Disease Management Clinical Decisions
Influenza
Release Date: September 20, 2010
Expiration Date: September 20, 2012
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How to Obtain AMA PRA
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Estimated Time of Completion: 15 minutes
Description
Throughout the interactive case-based lesson, you may proceed to the next question once you answer each question correctly. In addition to allowing you to proceed, the correct answer also reveals the rationale for the answer.
Upon completing the CME activity, the evaluation and registration forms, you will have an opportunity to print your CME certificate for your records.
Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
- List the components of the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS).
- Discuss herd immunity and its value in prevention of disease.
- Discuss the options available for influenza immunization in the 2010-2011 season.
- Elaborate on treatment options for those with influenza.
Target Audience
Directed to primary care physicians including family practitioners and internists.
Accreditation
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association Council on Continuing Medical Education for Category 2 credit.
Activity Director
Kenneth Goodman, MD
Associate Director
Center for Continuing Medical Education
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Author / Faculty
George W. Meyer, MD, FACP, MACG
Governor, N. California Chapter
American College of Physicians
Sacramento, California
Disclosure
In accordance with the Standards for Commercial Support issued by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education requires resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest to ensure CME activities are free of commercial bias.
The following faculty members have indicated they have no relationship which, in the context of their presentations, could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest:
Kenneth Goodman, MD
George W. Meyer, MD, FACP, MACG
This CME activity was produced by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Center for Continuing Education.
