Measles: Prevention, Detection, Treatment, Current and Future
Many providers have never seen a case of measles in clinical practice. This course provides practitioners with essential information on measles prevention, detection and treatment.
Target Audience
Primary Care Physicians, Emergency Department Physicians, Hospitalists, Pediatricians, Internal Medicine Physicians, Infectious Disease Physicians, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.
Learning Objectives
- Identify measles and diagnose the disease in clinical practice.
- Implement first-line treatment for patients and their families.
- Utilize prevention techniques in clinical practice when a case of measles has been identified.
- Determine when to escalate care to an in-patient setting for measles patients presenting through an outpatient setting.
- Implement hospital precautions to prevent the spread among hospital workers.
Prof. Aileen M. Marty, M.D., FCAP
Director, FIU Health Travel Medicine Program and Vaccine Clinic Commander, Emergency Response Team Development
Professor, Infectious Diseases, Dept. of Humanities, Health and Society
Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University
Miami, Florida
Prof. Aileen M. Marty, M.D., FCAP, indicated that neither she nor her spouse/partner has relevant financial relationships with commercial interest companies, and she will not include off-label or unapproved product usage in her presentation or discussion.
Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
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.
American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Your participation information will be shared with the ACCME, which will in turn report your points to ABIM. Successful completion of a course examination is required to earn ABIM MOC points.
NOTE: Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points will be automatically reported to the ABIM. Submissions are recorded in approximately 48 hours. You will receive an email when your credits have been processed.
Through an agreement between the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, medical practitioners participating in the Royal College MOC Program may record completion of accredited activities registered under the ACCME’s “CME in Support of MOC” program in Section 3 of the Royal College’s MOC Program.
Available Credit
- 1.00 ABIM MOC II
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.00 General certificate of attendance
- 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
NOTE: Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points will be automatically reported to the ABIM. Submissions are recorded in approximately 48 hours. You will receive an email when your credits have been processed.
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