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IDCP

Week 8: Ingredients and Customized Medications

4 Lessons
529 Enrolled
Supported by Sytheon and Verdure Sciences

Course Overview

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Jul 2020
Released
Feb 2021
Expires
100% avg
Completion

What You'll Learn

Target Audience

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of clinicians and non-clinicians involved in the care of patients.

Physician Credit

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 SynAptiv and LearnHealth. SynAptiv is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation

SynAptiv designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The content in this program may qualify for pain management credit. Please check with your State Board for proper certification.

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

SynAptiv ensures balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all our educational programs. In accordance with this policy, SynAptiv identifies conflicts of interest with its instructors, content managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of an activity. Conflicts are resolved by SynAptiv to ensure that all scientific research referred to, reported, or used in a continuing education activity conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis. SynAptiv is committed to providing its learners with high-quality activities that promote improvements or quality in health care and not the business interest of a commercial interest.

The faculty reported the following financial relationships with commercial interests whose products or services may be mentioned in this activity:

Name of FacultyReported Financial Relationship

Peter Lio, MD

Consulting Fees/Advisory Board. Grants/Research Support. Speakers Bureau. National Eczema Association, Modernizing Medicine, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products, DermTap, Inc., Pierre Fabre Dermatologie, La Fondation pour la Dermatite Atopique (Foundation for Atopic Dermatitis), Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, IntraDerm Pharmaceuticals, Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America LLC, Regeneron, Sanofi US Services, Exeltis, AOBiome LLC, Theraplex, Odeza LLC, Realm Therapeutics, Pfizer Inc., La Roche-Posay Laboratorie Pharmaceutique, L’Oreal USA Inc., Menlo Therapeutics, Franklin BioScience, AbbVie, Syncere Skin Systems, Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Eli Lilly and Company, Unilever, gpower, inc., UCB, Altus Labs, Dermavant Sciences, Micreos Human Health B.V.-, Dermira, LearnHealth/LearnSkin, AbbVie, Medable, Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc, TopMD, Amyris, Inc., LEO Laboratories Ltd (LEO Pharma)

Raja Sivamani, MD MS AP

Consulting Fees. Burt’s Bees and Dermala; Medical Editor at LearnHealth Inc.

The content managers reported the following financial relationships with commercial interests whose products or services may be mentioned in this activity:

Name of Content ManagerReported Financial Relationship

Venita Sivamani, Planner

LearnHealth founder and shareholder

Planners at SynAptiv

No financial relationships to disclose

All other faculty, planner and/or content managers have nothing to disclose nor do they have any vested interests or affiliations. All conflicts of interest have been resolved 

Method Participation

Participants must 1) read the program information, 2) study the educational activity, 3) complete the posttest by recording the best answer to each quiz question, and 4) complete the evaluation form.

A statement of credit will be issued only upon receipt of a completed activity evaluation form and a completed post-test with a score of 70% or better. Statements of credit will be available once the midterm and final exams are completed and evaluation forms submitted.

Media

Internet

Disclaimer

The content, views, and opinions presented in this educational activity are those of the faculty/authors and do not necessarily reflect those of SynAptiv and/or LearnHealth. The faculty/authors have disclosed if there is any discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA in their presentations. Before prescribing any medicine, primary references and full prescribing information should be consulted. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management.

Learners are required to adhere to the privacy and confidentiality policy as it relates to the CE activities provided on the Internet. Please see the policy at yourcesource.com/privacy.htm.

Contact Information

This activity is jointly provided by SynAptiv and LearnHealth.

Questions about CE accreditation or CE certificates related to this course, please contact us via email at [email protected]. For all other questions, please contact [email protected].

Faculty

Accreditation Information

Welcome to week 8 as we investigate ingredients and customized medications!

Topical Ingredients and Functions

This lecture will provide an overview for the types of ingredients that are found in skin care products. The role of water, emulsifiers, and preservatives are a few examples of the topics that will be covered. Their impact on skin will be reviewed in light of clinical studies, and the role of evaluating ingredients in relation to skin types will be discussed.

After completing this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Identify different classes of ingredients and how they affect the skin mechanically
2. Differentiate moisturizer ingredients from thick to thin formulations
3. Recall the effect of emulsifiers on the transepidermal water loss

Ingredient Pairing No-No's and Yes-Yes's

This lecture explores how ingredients should be used together and how they should not be used together. Common mistakes to avoid will be discussed along with approaches to help take a mechanistic approach to treatment that allows for building synergistic regimens.

After completing this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Discuss which ingredients do not pair well in skin care products
  2. Discuss how to be synergistic with topical ingredients
  3. Utilize synergy in building an approach to customized compounded formulas

Compounding Medications

Compounding medication is a time-honored tradition in dermatology. We explore the history as well as modern day aspects of compounding in clinical practice.

After completing this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Propose some reasons why compounding continues to be practiced in dermatology 2. Assess some of the potential safety and efficacy issues that can arise around compounding 3. Identify some compounds that may be useful in certain clinical scenarios

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Lesson 10hr 40min

Topical Ingredients and Functions

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Lesson 20hr 27min

Ingredient Pairing No-No's and Yes-Yes's

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Lesson 30hr 23min

Compounding Medications

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Lesson 41hr 3min

Ingredients and Customized Medications Office Hours

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Post-Quiz

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Questions
13
Passing Score
70%
Average Score
100%

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