Description

SCMS aims to provide Category 1 CME for a wide variety of primary care providers. Our yearly needs assessment of physicians indicates a desire for improving the quality of their skills in dealing with several issues in primary care. This CME offering aims to improve the quality of care for primary care physicians and their patients.

Topics include:

• ADHD Medications: Who Needs It, Why, and How/When to Deprescribe - Savannah Marie Patterson, MD, MNeuro Sci
• An Internist’s View on the Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Framework - Radica Alicic, MD, MSc, FACP
• Hormones Are Our Friends and Osteoporosis Update for the PCP - Caitlin Allen, MD
• Opioid Use Disorder: Diagnosis and Treatment - Lauren K. Whiteside, MD, MS
• Tick-Borne Diseases in the Pacific Northwest - Samantha Mathews-Klebes, MD
• 2026 Updates in Rheumatology for the Internist - Amish J. Dave, MD, MPH, FACP
• The Good, the Bad, and the LDL: Updated Guidelines from the ACC for the PCP - Ileisa IA Oleson, MD, PGY-3

First 10 Resident/Medical Student registrations at no charge (first-come, first-served). Funded by the SCMS Foundation.

Act now! Register by 9/4/26 to secure your spot at the current rate.

* NO REFUNDS after September 4, 2026.

CME Category 1    6.5 Total

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements of the Washington State Medical Association through the joint providership of Providence Health Care and the Spokane County Medical Society. Providence Health Care is accredited by the WSMA to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Providence Health Care designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

This activity meets the criteria for up to 6.5 hours of Category 1 CME credit to satisfy the re-licensure requirements of the Washington State Medical Quality Assurance Commission.