Total Credits: 1 including 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™, 1 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s), 1 AOBIM Specialty Credit(s)
This program will expire and must be completed by 07/27/26.
** Please note this program was a part of the VOC 2023. You will not want to choose this program if you completed this individual program as part of the VOC 2023. **
Learning Objectives:
• Learners will analyze the epidemiology of hypertension.
• Learners will assess how the social determinants of health can be assessed and used to help treat hypertension.
• Learners will recognize and grasp the history of hypertension guidelines and why changes have been made throughout the years.
• Learners will analyze and apply the hypertension guidelines, which include the diagnosis, evaluation, monitoring, and secondary causes of hypertension.
• Learners will integrate the hypertension guidelines into their practice to provide optimal care for their patients.
• Learners will better treat patients by incorporating updated guidelines and SDOH.
Accreditation Statement:
This program is co-sponsored by the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) and the Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of Oregon (OPSO). Both osteopathic associations are accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.
The program has been designated for a maximum of one (1) AOA Category 1-A Credit(s) by the co-sponsors who have authorized the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons to report CME and specialty credits to the AOA commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation in this activity.
MAOPS is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
MAOPS designates this conference for a maximum of one (1) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Planning Disclosure:
The Virtual CME Committee consisting of representatives from the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) and the Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of Oregon (OPSO), has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of these presentations.
Osteopathic Grievance Policy:
All grievances should be in writing and should specify the nature of the grievance. Initially, all grievances should be directed to the MAOPS Executive Director, who will then forward said grievance to the Virtual CME Committee. All grievances will receive an initial response in writing within 30 days of receipt. If the participant does not receive a satisfactory response, they can then submit a complaint in writing to the Council on Continuing Medical Education of the AOA at 142 East Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611.
| Handout - Sa4B) Dr. William Elliott - Hypertension Guidelines- Incorporating Social Determinants of Health - OPSO (2.82 MB) | 58 Pages | Available after Purchase |
| Handout - Sa4B) Dr. William Elliott #2 - Hypertension Guidelines- Incorporating Social Determinants of Health - OPSO (0.16 MB) | 4 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Dr. William Elliott is a distinguished Professor of Preventative Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Pharmacology, the Head of the Division of Pharmacology, and the Chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences in Yakima, Washington. He received hid Bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame and then earned his M.D. and Ph.D. in Bio-Organic Chemistry from the University of Chicago, in Illinois. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine and Pharmacology at Barnes Hospital and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Elliott completed his fellowship in Pharmacology in the Department of Pharmacology – Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Elliott is board-certified in Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine, in Clinical Pharmacology by the American Board of Clinical Pharmacology, and in Hypertension by the American Board of Hypertension Specialists.
Dr. Elliott served as a member of the faculty at the University of Chicago from 1985 - 1992. He then served the next 17 years on the faculty in a variety of roles at RUSH Medical College, Chicago, Illinois. In 2008, he started his career as a Professor at the Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, where he remains today.
Dr. Elliott is one of the inaugural "Specialists in Clinical Hypertension" and is a Fellow of the American Society of Hypertension. He contributed to five topics on the Sixth Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC VI), as well as to the "long version" of JNC 7. He has authored more than 250 published abstracts, 28 Letters to the Editor, 160 peer-reviewed publications, 190 book chapters, and one book review.
Dr. Elliott belongs to many professional societies interested in clinical pharmacology and hypertension, including fellowship in the American Heart Association's Council on High Blood Pressure Research. He has lectured on five continents, participated in the review process for many journals, societies, national board examinations, study sections, and funding agencies, and served as Editor or Co-Editor for many books, monographs, and symposia. Dr. Elliott's most valued honors are thirty-nine awards for teaching excellence from 1974 – 2025.
Dr. William Elliott discloses that he is an editor and author for UpToDate and Elsevier. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
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