Accreditation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and the Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center.

The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2.5 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

This CME activity has been planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Essentials, the Standards for Commercial Support and the Standards for Interpreting the Essentials as applied to CME enduring materials.

In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support, the authors for this enduring material have been asked to complete conflict-of-interest forms. Information is included in the activity material.

The accreditation period for this material is August 1, 2005 to August 1, 2008.