Class Information
Update on STDs and HIV for healthcare workers. This program could be 1 -3 hour program. Syphilis Lecture by Dr. Rompalo for Philadelphia DOH staff.
OBJECTIVES :
1. Discuss the current morbidity trends for state or region;
2. Describe the clinical considerations for making a differential diagnosis of syphilis.
Origination Date: 5/1/2017
Expiration Date: 5/1/2019
ACCREDITATION STATEMENTS:
CME: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and STD/HIV PTC at Johns Hopkins. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the (ACCME®) to provide medical education for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
This activity provides 1.5 contact hours.
CEU: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer .2 CEU's for this program.
CECH: Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 2.0 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced level continuing education contact hours available are 0.0 CDC provider number GA0082.
For Certified Public Health Professionals (CPH)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a pre-approved provider of Certified in Public Health (CPH) recertification credits and is authorized to offer 2.0 CPH recertification credits for this program.
CDC is an approved provider of CPH Recertification Credits by the National Board of Public Health Examiners. Effective October 1, 2013, the National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE) accepts continuing education units (CEU) for CPH recertification credits from CDC. Please select CEU as your choice for continuing education when registering for a course on TCEOnline. Learners seeking CPH should use the guidelines provided by the NBPHE for calculating recertification credits. For assistance please contact NBPHE at http://www.NBPHE.org.
DISCLOSURE:
CDC, our planners, our presenters and their spouses/partners wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters.
Presentations will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use except for Dr. Ghanem’s lecture on syphilis. He will be discussing other new Rapid tests for Syphilis that are not FDA approved.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and STD/HIV PTC at Johns Hopkins are jointly providing the CNE for this activity.
CDC did not accept commercial support for this continuing education activity.
Jeanne Hoover 410-545-1547
Jeanne.Hoover@baltimorecity.gov