Medicinal Mushroom Supplements
Course #98210 - $18 -
- Participation Instructions
- Review the course material online or in print.
- Complete the course evaluation.
- Review your Transcript to view and print your Certificate of Completion. Your date of completion will be the date (Pacific Time) the course was electronically submitted for credit, with no exceptions. Partial credit is not available.
Interest and use of medicinal mushrooms has been increasing over the past few years. Patients may be using medicinal mushrooms to help treat various health conditions. Healthcare professionals need to be well-informed about the safety, effectiveness, and use of medicinal mushrooms to provide the best care for their patients.
This course is designed for healthcare professionals in any practice setting whose patients may be taking mushrooms for potentially medicinal uses.
The purpose of this course is to help healthcare professionals in all practice settings increase their knowledge base on medicinal mushrooms.
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Name the main bioactive compounds found in medicinal mushrooms.
- Discuss which medicinal mushrooms should be used cautiously with certain disease states.
- Recognize which medicinal mushrooms have the potential to cause severe adverse effects.
- Identify interactions between specific medicinal mushrooms and drugs, herbs, and supplements.
- Describe which conditions specific medicinal mushrooms have evidence to support their use.
Natalie Yates, PharmD, is an Assistant Clinical Editor at TRC Healthcare, specializing in content development for Natural Medicines, a clinical reference focused on natural products and alternative therapies. She holds a Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of California, San Francisco, and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego. With expertise in clinical pharmacy, medical writing, and natural medicine research, Dr. Yates is dedicated to integrating evidence-based natural therapies into healthcare education, contributing to both professional and patient-focused resources.
Contributing faculty, Natalie Yates, PharmD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.
John M. Leonard, MD
Mary Franks, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
The division planners have disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.
Sarah Campbell
The Director of Development and Academic Affairs has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.
The purpose of NetCE is to provide challenging curricula to assist healthcare professionals to raise their levels of expertise while fulfilling their continuing education requirements, thereby improving the quality of healthcare.
Our contributing faculty members have taken care to ensure that the information and recommendations are accurate and compatible with the standards generally accepted at the time of publication. The publisher disclaims any liability, loss or damage incurred as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of the use and application of any of the contents. Participants are cautioned about the potential risk of using limited knowledge when integrating new techniques into practice.
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