PeerView Family Medicine & General Practice CME/CNE/CPE Audio Podcast

Lucia M. Novak, MSN, ANP-BC, BC-ADM, CDTC - The Art of Medicine: Creating Treatment Regimens With GLP-1 RAs to Reduce Cardiovascular Risks in Patients With T2DM

12.02.2020 - By PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical EducationPlay

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Go online to PeerView.com/SVU860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. In this activity, an expert on type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) describes shared decision-making strategies to individualize treatment and reduce cardiovascular risks in patients with T2DM using GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs). Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to: Review the role of, current guidance, and approved indications for GLP-1 RAs in the management of T2DM, Describe the difference between primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular events and the mechanism(s) proposed for GLP-1 RAs that may reduce cardiovascular risks in patients with T2DM, Evaluate the benefits and risks of GLP-1 RAs based on results from recent clinical trials, especially in terms of primary and secondary cardiovascular prevention, Integrate GLP-1 RAs, as appropriate and using shared decision-making, into the care of patients with T2DM.

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