Clinical Quiz questions are based f...

Clinical Quiz questions are based forward selected articles in this issue. Answers appear in this issue.

American Family Physician has been approved from the American Academy of Family Physicians as having educational easy in mind acceptable for Prescribed credit. season of approval covers issues published within common year from the beginning distribution date of January 2004 This issue has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 35 Prescribed credits. common quarter of one credit conforms to AAFP criteria for evidence-based CME appease 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 according to 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 35 Category 1 credits toward the American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim and nothing else those credits that he or she actually wearied in the activity.

AAFP Credit

Each fac-simile 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 upon completion and return of the Clinical Quiz answer card. AFP continues a record of AMA/PRA Category 1 credits for nonmember physicians. This record will be provided onward request; however, nonmembers are responsible for reporting their hold 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 by dint of AAFP and will be provided to you onward written request. You are responsible for reporting CME credits to your professional organization.

NOTE: The replete text of AFP is available online (http://www.aafp.org/afp), including each issue's Clinical Quiz. The table of easy in minds for each online issue will link you to the Clinical Quiz. Just come [i]or[/i] go after [i]or[/i] behind 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 upon the quiz pages, and transfer your answers to the Clinical Quiz answer card (bound into your transcript 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 in kind year (by May 31, 2005) The bar digest on the answer card contains your identification for CME credits.

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

Type A questions have single one correct answer and may have four or five choices. Here is a typical prototype A question: