Activity Overview: James H. Horner was a medical student who died shortly before his expected graduation from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.  His medical degree was awarded posthumously in June 1988.  Dr. Horner’s family established this distinguished professorship in his name “to promote education, compassion, and academic excellence in the practice of medicine”.  Join us as we welcome expert speakers who will share their knowledge of the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy, as well as provide guidelines and resources for anyone who is impacted by this neurological disease.

Objectives:

• Review relevant information about seizures, treatments, and other coping strategies to support those impacted by epilepsy.
• Facilitate in-person exchanges between epilepsy specialists and the larger community.
• Provide tangible resources about epilepsy for healthcare providers and community stakeholders.

Disclosure Statement:

The University of Tennessee College of Medicine is committed to providing CME that is balanced, objective, and evidence based.  Individuals involved with planning, reviewing, and presenting content for this activity must disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies within the past 24 months, regardless of the amount.  The ACCME defines ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.  Financial relationships are relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.  Individuals must disclose regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education.  The UT College of Medicine, CME staff, and Activity Director have taken appropriate steps to identify and mitigate relationships prior to the individuals assuming their roles.

3 CME / CEU credits provided

AMA Credit Designation: The University of Tennessee College of Medicine (UTCOM) designates this live activity for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Continuing Education for Non-Physicians: The UTCOM will issue Certificates of Participation to non-physicians for participating in this activity and designates it for CEUs using the national standard that 1 hour of educational instruction is awarded .1 CEU.

Accreditation: The UTCOM is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.