Patient Adherence
Hardware/Software Requirements
- Web Browser
- Adobe® Reader
Overall Learning Objectives
At the completion of this session, participants will be able to:
- Recognize non-adherence as an important cause of treatment failure.
- Understand the importance of discussing adherence with their patients.
- Recognize the importance of assessing potential barriers to patient adherence when forumulating a treatment plan and assessing adherence to therapy at follow-up.
Faculty
Todd Schwedt, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Washington University Headache Center
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Joshua M. Cohen, MD, MPH
Headache Institute
Roosevelt Hospital
New York, NY
Disclosure Statement
All faculty and course planners participating in continuing medical education activities sponsored by the American Headache Society® are expected to disclose to the audience any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest related to the content of their presentations. Full disclosure of faculty relationships will be presented at the beginning of each faculty presentation. In addition, all faculty are required to disclose any discussion of off-label use.
View the speakers' disclosure slides.
Designation Statement
The American Headache Society designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
To obtain credit, you must answer at least 7 of the 9 questions correctly on the Post-Test.