Samuel E. Mathis, MD, MBA, CPE, FAAFP
Assistant Professor
Fellowship Director, UTMB Integrative & Behavioral Medicine Fellowship
WD & Laura Nell Nicholson Family Endowed Professorship in Integrative Medicine
Department of Family Medicine
University of Texas Medical Branch

OBJECTIVES:  Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to: 

1) describe common supplements used in various cultures.

2) explain the risks and benefits of common supplements utilized by various cultures.

3) demonstrate appropriate ways to ask about supplement use in patient encounters.

FACULTY DISCLOSURE:  Dr. Mathis does not have a relevant financial interest or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

PLANNER DISCLOSURE: The planners for this activity do not have a relevant financial interest or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

ACCREDITATION:  The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Lecture Meets Texas requirements for 1 hour of Ethics/Professional Responsibility credit in CME.

ABIM MOC:  Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

NURSES:  Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

SOCIAL WORKERS: This continuing education offering is approved for 1.0 CEU. This program also meets criteria for 1 hour of ethics credit.

SPONSORED BY:  Andrejs Avots-Avotins, MD, PhD, Chair- The Elizabeth & Drayton McLane, Jr. Chair in Health & Wellness