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 by way of the American Academy of Family Physicians as having educational appease acceptable for Prescribed credit hours. name of approval covers issues published within single in kind year from the beginning distribution date of January 2003 This issue has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 3 Prescribed credit hours. Credit may be claimed for undivided year from the date of this issue. When reporting CME credit hours, AAFP members should report total Prescribed credit hours earned for this activity. It is not necessary for members to label credit hours 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 to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The AAFP designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3 hours in Category 1 credit toward the American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim single those hours of credit that he or she actually exhausted in the educational 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 credit hours in Category 1 of the AMA/PRA upon completion and return of the Clinical Quiz answer card. AFP withholds a record of AMA/PRA Category 1 credit hours for nonmember physicians. This record will be provided upon request; however, nonmembers are responsible for reporting their have 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 according to AAFP and will be provided to you forward written request. You are responsible for reporting CME hours to your professional organization.

NOTE: The abounding text of AFP is available online (www.aafp.org/afp), including each issue's Clinical Quiz. The table of make contenteds for each online issue will link you to the Clinical Quiz. Just tread close upon 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 onward 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 the same year (by May 31, 2004) The bar digest on the answer card contains your identification for CME credit hours.

Before beginning the trial please note:

Each Clinical Quiz includes couple types of questions: Type A and sign X.

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