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The Impact of Thyroid Disease on Women’s Health

This program examines thyroid function and dysfunction, focusing on common complaints in women with both known and unknown thyroid diseases.  It explores the impact of thyroid disease on women’s health, highlighting its implications.  The program further discusses guideline-based thyroid testing, and includes case presentations to review symptoms, diagnosis, and testing methods, offering practical examples for further understanding.

Target Audience
This activity is intended for medical professionals who have a clinical interest in thyroid disorders as seen in the following medical specialties: endocrinology, primary care (IM, FP, GP), obstetrics/gynecology, cardiology, pediatrics, laboratory medicine, nuclear medicine, ophthalmology, neurology, psychiatry, and sleep medicine.

Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

1. Distinguish thyroid function and dysfunction.
2. Describe common complaints in women with unknown and known thyroid disease.
3. Describe impact of thyroid disease on women’s health.
4. Identify guideline based thyroid testing.
5. Discuss case presentations to review symptoms, diagnosis and testing.

Faculty

Shannon K.  Idzik, DN              
Professor Organizational Systems, and Adult Health   
Associate Dean for the DNP Program           
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Baltimore, MD        

 

 

 

 

 

Mark A. Lupo, MD
Founder Thyroid and Endocrine Center
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Florida State University, College of Medicine
Sarasota, Florida

 

 

 

 

 

Accreditation Statement

The Impact of Thyroid Disease on Women’s Health, made available on https://www.medtalks.com/en/Impact-Thyroid-Disease-On-Womens-Health and organized by Dane Garvin, is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) to provide the following CME activity for medical specialists.

Only those e-learning materials that are displayed on the UEMS-EACCME® website have formally been accredited.

Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM . Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found
at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications.

Information regarding the conversion of EACCME® creditsCredit will be converted based on one (1) hour of participation equalling one credit for all activities. Physicians wishing to convert EACCME® credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ will be required to access the AMA website at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications to obtain the necessary paperwork and instructions. Physicians and other health care professionals will be required to pay a processing fee to the AMA.

For other countries, please contact the relevant national/regional accreditation authority.

Educational Grant
This educational activity is independently produced and is financially supported with an unrestricted educational grant by QuidelOrtho. 

References
The Impact of Thyroid Disease on Women’s Health

Last edited: 03-02-2025
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