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Join our Virtual Grand Rounds: Infectious Diseases on the Rise: Updates on Winter Respiratory Viruses, Avian Flu, MPox and More on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. PT.
Ready for flu season? How concerned should we be about the current epidemiology of COVID, influenza, RSV and other winter respiratory viruses? In this Virtual Grand Rounds, California State Epidemiologist Erica Pan, M.D., MPH, will present the latest surveillance data on understanding the current pattern of avian flu, testing for H5N1, and understanding and educating patients about the new Mpox strain and its epidemiology. Learn about emerging variants, breakthrough infections, and strategies to protect vulnerable populations this winter season with Dr. Pan, as she hosts the first Virtual Grand Rounds of 2025.
Featured Speakers:
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Erica Pan, M.D., MPH, California State Epidemiologist and Deputy Director, California Department of Public Health, Center of Infectious Diseases |
This event will be moderated by Kimberly Newell Green, M.D.
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Kimberly Newell Green, M.D., CMA Trustee; Associate Clinical Professor, University of California, San Francisco |
As a result of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Articulate the current epidemiology of COVID-19, influenza, RSV and other winter respiratory viruses.
- Discuss vaccination recommendations for winter respiratory viruses with patients.
- Recognize the current pattern of Avian flu spread
- Assess when and how to test for H5N1
- Educate patients about the new Mpox strain and its epidemiology and clinical presentation
Disclosure:
The following speakers disclose no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies: Kimberly Newell Green, M.D., Erica Pan, M.D., MPH
All other planners, staff and others involved with this activity have reported no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
This activity has not received commercial support.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the California Medical Association (CMA) and the California Department of Public Health. CMA is accredited by ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The California Medical Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the General CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS MOC credit.
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| CMA Member Physician |
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| Non-Member Physician |
$0.00 |
| Nurse Practitioner |
$0.00 |
| Other |
$0.00 |
| Physician Assistant |
$0.00 |
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Ready for flu season? How concerned should we be about the current epidemiology of COVID, influenza, RSV and other winter respiratory viruses? In this Virtual Grand Rounds, California State Epidemiologist Erica Pan, M.D., MPH, will present the latest surveillance data on understanding the current pattern of avian flu, testing for H5N1, and understanding and educating patients about the new Mpox strain and its epidemiology. Learn about emerging variants, breakthrough infections, and strategies to protect vulnerable populations this winter season with Dr. Pan, as she hosts the first Virtual Grand Rounds of 2025.
Featured Speakers:
--Erica Pan, M.D., MPH, California State Epidemiologist and Deputy Director, California Department of Public Health, Center of Infectious Diseases
This event will be moderated by Kimberly Newell Green, M.D.
--Kimberly Newell Green, M.D., CMA Trustee; Associate Clinical Professor, University of California, San Francisco
As a result of this activity, participants should be able to:
-Articulate the current epidemiology of COVID-19, influenza, RSV and other winter respiratory viruses.
-Discuss vaccination recommendations for winter respiratory viruses with patients.
-Recognize the current pattern of Avian flu spread
-Assess when and how to test for H5N1
-Educate patients about the new Mpox strain and its epidemiology and clinical presentation
Disclosure:
The following speakers disclose no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies: Kimberly Newell Green, M.D., Erica Pan, M.D., MPH
All other planners, staff and others involved with this activity have reported no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
This activity has not received commercial support.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the California Medical Association (CMA) and the California Department of Public Health. CMA is accredited by ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The California Medical Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the General CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS MOC credit.
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