You are leaving Medscape Education
Cancel Continue
Log in to save activities Your saved activities will show here so that you can easily access them whenever you're ready. Log in here CME & Education Log in to keep track of your credits.
 

CME / ABIM MOC / CE

Expert Insights on Clinical Considerations in Bartonella Infection

  • Authors: Stacey Rose, MD, FACP, FIDSA; Christina Nelson, MD, MPH, FAAP; Elizabeth A. Goodman, MD; Grace E. Marx, MD, MPH; Kassem Hammoud, MD
  • CME / ABIM MOC / CE Released: 5/19/2023
  • Valid for credit through: 5/19/2024, 11:59 PM EST
Start Activity

  • Credits Available

    Physicians - maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

    ABIM Diplomates - maximum of 0.50 ABIM MOC points

    Nurses - 0.50 ANCC Contact Hour(s) (0 contact hours are in the area of pharmacology)

    You Are Eligible For

    • Letter of Completion
    • ABIM MOC points

Target Audience and Goal Statement

This activity is intended for primary care physicians, pediatricians, infectious disease (ID) specialists, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physicians' assistants.

The goal of this activity is for learners to be better able to conduct a diagnostic workup and clinically manage Bartonella henselae or Bartonella quintana infection.

Upon completion of this activity, participants will:

  • Have increased knowledge regarding the
    • Clinical characteristics of Bartonella infection
    • Appropriate workup of patients with Bartonella infection
  • Have greater competence related to
    • The clinical management of patients with Bartonella infection


Disclosures

Medscape, LLC requires every individual in a position to control educational content to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies that have occurred within the past 24 months. Ineligible companies are organizations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

All relevant financial relationships for anyone with the ability to control the content of this educational activity are listed below and have been mitigated. Others involved in the planning of this activity have no relevant financial relationships.


Faculty

  • Stacey Rose, MD, FACP, FIDSA

    Associate Professor of Medicine
    Infectious Diseases
    Associate Director
    Center for Professionalism
    Baylor College of Medicine 
    Houston, Texas

    Disclosures

    Stacey Rose, MD, FACP, FIDSA, has no relevant financial relationships.

  • Christina Nelson, MD, MPH, FAAP

    Medical Officer
    Division of Vector-Borne Diseases
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Fort Collins, Colorado

    Disclosures

    Christina Nelson, MD, MPH, FAAP has no relevant financial relationships.

  • Elizabeth A. Goodman, MD

    Associate Professor of Pediatrics 
    Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
    The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital 
    Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 
    New Brunswick, New Jersey

    Disclosures

    Elizabeth A. Goodman, MD, has no relevant financial relationships.

  • Grace E. Marx, MD, MPH

    LCDR, United States Public Health Service
    Medical Officer
    Division of Vector-Borne Diseases
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Fort Collins, Colorado

    Disclosures

    Grace E. Marx, MD, MPH, has no relevant financial relationships.

  • Kassem Hammoud, MD

    Associate Professor
    Division of Infectious Diseases 
    University of Kansas Health System
    Kansas City, Kansas

    Disclosures

    Kassem Hammoud, MD, has no relevant financial relationships.

Editor

  • Maria B. Uravich, BSc, ELS

    Senior Medical Education Director, Medscape, LLC 

    Disclosures

    Maria B. Uravich, BSc, ELS, has no relevant financial relationships.

Compliance Reviewer/Nurse Planner

  • Stephanie Corder, ND, RN, CHCP

    Associate Director, Accreditation and Compliance, Medscape, LLC

    Disclosures

    Stephanie Corder, ND, RN, CHCP, has no relevant financial relationships.


Accreditation Statements

Medscape

Interprofessional Continuing Education

In support of improving patient care, Medscape, LLC is jointly accredited with commendation by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

    For Physicians

  • Medscape, LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ . 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 participant to earn up to 0.50 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. Aggregate participant data will be shared with commercial supporters of this activity.

    College of Family Physicians of Canada Mainpro+® participants may claim certified credits for any AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™, up to a maximum of 50 credits per five-year cycle. Any additional credits are eligible as non-certified credits. College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) members must log into Mainpro+® to claim this activity.

    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.

    Contact This Provider

    For Nurses

  • Awarded 0.50 contact hour(s) of nursing continuing professional development for RNs and APNs; 0.00 contact hours are in the area of pharmacology.

    Contact This Provider

For questions regarding the content of this activity, contact the accredited provider for this CME/CE activity noted above. For technical assistance, contact [email protected]


Instructions for Participation and Credit

There are no fees for participating in or receiving credit for this online educational activity. For information on applicability and acceptance of continuing education credit for this activity, please consult your professional licensing board.

This activity is designed to be completed within the time designated on the title page; physicians should claim only those credits that reflect the time actually spent in the activity. To successfully earn credit, participants must complete the activity online during the valid credit period that is noted on the title page. To receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, you must receive a minimum score of 75% on the post-test.

Follow these steps to earn CME/CE credit*:

  1. Read about the target audience, learning objectives, and author disclosures.
  2. Study the educational content online or print it out.
  3. Online, choose the best answer to each test question. To receive a certificate, you must receive a passing score as designated at the top of the test. We encourage you to complete the Activity Evaluation to provide feedback for future programming.

You may now view or print the certificate from your CME/CE Tracker. You may print the certificate, but you cannot alter it. Credits will be tallied in your CME/CE Tracker and archived for 6 years; at any point within this time period, you can print out the tally as well as the certificates from the CME/CE Tracker.

*The credit that you receive is based on your user profile.

CME / ABIM MOC / CE

Expert Insights on Clinical Considerations in Bartonella Infection

Authors: Stacey Rose, MD, FACP, FIDSA; Christina Nelson, MD, MPH, FAAP; Elizabeth A. Goodman, MD; Grace E. Marx, MD, MPH; Kassem Hammoud, MDFaculty and Disclosures

CME / ABIM MOC / CE Released: 5/19/2023

Valid for credit through: 5/19/2024, 11:59 PM EST

processing....

  • Print