COURSE INFORMATION
COURSE
OBJECTIVES
- Respond to patients concerns about avian influenza (H5N1)
- Recognize the status of state pandemic preparedness
- Identify practical resources for physicians to prepare their
practices for a pandemic
COURSE CREDIT
Deadline for completing the course
is December 31, 2008.
The Massachusetts Medical Society
designates Avian Flu and Pandemic Preparedness for a
maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians
should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity.
This program meets the criteria of
the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for risk
management study.
Participants will receive a
confidential report of their examination score. You must receive a score
of 70% or better to receive AMA PRA Category 1
Credit™. A confirmation of credit will be issued at the
end of the course to those who successfully complete the
examination.
The Massachusetts Medical Society
is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for
physicians.
COURSE FEES
The Avian Flu and Pandemic
Preparedness course and all associated course materials
are available free of charge. An opportunity to complete an exam
and receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credit for a nominal fee is
available at the end of the course. The course fees are as follows:
Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS)
Member: $20
Non-MMS member: $40
COURSE
FACULTY
Bruce Auerbach, MD,
Chair, Massachusetts Medical Society Committee on
Physician Preparedness
Alfred DeMaria, Jr, MD
Director, Bureau of Communicable Disease Control,
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Benjamin Kruskal, MD
Pediatrician, and Chief, Infectious Disease,
Harvard Vanguard Medical Group
Paul Biddinger, MD
Assistant Director of Science and Technology,
Harvard School of Public Health Division of Public Health
Practice
Moderator: Mark Harding, MD,
Chair, Massachusetts Medical Society Committee on Global
Medicine
ONLINE DEVELOPMENT
Kathleen Bellisle, Manager of
Distance Learning, MMS
Nancy L. Bennett, PhD, Education
Consultant
COURSE MATERIALS
While viewing the course you will
have the option to print the slides and transcripts by going under
"documents" in the tabs within the recording window.
Free Flash download is available at
beginning of course.
DISCLOSURE/COMMERCIAL SUPPORT
Disclosure
The following faculty have no financial
interests or relationships with commercial manufacturers to
disclose:
Bruce Auerbach, M.D.
Alfred DeMaria Jr, M.D.
Benjamin Kruskal, M.D.
Paul Biddinger, M.D.
Mark Harding, M.D.
Off-label Disclosure:
This course does not include any discussion of
an off-label use of a commercial product or an investigational use not
yet approved for any purpose by the FDA.
Commercial Support
No commercial support was received for this
program.
Content Disclaimer
The views expressed are not necessarily those of
the Massachusetts Medical Society.
Contact us at continuingeducation@mms.org.
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