Disease Management Clinical Decisions
Pertussis
Release Date: November 15, 2010
Renewal Date: November 15, 2012
Expiration Date: November 15, 2013
How to Obtain AMA PRA
Category 1 Credit™
- Complete the CME case-based lesson (each question must be answered correctly).
- Login to your account.
- Complete the credit and evaluation form.
- Print your personalized CME certificate.
Description
Each lesson within the Disease Management Clinical Decisions series includes an optional related reading material from The Cleveland Clinic Disease Management Project or the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, an interactive case, and an evaluation.
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.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the clinical presentation(s) of pertussis.
- Relate the diagnostic approach to confirming a case of pertussis.
- Elaborate on the treatment for and prevention of pertussis.
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 claim only the 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 for Category 2 credit.
Activity Director
Kenneth Goodman, MD
Department of Family Medicine
Associate Director, Research and Development - Center for Continuing Medical Education
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Author / Faculty
George W. Meyer, MD
Consultant to Cleveland Clinic
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 have indicated that 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
This CME activity was produced by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Center for Continuing Education.
