
 
Dr. Guerdjikova has first- and co-authored several book chapters and more than 30 original research articles on the topics of binge eating disorder and obesity, pharmacotherapy of eating and mood disorders, and phenomenology of mental illness, published in various peer reviewed journals. She has served as an invited reviewer for a number of professional journals as well as an invited educator for National Alliance on Mental Illness and various professional and community groups in the Greater Cincinnati area.
 
Dr. Guerdjikova has more than 15 years of experience in clinical and research work. She is a member of the Academy for Eating Disorders and regularly presents at various professional conferences.

Charles Vega, MD

Charles Vega, MD
Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California

Charles Vega, MD, completed his undergraduate degree at Harvard University in Boston. He attended medical school at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and completed residency training in family medicine at University of California, Irvine (UCI). He stayed on as faculty in the Department of Family Medicine at UCI and now holds the title of Health Sciences Clinical Professor. Dr. Vega is also the executive director of UCI's Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community and won a Macy Faculty Scholarship to improve patient-centered health education at UCI.
 
For the past 19 years, Dr. Vega has seen patients and taught medical students and residents at UCI's Health Family Health Center in Santa Ana, a federally qualified health center and the largest safety net clinic for Orange County. Dr. Vega's academic interests are focused on access to quality, compassionate medical care for underserved populations, and the development of training programs to promote this vision of healthcare.
 
1. Describe diagnostic criteria for binge eating disorder (BED) as well as common conditions with which BED comorbidly occurs
2. Implement screening for BED into daily practice among at-risk patients
3. Integrate evidence-based treatment strategies for BED, including pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions

PHYSICIAN CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Albert Einstein College of Medicine and RMEI, LLC. Albert Einstein College of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
Credit Designation
The Albert Einstein College of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
The “Conflict of Interest Disclosure Policy” of Albert Einstein College of Medicine requires that faculty participating in any CME activity disclose to the audience any relevant relationship(s) with a pharmaceutical, product, or device company. Any presenter whose disclosed relationships prove to create a conflict of interest with regard to their contribution to the activity will not be permitted to present.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine also requires that faculty participating in any CME activity disclose to the audience when discussing any unlabeled or investigational use of any commercial product or device not yet approved for use in the United States. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, CCME staff, has no relevant conflicts of interest with commercial interests related directly or indirectly to this educational activity.
 
The faculty reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity:
  • Anna I. Guerdjikova, PhD, LISW, CCRC, has affiliations with VIVUS, Inc. (Research).
  • Charles Vega, MD, has affiliations with Shire (Speakers’ Bureau).
RMEI, LLC
  • Jacqui Brooks, MBBCh, MRCPsych, has no affiliations with commercial interests to disclose.
  • Amy Reeve has no affiliations with commercial interests relative to the content to disclose.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
The following Einstein peer reviewer reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity:
  • Bruce J. Schwartz, MD, has no affiliations with commercial interests to disclose.
DISCLOSURE OF UNLABELED USE
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. 
 
The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
 
DISCLAIMER
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patients' conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer's product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.
 
Estimated time to complete: 1.5 hours
Medium: Internet

FEE INFORMATION
There is no fee for this educational activity.

COMMERCIAL SUPPORT
This activity is supported by an independent medical educational grant from Shire.

HOW TO RECEIVE CREDIT
By reviewing the course content and successfully completing the post-test and evaluation, physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants are entitled to receive up to 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. A statement of credit will be available to print from your user history page. Users must:
 
  • Read the learning objectives and faculty disclosures.
  • Participate in the activity.
  • Complete the activity evaluation.
Physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants who successfully complete the post-test and evaluation will receive CME credit. You must score 75% or higher on the post-test to receive credit for this activity. All other participants who successfully complete the post-test and evaluation will receive a certificate of participation.
 
COURSE VIEWING REQUIREMENTS
Supported Browsers:
Internet Explorer 9.0+ for Windows 2003, Vista, XP, Windows 7, Windows 8.1
Google Chrome 28.0+ for Windows, Mac OS, or Linux
Mozilla Firefox 23.0+ for Windows, Mac OS, or Linux
Safari 6.0+ for Mac OSX 10.7 and above

Schedule an event with a Standardized Patient
×