A continuing medical education and nursing continuing professional development activity provided by NAMCP and AAMCN.
This activity is an archive from the live session from the 2025 Spring Managed Care Forum. If you participated in the live session, you are not eligible for continuing education credits from this archive.
This activity is valid from August 1, 2025 to August 1, 2026
Instructions for CME/NCPD: Complete the pre-test, listen to the audio and view the slides, complete the evaluation and post test. You will be asked to enter your name and email address on the pre-test, evaluation and post-test. If you close your internet browser without completing the post test, you will have ONE more opportunity to complete it. A score of 70% must be achieved on the post test to receive continuing education credits. If you do not pass the post test after two attempts, you will not be eligible to try again. Once you complete the evaluation form and score 70% or higher on your post test, you will automatically be given your certificate. To print or save your certificate, you will need to click on the "download" button after completing the post test.
Audience: This activity is intended for healthcare professionals practicing in managed care environments.
This activity is supported by educational grants from
Astellas and Bayer Healthcare
Description:
Menopause is a routine, non-pathologic condition involving the permanent cessation of menses for at least 12 months and occurs in all menstruating females due to non-pathologic estrogen deficiency. In the United States, approximately 1.3 million women become menopausal each year. It typically begins between the ages of 51 and 52, although some women experience premature menopause before the age of 40, due to permanent ovarian failure that may be associated with sex chromosome abnormalities. Menopause symptoms vary, but 75% of women experience vasomotor symptoms (VMS). These include hot flashes, night sweats, palpitations, and migraines. Woman can also experience urogenital and psychogenic symptoms, which can include anxiety, depression, sexual dysfunction, and migraines.
Menopause treatment and management revolve around treating and minimizing symptoms, preventing long-term complication, and managing comorbidities. Hormone therapy can treat vasomotor symptoms and prevent vaginal/urogenital atrophy, as well as preserve an advantageous lipoprotein profile and prevent bone loss. It can be given in various forms in different modalities, and is available as systemic estrogen, estrogen-progestin, estrogen-bazedoxifene, progestin alone, or combined oral contraceptives. Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs), such as raloxifene, bazedoxifene, and ospemifene, have the ability to modulate estrogen action without stimulating endometrial growth or increasing risk of cancer. SERMs have the same outcome as hormone therapy in preventing bone loss and promoting beneficial lipoprotein levels. Non-hormonal therapies can include selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), gabapentin, and clonidine. Many treatments can be used for short durations (a few months) for menopause symptoms. With all the different treatments options on the horizon, healthcare professionals need to be educated on the safety and efficacy of each and how they can impact and improve patient outcomes.
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
Faculty:
Chrisandra Shufelt, MD, MS, FACP, MSCP
Professor and Chair, Division of General Internal Medicine
Associate Director, Women's Health Research Center
Mayo Clinic
shufelt.chrisandra@mayo.edu
Disclosure Information:
As accredited providers, NAMCP and AAMCN must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of their activities. All faculty participating in this activity are required to disclose to NAMCP/AAMCN any financial relationships with ineligible companies. NAMCP/AAMCN in turn discloses all relevant financial conflicts to the learners. NAMCP/AAMCN disclosure policy adheres to The Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity. See below for conflicts of interest.
Disclosures (Relevant Financial Relationships with Ineligible Companies in the Last 24 Months):
Dr. Shufelt has served on an advisory board for Bayer Pharmaceuticals. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
Planning Committee Disclosures (Relevant Financial Relationships with Ineligible Companies in the Last 24 Months):
Bill Williams, MD has no relevant financial relationship with an ineligible company to disclose.
Jeremy Williams has no relevant financial relationship with an ineligible company to disclose.
Jacqueline Cole, RN, MS, CMCN has no relevant financial relationship with an ineligible company to disclose.
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Accreditation & Designation
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 the National Association of Managed Care Physicians (NAMCP) and American Association of Managed Care Nurses (AAMCN). The National Association of Managed Care Physicians is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
NAMCP designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)TM. Each physician should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The American Association of Managed Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Nurses who complete this activity and achieve a passing score will receive 1 hour in nursing continuing professional development.
This activity has been approved by the American Board of Managed Care Nursing for 1.0 contact hours toward CMCN recertification requirements.
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This activity is supported by educational grants from
Astellas and Bayer Healthcare
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