Clinical Quiz questions are based ...

Clinical Quiz questions are based in succession selected articles in this issue. Answers appear in this issue. American Family Physician has been approved by means of the American Academy of Family Physicians as having educational satisfy acceptable for Prescribed credit. word of approval covers issues published within single year from the beginning distribution date of January 2004 This issue has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 3 Prescribed credits. individual half of one credit conforms to AAFP criteria for evidence-based CME peace When reporting CME credits, AAFP members should report total Prescribed credits earned for this activity. It is not necessary for members to label credits as evidence-based or Prescribed for CME reporting purposes

The American Academy of Family Physicians is accredited through the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The AAFP designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3 Category 1 credits toward the American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim solitary those credits that he or she actually worn out in the activity.

AAFP Credit

Each duplicate of AFP contains a Clinical Quiz answer card. AAFP members may use this card to obtain the designated number of Prescribed credit hours for the year in which the card is postmarked.

AMA/PRA Category 1 Credit

AAFP members who satisfy the Academy's continuing medical education requirements are automatically eligible for the AMA/PRA.

Physicians who are not members of the AAFP are eligible to receive the designated number of credits in Category 1 of the AMA/PRA forward completion and return of the Clinical Quiz answer card. AFP preserves a record of AMA/PRA Category 1 credits for nonmember physicians. This record will be provided in succession request; however, nonmembers are responsible for reporting their concede Category 1 CME credits when applying for the AMA/PRA or other certificates or credentials.

For health care professionals who are not physicians and are AFP subscribers, a record of CME credit is kept on AAFP and will be provided to you forward written request. You are responsible for reporting CME credits to your professional organization.

Note: The sated text of AFP is available online (http://www.aafp.org/afp), including each issue's Clinical Quiz. The table of peaces for each online issue will link you to the Clinical Quiz. Just tread on the heels of the online directions to take the quiz and, if you're an AAFP member, you can submit your answers for CME credit.

Instructions

(1) Read each article, answer all questions forward the quiz pages, and transfer your answers to the Clinical Quiz answer card (bound into your archetype of AFP). This will help you avoid errors and permit you to check your answers against the correct answers.

(2) Mail the Clinical Quiz answer card within single year (by September 30, 2005) The bar digest on the answer card contains your identification for CME credit hours.

Before beginning the standard please note: Each Clinical Quiz includes sum of two units types of questions: Type A and pattern X.

Type A questions have no other than one correct answer and may have four or five choices. Here is a typical emblem A question: