CME Information
Date of Original Release: December 20, 2025. Date of most recent review: December 1, 2025. Termination date: December 20, 2028.
Accreditation: EB Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation: EB Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 4
AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Specialty CME: Included as part of the 4 credits, this CME activity is eligible for 4 Stroke CME credits, subject to your state and institutional approval.
AOA Accreditation: Emergency Medicine Practice is eligible for 4 Category 2-B credit hours per issue by the American Osteopathic Association.
AAFP Accreditation: The AAFP has reviewed Emergency Medicine Practice and deemed it acceptable for AAFP credit. Term of approval is from 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This session, Emergency Department Diagnosis and Management of Stroke in Young Adults, is approved for 4.0 enduring material AAFP Prescribed credits.
Needs Assessment: The need for this educational activity was determined by a practice gap analysis; a survey of medical staff; review of morbidity and mortality data from the CDC, AHA, NCHS, and ACEP; and evaluation responses from prior educational activities for emergency medicine physicians.
Target Audience: This enduring material is designed for emergency medicine physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and residents.
Goals: Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to: (1) identify areas in practice that require modification to be consistent with current evidence in order to improve competence and performance; (2) develop strategies to accurately diagnose and treat both common and critical ED presentations; and (3) demonstrate informed medical decision-making based on the strongest clinical evidence.
CME Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to: (1) identify common causes of stroke in young adults; (2) describe acute management of stroke patients in the emergency department; (3) identify common stroke mimics in young adults; and (4) discuss the in-hospital and long-term management of young stroke patients, from workup and secondary prevention to rehabilitation.
Discussion of Investigational Information: As part of the activity, faculty may be presenting investigational information about pharmaceutical products that is outside United States Food and Drug Administration-approved labeling. Information presented as part of this activity is intended solely as continuing medical education and is not intended to promote off-label use of any pharmaceutical product.
Disclosure: It is the policy of EB Medicine to ensure objectivity, balance, independence, transparency, and scientific rigor in all CME activities. All individuals in a position to control content have disclosed all financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies. EB Medicine has assessed all relationships with ineligible companies disclosed, identified those financial relationships deemed relevant, and appropriately mitigated all relevant financial relationships based on each individual’s role(s). Please find disclosure information for this activity below:
Planners:
- Rhonda Cadena, MD (Editor-in-Chief): Has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Faculty:
The following faculty for this activity have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.
- Rohan Arora, MD (Author)
- Karissa C. Arthur, MD (Author)
- Taylor N. Haight, MD (Author)
- William A. Knight, MD (Peer Reviewer)
- Camelia Valhuerdi Porto, MD (Peer Reviewer)
- Anneke Smith, MS (Content Editor)
- Dorothy Whisenhunt, MS (Content Editor)
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- Shraddha Mainali, MD (Author):
- Marinus (consultant/advisor; consulting fees)
Earning CME Credit: Learners can earn credit by going to
www.ebmedicine.net and selecting the test they wish to complete. To receive credit, they must score 100% on the test and complete the evaluation. After completing these steps, a CME certificate will be emailed to them.
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