accreditation and certification
Intended Audience
This activity was developed for VA physicians, pharmacists, nurses and nurse practitioners who manage patients with significant vascular disease and who are at risk for thrombotic events.
This program will help ensure that the Veterans Health Administration and other health care professionals remain up to date on the assertive management of patients at risk of thrombotic events such a patients with history of ACS, MI and stroke.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
Assess and stratify thrombotic risks in patients with ACS, MI and stroke
Describe various treatment options available, the evidence for their use, and
their controversies
Apply up-to-date clinical guidelines and data in the treatment of patients at
risk of a thrombotic event with confounding vascular disease

Accreditation and Certification
The Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Annenberg Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credittm. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program has been developed according to the ACPE Criteria for Quality and is assigned ACPE Universal Program #797-000-06-012-H04. This program is designated for up to 1 contact hour (0.1 CEU) of continuing pharmacy education credit.
Annenberg Center for Health Sciences is approved as a provider of nurse practitioner continuing education by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Provider 040207. The Annenberg Center approves this program for 1 contact hour of continuing education.
Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower, Institute for Nursing Continuing Education is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
A maximum of 1 contact hour may be earned for successful completion of this activity.
There is no charge for this activity. Statements of Credit will be provided by mail following activity participation, and upon completion and return of the evaluation form to the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences. Please allow 4-6 weeks for the delivery of your statement.

Disclosure
It is the policy of the Annenberg Center to ensure fair balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all programming. All faculty participating in sponsored programs are expected to identify and reference off-label product use and disclose any significant relationship with those supporting the activity or any others whose products or services are discussed. Full disclosure will be made in the activity materials.

If you need reasonable, special accommodations or have questions about access to any of our activities, please contact Theresa Everhart by phone at 800-321-3690, by fax at 760-773-4550, or by e-mail to . All requests must be received at least 14 days in advance of the intended activity start date.

This activity is supported by independent educational grants from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and sanofi-aventis.

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