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COURSE DESCRIPTION:  

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds are an integral component of medical education, teaching new information and enhancing clinical reasoning skills. Topics and speakers are selected to provide faculty and residents with up-to-date knowledge about timely issues in internal medicine. 

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Internal Medicine Physicians, Physician Assistants, Residents, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Podiatrists, Pharmacists and all other interested healthcare providers. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Examine the epidemiology and cost of penicillin allergy.
• Briefly review the immune system.
• Appreciate the pathophysiology of beta lactam allergy.
• Describe the testing procedure.
• Discuss predictive value.
• Evaluate efficacy and safety of testing in sub-populations.
• Review cephalosporin cross reactivity.

FACULTY AND DISCLOSURES:

Amy B. Schiffman, M.D.
Board Certified in Allergy/Immunology
Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Baptist Health South Florida

Amy B. Schiffman, M.D., faculty for this educational activity, indicated that she is on the speaker’s bureau for Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals. All relevant financial relationships listed have been mitigated.
 

John Rubin, M.D., director for this educational event, owns stock in AstraZeneca and Bristol Myers Squibb. He has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.  

Kenneth Rosenthal, M.D., FACG, moderator for this educational event, indicated that he is on the Speaker’s Bureau for AbbVie, Inc. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual has been mitigated. 

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies.*

*Ineligible companies – Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 

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ACCREDITATION STATEMENTS AND CREDITS

Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Baptist Health South Florida designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.   

This activity has been approved for 1 credit hour, CE Broker Course #20-855339, by the Florida Boards of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine and Physician Assistants.  

This activity has also been approved for 1 credit for Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Pharmacists and Pharmacy Techs, Athletic Trainers. Baptist Health South Florida CE Broker Provider #50-182.