Activity Goal
Formulate both short- and long-term goals for patients with type 2 diabetes in order to minimize morbidity and mortality.

Target Audience
Diabetes specialists, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, and pharmacists who participate in the care of patients with diabetes.

Learning Objective
Analyze short-term and long-term goals of therapy for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in accordance with current guidelines.
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CME Information: Physicians
Statement of Accreditation
Projects In Knowledge^® is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation
Projects In Knowledge designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CE Information: Nurses
Projects In Knowledge^® (PIK) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Projects In Knowledge is also an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP-15227.

This activity is approved for 0.50 nursing contact hour(s).

DISCLAIMER: Accreditation refers to educational content only and does not imply ANCC, CBRN, or PIK endorsement of any commercial product or service.

CE Information: Pharmacists
Projects In Knowledge^® (PIK) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

This program has been planned and implemented in accordance with the ACPE Criteria for Quality and Interpretive Guidelines. This chapter is worth up to 0.50 contact hour (0.05 CEU). The ACPE Universal Activity Number assigned to this Application-type activity is 0052-0000-10-1702-H01-P.

Pharmacists should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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Disclosure Information
The Disclosure Policy of Projects In Knowledge requires that presenters comply with the Standards for Commercial Support. All faculty are required to disclose any personal interest or relationship they or their spouse/partner have with the supporters of this activity or any commercial interest that is discussed in their presentation. Any discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices will also be disclosed in the course materials. For complete prescribing information on the products discussed during this CME/CE activity, please see your current Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR).

Alan J. Garber, MD, PhD , has received salary/honoraria from Daiichi Sankyo Inc, GlaxoSmithKline, Inc, Merck & Co, Inc, and Novo Nordisk, Inc; has received consulting fees from GlaxoSmithKline, Inc, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc, Merck & Co, Inc, and Novo Nordisk, Inc.

Lauren A. Cerruto (medical writer), has disclosed no significant relationships.

Peer Reviewer has disclosed no significant relationships.

Projects In Knowledge’s staff members have no significant relationships to disclose.
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Conflicts of interest are thoroughly vetted by the Executive Committee of Projects In Knowledge. All conflicts are resolved prior to the beginning of the activity by the Trust In Knowledge peer review process.

The opinions expressed in this activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily reflect those of Projects In Knowledge.

This CME/CE activity is provided by Projects In Knowledge solely as an educational service. Specific patient care decisions are the responsibility of the clinician caring for the patient.