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The Primary Care Metabolic Group (PCMG) is a national educational initiative providing comprehensive metabolic disease education. PCMG’s mission is to provide a representative forum for primary care clinicians involved in metabolic disease management and raise standards of patient care through the dissemination of best practices, education programs, and communication among members.

Therapeutic areas covered by PCMG include:

• Diabetes
• Thyroid Disease
• Metabolic Syndrome
• Obesity
• Osteoporosis
• Co-morbidities of metabolic disease including cardiovascular disease

Benefits of membership include:

• Access to the PCMG website that includes up-to-date information on diabetes management including organizational activities, medical developments, relevant article highlights and commentaries, case studies and meeting information;
• A forum where Primary Care colleagues can discuss medical issues specifically related to metabolic diseases;
• Opportunities for FREE CME  

NEW Commentary: Carbohydrate Counting
4/12/10: For some people, health care providers as well as people with diabetes, carbohydrate (CHO) counting is considered a foreign language. Difficult to teach and difficult to understand. It is also something that not all people with diabetes need to do. However, because it is known that the quantity and source of carbohydrates are major determinants in blood glucose, particularly post-prandial blood glucose, a basic understanding of carbohydrates is important to all people with diabetes to help them improve their glycemic control. Read More

Commentary: How do I initiate a discussion about insulin pumps for patients who are good candidates?
3/4/10: Insulin pumps are something that I discuss frequently with patients in my practice.  Patients come to me realizing that they are interested in insulin pumping or they have been struggling with their diabetes for many years and are looking for alternatives.   This is a great opportunity for the whole Diabetes Care Team to make a difference for a patient.  I see this as a potential turning point for patients looking to improve their diabetes care. Read More

Ask the Expert Medscape Series on Basal Bolus Therapy
Over the past several months, Primary Care Metabolic Group and Primary Care Education Consortium have partnered with Medscape to provide an educational "Ask the Experts" series on basal bolus therapy. The series includes four educational columns as well as over a dozen Q&As between Medscape readers and the faculty author experts on basal bolus insulin. Take a moment to check it out so you can better understand how to initiate and intensive basal bolus therapy in your patients with diabetes. Read More

FREE CME!
Check out PCMG's new CME activity: "Primary Care Case Studies Chart Review-Volume 1: Evaluating Elevated Glucose Screening Results in Mrs. K." The activity is worth 2.0 AAFP Prescribed credits with EB CME designation and 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 credit. Click here to read the activity!

Journal of Family Practice CME Supplement!
Clinical Practice in Type 2 Diabetes: After metformin and lifestyle, then what?, November 2009

Article from the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine! 
Effectiveness of Cinnamon for Lowering Hemoglobin A1C in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized, Controlled Trial. Paul Crawford, MD. September-October 22 (5): 507-512 (2009) © Journal of The American Board Of Family Medicine. Posted with permission from the Journal of The American Board Of Family Medicine.

Journal of Family Practice Supplement!
Treating Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: What is After Lifestyle Management and Metformin? A Focus on the GLP-1 Receptor Agonists September 2009

FREE CME!
Check out PCMG's new CME activity "Article Insights Volume 7: Implications of Insulin Resistance and Cardiovascular Risk to Primary Care." The activity is worth 2.0 AAFP Prescribed credits with EB CME designation and 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 credit. Click here to read the activity!