Upcoming Classes

Neurosyphilis Update

Presented by Drs. Kathleen Jacobson & Susan Tuddenham

Thursday, July 21, 2022 from 11:30AM-1:00PM (PDT)

1.5 CME units offered at no cost

Registration will close on July 20, 2022 at 3:00PM (PDT)

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) continues to see dramatic statewide increases in syphilis. Neurosyphilis, a syphilitic infection of the nervous system, poses a complex diagnostic and management challenge for providers caring for patients with syphilis. This webinar features Drs. Kathleen Jacobson, Chief of the CDPH Sexually Transmitted Diseases Control Branch and Susan Tuddenham, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, who will discuss the epidemiology, diagnosis and management of neurosyphilis.

Learning Objectives

• Review California and national epidemiology of neurosyphilis
• Describe the pathophysiology of neurosyphilis
• Delineate clinical diagnosis and management of patients with neurosyphilis

Registration Confirmation

• Registrants will receive a confirmation email notification from training@nnptc.org within 24 hours of registering for the webinar.
• Registrants should review the confirmation email, which includes important information on attendance and CME requirements, accessing available course materials, and webinar email notifications.
  

Webinar Link

• Registrants will receive an email notification from captc@ucsf.edu with the webinar link 1-business day prior to the start of the webinar.
• Please note: Those not registered on NNPTC who access and view the webinar will not be counted in attendance or eligible to receive CME credit.  

ACCME Disclosure

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 University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine and the California Prevention Training Center. The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education to physicians. The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine designates this live activity for a 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Nurses may receive continuing nursing education credit for this educational activity as the ANCC accepts AMA PRA Category Credits™ through its reciprocity agreement. The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Financial Disclosure

As an accredited provider of continuing medical education through the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its educational activities. In order to assure that information is presented in a scientific and objective manner, The University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine requires that anyone in a position to control or influence the content of a continuing medical education activity disclose relevant financial relationships with any commercial or proprietary entity producing health care goods or services relevant to the content being planned or presented. All presenters, planners or anyone in a position to control the content of this continuing medical education activity have indicated that neither they nor their spouse/legally recognized domestic partner has any financial relationships with commercial interests related to the content of this activity.

This training is for Fellows in their last year of training and features 16 hours of didactic lectures and case discussions. We do not know at this time if this will be held in person or virtually.  That decision will be made later in the year with guidance from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and others involved with planning this event.