Optimizing Vitamin D Use: Evidence-Informed Decisions Across the Care Team
Target Audience: Physicians, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians
Course Overview
Vitamin D is best known for its role in musculoskeletal health, but its use to prevent other health issues and diseases remains an area of evolving evidence. This continuing educational activity examines contemporary research on vitamin D supplementation, screening practices, and population-specific outcomes related to chronic disease prevention, aging, and metabolic health. Through an interprofessional lens, participants will explore practical implications for laboratory testing, supplementation strategies, dosing frequency, and patient counseling, with the goal of optimizing benefit while minimizing unnecessary testing, overtreatment, and supplement-related harm.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:
- Recall current evidence regarding vitamin D supplementation for disease prevention and differentiate populations most likely to benefit from supplementation
- Assess the clinical utility of serum vitamin D testing in preventive care settings and integrate evidence-based reasoning into decisions regarding screening and monitoring
- Select appropriate supplementation strategies, including dose and frequency, based on patient-specific factors
Faculty
Maintenance of Certification (MOC): Continuing Certification is offered for the American Board of Internal Medicine® (ABIM) and the American Board of Pediatrics® (ABP).
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 Medical Knowledge MOC points. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting MOC credit.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component and post-test, qualifies for MOC points with the following boards:
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
- Endocrinology
- Geriatrics & Palliative Care
- Hospital Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Nephrology
- Rheumatology
American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)
- Pediatrics
I. Introduction
II. Overview of Vitamin D
III. Vitamin D Physiology
IV. Vitamin D Epidemiology
V. Vitamin D Guidelines: 2024 Updates
VI. Vitamin D and Health Effects
- Musculoskeletal Health
- Cardiovascular Health
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Cancer and Autoimmune Diseases
- Dementia
- Depression
- Obesity
- Pregnancy and Lactation
VII. Vitamin D Screening
VIII. Sources of Vitamin D
IX. Current Supplementation Recommendations
X. Applying Vitamin D Evidence in Clinical Practice: Roles of the Healthcare Team
XI. Common Clinical Pitfalls in Vitamin D Testing and Supplementation
XII. Reassessing and De-escalating Vitamin D Therapy
XIII. Counseling Patients and Managing Expectations
XIV. Patient Case
XV. Summary
Participants are required to:
- Read the learning objectives and faculty disclosures
- Attend and participate in the live webinar
- Complete an evaluation
Note: RxCe.com uses GoToWebinar to present live webinars. You must attend the full presentation to receive credit. Telephone attendance is not available.
Faculty Planner Disclosure
The following individuals were involved in planning, developing, and/or authoring this activity: L. Austin Fredrickson, MD, FACP; Liz Fredrickson, PharmD, BCPS; and Pamela Sardo, PharmD, BS. None of the individuals involved in developing this activity has a conflict of interest or financial relationships related to the subject matter. There are no financial relationships or commercial or financial support relevant to this activity to report or disclose by RxCe.com or any of the individuals involved in the development of this activity.
Unlabeled Use Disclosure
The information provided in this course is general in nature and it is solely designed to provide participants with continuing education credit(s). This course and materials are not meant to substitute for the independent, professional judgment of any participant regarding that participant’s professional practice, including but not limited to patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment and/or health management. Medical and pharmacy practices, rules, and laws vary from state to state, and this course does not cover the laws of each state; therefore, participants must consult the laws of their state as they relate to their professional practice. Healthcare professionals, including pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, must consult with their employer, healthcare facility, hospital, or other organization, for guidelines, protocols, and procedures they are to follow. The information provided in this course does not replace those guidelines, protocols, and procedures but is for academic purposes only, and this course’s limited purpose is for the completion of continuing education credits. Participants are advised and acknowledge that information related to medications, their administration, dosing, contraindications, adverse reactions, interactions, warnings, precautions, or accepted uses are constantly changing, and any person taking this course understands that such person must make an independent review of medication information prior to any patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment and/or health management. Any discussion of off-label use of any medication, device, or procedure is informational only and such uses are not endorsed hereby. Nothing contained in this course represents the opinions, views, judgments, or conclusions of RxCe.com LLC. RxCe.com LLC is not liable or responsible to any person for any inaccuracy, error, or omission with respect to this course, or course material.
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Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, RxCE.com is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.