Training and Professional Development

  • 11/4 CRC Seminar - Dr. Ernesto Canalis

    The Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
    Clinical Research Center (CRC) Seminar Series
    On Methods in Clinical Research

    Provided by
    University of Connecticut School of Medicine
    Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the Clinical Research Center

    Notch Signaling, The Skeleton and Hajdu Cheney Syndrome”

    Ernesto Canalis, M.D.
    Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Medicine
    University of Connecticut Health Center
    Farmington, CT

    Date:          Tuesday, November 4, 2014
    Time:         12:00 Noon – 1:00 P.M.
    Location:    Low Learning Center – UCHC, Farmington, CT

    WEB CAST:      http://mediasite.uchc.edu/mediasite41/Play/8c9540f8c9bc40fd936ed4ef0b4f7eba1d

                           (Note:  No CME’s given for Web Cast viewing)

    Light lunch and beverage provided

    Target Audience:  Faculty, staff, residents, and students interested in clinical research

    Learning Objectives:  Participants will be able to:  a)  Understand the function of Notch in the skeleton; b) Understand clinical manifestations of Hajdu Cheney Syndrome;  c)  Understand how genetically engineered mouse models can replicate a disease and serve to study mechanisms involved.

    Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations.  Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.

    The activity director, planning committee members, nor the speaker, Dr. Canalis, has a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organizations that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation.  Dr. Canalis will not be discussing the off-label use of any product.

    This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.  Food and refreshments provided by the CRC.

    For more information, contact: Lisa Godin/CRC at Godin@uchc.edu