ADHD Evaluation and Management in Primary Care

Overview:

ADHD Evaluation and Management in Primary Care
Cynthia Lopez, MD

This presentation will discuss the impact of, evaluation for, diagnostic challenges of and co-existing conditions associated with ADHD. It will also discuss appropriate evidence-based medications and behavior therapies from those available to treat ADHD by comparing their effectiveness, side effects, and indications; analyze the evidence for their recommendations. Finally it will provide multiple resources including state-funded resources to manage ADHD in children & recognize when referral of patients with ADHD is indicated.

By the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:

1.     Implement tools for evaluation of ADHD when a child presents with inattention and/or hyperkinetic activity.

2.     Select appropriate evidence-based medications and behavior therapies to treat ADHD

3.     Utilize multiple free and state-funded resources to manage ADHD in children.

Presenter:

Cynthia Lopez, MD

Associate Professor, UTHSCSA
Division of General Pediatrics

 

Financial Disclosures:

Cynthia Lopez, MD, has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee members (Mark Nadeau, MD, MBA; Nehman Andry, MD; Maria Del Pilar Montanez Villacampa, MD, Stacy Ogbeide, PsyD; Yun Shi, MD, PhD; Marcy Wiemers, MD; Christine Song, DO; Gabriela Gibson-Lopez, PsyD; Margaret Finley, MD; Richel Avery, MD; Khorshid Amirkhosravi, MD; Jeff Svec, MD; Oralia Bazaldua, Pharm D; Kelsi Sexton Barajas, MA, MEd) have no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee member Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD has disclosed he receives royalties from General Practice and Family Medicine for being UpToDate Editor-in-Chief.

Credits:

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

Target Audience:

Specialties – Primary Care; Family Medicine
Faculty, residents, other health care providers and staff from our department; physicians and health care providers from San Antonio and South Texas; and medical students in our third-year clerkship and fourth year rotations.

Accreditation:

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Attendance. For information on applicability and acceptance, please consult your professional licensing board.

For activity related questions, please contact:
Name: Kelsi Sexton Barajas- FCM Grand Rounds Coordinator
Email: sextonk@uthscsa.edu

For CME general questions, please contact
Ph: (210) 567-4445
Email: cme@uthscsa.edu