[Journal Club #9 + Coffee Club]: Adjunctive Metformin for Antipsychotic-Induced Dyslipidemia.

Today we posted the following 9th journal club in PEFA Journal Club’s discussion series and discussion with an expert in our Coffee Club’s discussion section:

Journal Club #9:

Adjunctive Metformin for Antipsychotic-Induced Dyslipidemia: Meta-Analysis of Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trials.

Article: Transl Psychiatry. 2020 Apr 23;10(1):117. 

 

This journal club will answer this clinically relevant question:

  • Is adjunctive metformin effective for reducing total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL, and HDL?

FOR PEFA MEMBERS ONLY:

This coffee club includes an expert discussion section with Dr. Satinder Pal Kaur. She is a Family Medicine physician and will answer the following clinical questions:

  1. How to dose and titrate metformin?
  2. What laboratory evaluation is needed before and after initiating metformin?
  3. Precautions with metformin use.
  4. Common side effects with metformin use.
  5. How to manage or prevent GI side effects with metformin?

 

FOR PEFA MEMBERS ONLY:

Psychiatry Education Forum’s Journal Club is an additional feature for PEF Academy’s members. All academy members will be automatically enrolled in this journal club.

Here we post the most recently published psychiatry articles relevant to your daily clinical practice with CME credits available for selective journal club activities. 

CME ACCREDITATION:

4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits Available from June 26, 2021

→ CME Credits will increase with our upcoming journal club video discussions.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of PeerPoint Medical Education Institute, LLC and Psychiatry Education Forum LLC. The PeerPoint Medical Education Institute, LLC is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The PeerPoint Medical Education Institute, LLC designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Accreditation & Designation Statements and Disclosure Report:

INTERESTED IN JOINING THIS JOURNAL CLUB DISCUSSION SERIES?

JOIN PSYCHIATRY EDUCATION FORUM ACADEMY MEMBERSHIP

This is a closed membership for medical professionals only.

  • 30+ Courses/Sections: Each chapter within these sections is of direct clinical relevance for your daily practice. 
  • Journal Club: we will post the most recently published psychiatry articles relevant to your daily clinical practice.
  • Coffee Club: contain short discussions with clinical experts in the field of psychiatry.
  • Essentials of Inpatient Psychiatry Book: All chapters from this book are included in the academy sections. 
  • Discussion Forum & Community: Connect with other medical professionals and discuss your difficult-to-treat clinical cases.
  • Conference Discounts: Academy members get discounted access at our conferences. 
  • Goal: is to have all important clinically relevant topics in one place for ease of access.
 

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