Zika Virus: What Clinicians Need To Know
Presenter: Dirk Haselow, MD and Gary Wheeler, MD
Knowledge Gap: The purpose of this activity is to educate healthcare providers with the most up-to-date information on the current CDC guidelines of Zika Virus. |
Target Audience The target audience includes all healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals who would like to learn about Zika Virus and how it pertains to their respective profession. |
Release and Expiration Dates 05/13/2016 - 05/13/2019 |
Objectives 1) The participant will become familiar with the current status of the zika epidemic. 2) The participant will become familiar with state-of-the-science recommendations regarding personal protection and patient care. 3) The participant will learn where authoritative information is found and updated. |
Biographical Info Dr. Haselow serves as the State Epidemiologist and Medical Director for Outbreak Response at the ADH. He is trained as a pediatrician and doctorally trained infectious disease epidemiologist. He also has joint appointment as an associate professor of pediatrics and public health. Dirk Haselow, MD and Gary Wheeler, MD both guide the ADH’s response to emerging infectious diseases. |
Speaker Disclosures: The planners, speakers, moderators, peer reviewers and /or panelists of this CE activity have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose. |
Planners: Kim Miller Sarah Kinder Susan Smith Dodson Jordan Brazeal Mark Jansen Speaker: Dirk Haselow, MD, PhD | Peer Reviewers: William Meaney, MD Kim Miller, MCHES Jill Pippen, RPh Pamala Rossi, RPh Scott Schutzler, RN KATHRYN SMITH, RPh Libby Stell, RN |
Instructions to obtain credit: 1. Launch the activity 2. Complete the pre-test 3. View the entire activity online 4. Complete the post-test (must pass the post-test with a score of 80% to receive credit). You may retake the post-test if you do not receive a passing score. 5. Complete Evaluation Print certificate or transcript (Available in the “My Profile” tab). |
ANCC Accreditation Statement: Center of Distance Health, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission of Accreditation | Learn OnDemand Contact Us: For information regarding this educational activity or website, please contact UAMS Center for Distance Health 4301 W. Markham #519 Little Rock, AR 72205 E-mail cdheducation@uams.edu Toll Free: 1-855-CDH-ED4U |
ACCME Accreditation Statement: The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. | UAMS Office of Continuing Education 4301 West Markham Street #525 Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-661-7962 Fax: 501-661-7968 |
Direct Provider Statement “UAMS College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.” |
Designation Statement The UAMS College of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. |
Disclosure Policy statement It is the policy of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all directly or jointly provided educational activities. All individuals who are in a position to control the content of the educational activity (course/activity directors, planning committee members, staff, teachers, or authors of CE) must disclose all relevant financial relationships they have with any commercial interest(s) as well as the nature of the relationship. Financial relationships of the individual’s spouse or partner must also be disclosed, if the nature of the relationship could influence the objectivity of the individual in a position to control the content of the CE. The ACCME describes relevant financial relationships as those in any amount occurring within the past 12 months that create a conflict of interest. Individuals who refuse to disclose will be disqualified from participation in the development, management, presentation, or evaluation of the CE activity. |
Cost to receive credit No cost to LOD Members. $20 - Non LOD Members |
Type: Internet Activity (Enduring Material)
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