Education & Training

 

AGA Education, Practice and Research

Focused Clincial Updates 2006

To receive full CME credit, you are required to complete the evaluation form and self-test for each chapter you complete. Upon completion of the evaluation form and test, a certificate with your name and number of credits you have claimed will be generated. You must print your certificate using the print function in your browser.

The objectives listed below are to be used when evaluating the program. After completing this program, each participant should be able to:

  • Identify how state of the art and emerging research will impact management of digestive conditions.
  • Review diagnostic and treatment options for patients with several digestive diseases.

 

Approaches to Viral Hepatitis

Select one answer for each question. You may change your answers as many times as you need to until you click the "Submit" button located at the bottom of the test.

1. With regard to adherence to antiviral therapy in hepatits C:

A comprehensive patient support program had no effect on adherence to PEG interferon alpha2b combination therapy

The patient support program improved prescription refills at 12, 24, and 48 weeks

Support program was poorly accepted by patients in the program

None are correct

2. With regard to durability of HBeAg seroconversion after adefovir:

Relapse is most likely to be with HBV genotype C

Durability of seroconversion was 91% after three years

A and B are correct

None are correct

3. With regard to the "social impact of chronic hepatits C":

Patients with hepatitis C undergoing divorce felt that hepatitis C was not a factor

Discontinuation of employment and disability is common in chronic hepatitis C

Eighty-three percent of patients undergoing therapy were either separated or divorced during or after therapy

None of the above

4. With regard to lamivudine resistant hepatitis B:

Tenofovir was superior to Adefovir viral reduction in one study

Entecavir was superior to continued lamivudine in sustained viral response at 96 weeks

Neither is correct

Both A and B are correct