Urgent Care Evaluation and Management of Constipation

CME Information

Date of Original Release: February 1, 2026. Date of most recent review: January 18, 2025. Termination date: February 1, 2029.

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 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Specialty CME: Not applicable. For more information, call Customer Service at 678-366-7933.

AAFP Accreditation: The AAFP has reviewed Evidence-Based Urgent Care and deemed it acceptable for AAFP credit. Term of approval is from 11/01/2025 to 10/31/2026. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This session, Urgent Care Evaluation and Management of Constipation, is approved for 4.0 enduring material AAFP Prescribed credits.

AOA Accreditation: Evidence-Based Urgent Care is eligible for 4 Category 2-B credit hours per issue by the American Osteopathic Association.

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 urgent care and emergency medicine physicians.

Target Audience: This internet enduring material is designed for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and residents in the urgent care and family practice settings.

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 urgent care 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) describe the process for evaluating patients presenting with constipation within the urgent care setting; (2) list the dangerous potential causes and complications of constipation; (3) prescribe and/or administer treatments for constipation that take into account the underlying etiology, comorbid medical conditions, and medication use; and (4) identify patients who may benefit from specialist or emergency department referral for consideration of advanced diagnostic or therapeutic options.

Discussion of Investigational Information: As part of the activity, faculty may be presenting investigational information about pharmaceutical products that is outside 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.

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Planners

• Tracey Quail Davidoff, MD (Editor-in-Chief):
  • GSK (consultant/advisor)
  • AstraZeneca (consultant/advisor)

Faculty

The faculty for this activity have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

• Joseph Toscano, MD (Update Author)
• Sean M. McNeeley, MD (Peer Reviewer)
• Bradley Laymon, PA-C (Coding Challenge Author)
• Radhika J. Manikumar, MD (KidBits Author)
• Anneke Smith, MS (Content Editor)
• Dorothy Whisenhunt, MS (Content Editor)

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