The Long Tail of Long COVID

In this online course, Dr. Robert Wachter addresses long COVID including a brief update regarding what is currently known about long COVID and providing recommendations for basic clinical management. 

Target Audience

Internal Medicine Physicians, General Practitioners, Gastroenterologists, Surgeons, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Physician Associates/Physician Assistants, Residents, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Nurses, Lab Technicians, and all other interested healthcare professionals.

Learning Objectives

  • Differentiate long COVID symptoms/post-COVID conditions from underlying coexisting medical conditions. 
  • Discuss the incidence and probability of long COVID following a COVID infection. 
Additional information
Bibliography: 
  • Wulf Hanson, S., Abbafati, C., Aerts, J. G., Al-Aly, Z., Ashbaugh, C., Ballouz, T., Blyuss, O., Bobkova, P., Bonsel, G., Borzakova, S., Buonsenso, D., Butnaru, D., Carter, A., Chu, H., De Rose, C., Diab, M. M., Ekbom, E., El Tantawi, M., Fomin, V., … Vos, T. (2022). Estimated Global Proportions of Individuals With Persistent Fatigue, Cognitive, and Respiratory Symptom Clusters Following Symptomatic COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021. JAMA, 328(16), 1604–1615.
  • Swank, Z., Senussi, Y., Manickas-Hill, Z., Yu, X. G., Li, J. Z., Alter, G., & Walt, D. R. (2023). Persistent Circulating Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Spike Is Associated With Post-acute Coronavirus Disease 2019 Sequelae. Clinical infectious diseases: an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 76(3), e487–e490.
  • Martínez-Colón, G. J., Ratnasiri, K., Chen, H., Jiang, S., Zanley, E., Rustagi, A., Verma, R., Chen, H., Andrews, J. R., Mertz, K. D., Tzankov, A., Azagury, D., Boyd, J., Nolan, G. P., Schürch, C. M., Matter, M. S., Blish, C. A., & McLaughlin, T. L. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 infection drives an inflammatory response in human adipose tissue through infection of adipocytes and macrophages. Science translational medicine, 14(674), eabm9151.
Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Laboratory Personnel
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
Course opens: 
07/01/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2024
Cost:
$9.95

Robert M. Wachter, M.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine
Holly Smith Distinguished Professor in Science and Medicine
Marc and Lynne Benioff Endowed Chair in Hospital Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Robert M. Wachter, M.D., faculty for this educational activity, is an adviser for Curai Health and Forward Health. 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 has been mitigated. 

John Rubin, M.D., conference director for this educational activity, has indicated that he is a shareholder in AstraZeneca, Merck, and Bristol Myers Squibb.  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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Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
              
Baptist Health South Florida designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Laboratory Personnel
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy

Price

Cost:
$9.95
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