CME: Overcoming barriers to the prevention and management of antimicrobial-resistant bacterial infections: updates from ID Week 2021
ACCREDITATION EXPIRED: January 21, 2023
Activity Description / Statement of Need:
In this online, self-learning activity:
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a phenomenon fueled by the selection pressure leveled against microorganisms through the use and misuse of antibiotics in clinical and agricultural settings as well as horizontal gene transfer between pathogens. Far from the prediction in the 1960s that most problems associated with infectious disease had been addressed by the close of World War II, Sir Alexander Fleming’s 1945 prediction that public demand for antibiotics would usher in an era of overuse has proved far more prophetic. The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that by 2050, there could be up to 10 million deaths caused by drug-resistant infections each year, and treatment of multidrug infections is estimated to cost the US $4.6 billion per year. Once derided as a figment of apocalyptic fearmongering, the specter of a post-antibiotic era has begun to loom too close for comfort. [
This learning activity has been designed to improve HCPs’ knowledge of effective anti-infective use in the context of antimicrobial stewardship and novel antibiotics as well as improve their competency and performance in applying that knowledge to practice.
Target Audience:
HCPs specializing in: infectious disease, critical care, and primary care; physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists who practice in the aforementioned areas of specialty; and any other healthcare professionals with an interest in or who treat patients with antimicrobials.
Commercial Support Disclosure: This program is supported by an educational grant from Merck.
This activity is free of charge.
Release Date: January 21, 2022 -- Expiration Date: January 21, 2023
Faculty: Lucy Horton, MD, MPH
Agenda
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Overview of AMR |
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Major findings from ID Week 2021, including clinical trial data relevant to both community and health-system practice and recognized barriers to implementing those findings in practice |
Learning Objectives
By the end of the session the participant will be able to:
- Summarize the most impactful findings presented at ID Week 2021 meeting relating to AMR, and apply them to patient cases.
- Discuss novel antimicrobial therapeutic options and their role in treating serious Gram negative infections
- Describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on AMR and antibiotic stewardship
Accreditation
ACCME Activity #201820639
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through ScientiaCME. ScientiaCME is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation: ScientiaCME designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ABIM MOC Recognition Statement: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 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.
Physicians: For maintenance of certification (MOC) credit, you must enter your board certification ID # and birth date correctly. It is the learner's responsibility to provide this information completely and accurately at the completion of the activity. Without providing it, the learner will NOT receive MOC credit for this activity. Please note: Not all activities on this site provide MOC credit. If this activity does not specify that it provides MOC credit in this section, then it does NOT provide MOC credit.
Pharmacists
ScientiaCME is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This activity is approved for 1.0 contact hours (0.1 CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credit. Proof of participation will be posted to your NABP CPE profile within 4 to 6 weeks to participants who have successfully completed the post-test. Participants must participate in the entire presentation and complete the course evaluation to receive continuing pharmacy education credit. ACPE #0574-0000-22-009-H01-P. This is an Application (A)-type activity.
Pharmacists: You must enter your NABP # and birth date correctly so that proof of participation can be posted to your NABP CPE profile. It is the learner's responsibility to provide this information completely and accurately at the completion of the activity. Without providing it, the learner will NOT receive CPE credit for this activity.
Nurse Practitioners (NPs): The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME. ScientiaCME will provide NPs who successfully complete each activity with a certificate of participation indicating that the activity was designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physician Assistants accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Faculty Disclosure and Resolution of COI
As a provider of continuing medical education, it is the policy of ScientiaCME to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its educational activities. In accordance with this policy, faculty and educational planners must disclose any significant relationships with commercial interests whose products or devices may be mentioned in faculty presentations, and any relationships with the commercial supporter of the activity. The intent of this disclosure is to provide the intended audience with information on which they can make their own judgments. Additionally, in the event a conflict of interest (COI) does exist, it is the policy of ScientiaCME to ensure that the COI is resolved in order to ensure the integrity of the CME activity. For this CME activity, any COI has been resolved thru content review ScientiaCME.
Faculty Disclosure: Lucy Horton, M.D., MPH has no relevant financial disclosures.
Faculty DOES NOT plan on discussing off-label uses of a commercial product.
Disclosures of Educational Planners: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, President of ScientiaCME, has no relevant financial disclosures.
Commercial Support Disclosure: This program is supported by an educational grant from Merck.
All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
ScientiaCME adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.
Faculty DOES plan on discussing off-label uses of a commercial product.
Instructions
- Read the learning objectives above
- Take the Pre-Test (optional). Completion of the pre-test will help us evaluate the knowedge gained by participating in this CME activity.
- View the online activity. You may view this is in more than one session, and may pause or repeat any portion of the presentation if you need to.
- Minimum participation threshold: Take the post-test. A score of 70% or higher is required to pass and proceed to the activity evaluation.
- Complete the activity evaluation and CME registration. A CE certificate will be emailed to you immediately.
System Requirements
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Mac OS 10.2.8
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Please take a few minutes to participate in the optional pre-test. It will help us measure the knowledge gained by participating in this activity.