Session 1: Precision Medicine Course Overview

Introduction to Precision Medicine (PM) will introduce learners to the value of Precision Medicine and provide an overview of PM concepts.
 
John Meurer, MD, MBA, is Professor of Community Health and General Pediatrics. He co-directs the Health System and Management pathway course for medical students and directs population health management and policy courses in the MPH program. With NIH support, Dr Meurer leads the Fight COVID MKE epidemiology study and translational research workforce development for the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin. With CDC support, he studies the impact of state Medicaid expansion on diabetes outcomes. With MCW Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin support, he leads community-engaged research and systems improvement in early childhood development in Milwaukee and across Wisconsin.

Target Audience

  • Physicians
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Physician Assistants
  • Pharmacists
  • Genetic Counselors
  • Researchers
  • Lab Technicians

Learning Objectives

Participants who engage in this education intervention will be able to:

  • Define Precision Medicine.
  • Examine precision medicine systems and strategies to gather data that will improve health outcomes.
  • Evaluate precision medicine business models.

 

Additional information
AttachmentSize
File MCW PM Ed CME Intro and Overview.pptx2.06 MB

Contact

Name: 
Kellie LeGrave
Phone Number: 
+1 (414) 955-4139
Email: 
[email protected]
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.50 Genetic Counselor CEU
  • 1.50 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.
  • 1.50 MOC Part II
    MOC Part II credit.
Course opens: 
10/20/2025
Course expires: 
10/19/2026
Cost:
$0.00
Part of: 
Precision Medicine Continuing Education Program 2025
Activity Director:
Gwen Lomberk, PhD
 
Planning Committee:
Gwen Lomberk, PhD
John Meurer, MD, MBA
Carolyn Oxencis, PharmD, BCpS, BCOP, PharmD
Jenny Geurts, MS, CGC
 
 
In accordance with the ACCME® Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Standard 3, all persons in control of content must disclose any relevant financial relationships. It is the policy of the Medical College of Wisconsin to identify, mitigate and disclose the absence or presence of all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies held by the speakers/presenters, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence content of this accredited continuing education. The following in control of content had no relevant financial relationships to disclose. 
 
  • Gwen Lomberk, PhD
  • John Meurer, MD, MBA
  • Carolyn Oxencis, PharmD
  • Jenny Geurts, MS
  • Jeremy Garrett, PhD
  • Donald Basel, MD
  • Jake Luo, PhD
  • Michael Zimmermann, PhD
 

The following persons in control of content and disclosed the following financial relationships, which were reviewed via the MCW conflict of interest mitigation process and addressed:

 

Name

Company

Role

Deepak Kilari, MD

Eisai, Aveo, Jannsen, Pfizer, Exelixis, MJH Life Science, Aptitude, Targeted Oncology

Consultant, Speaker, Advisory Board

Accreditation Statement
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
 
Designation of Credit Statement
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Hours of Participation for Allied Health Professionals
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 1.50 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.
 
The National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) has authorized The Medical College of Wisconsin  to offer up to 1.5 CEUs or 15 Category 1 contact hours for the activity Precision Medicine Continuing Education Program Spring 2025. The American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) will accept CEUs earned at this program for the purposes of genetic counselor recertification.
 
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to [MOC point amount] MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
 
Participation shared with ABP through PARS:
 
Individual participants’ information will be shared with ABP through the ACCME Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS). 

Available Credit

  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.50 Genetic Counselor CEU
  • 1.50 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.
  • 1.50 MOC Part II
    MOC Part II credit.

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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