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Society for Pediatric Urgent Care

Influenza

December 5, 2019 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

DECEMBER 5, 2019

1:00pm ET | 12:00pm CT | 11:00am MT |  10:00am PT  (1 Hour)

PRESENTED BY:
Magna Dias, MD, FAAP

Click here for Webinar Link on Zoom to register in advance for this meeting!

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

**We have changed our process to preregistration so that we can ensure that those who participate receive the email information necessary to claim CME credit for participating in the session.**

Webinar CME Instructions:

  • You must create an Ethos Account at https://ocpe.mcw.edu/ before you can claim CME credit for this webinar. Click here for instructions.
  • The survey through Survey Monkey needs to be completed within 5 days of the webinar for credit.
  • Credit can only be awarded to those who actively participated in the webinar at the time that it was presented.
  • Click below after the webinar for the link to complete the post-participation survey and quiz:
    https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PUCWWINFLUENZA 

After completing the survey, read the quiz score feedback provided. If you score a 50% or above on your quiz, you will be provided a 6 letter code to text to EthosCE for your 1 hour of Part 2 CME/MOC part 2 credit.

 

News and Resources

5 Things to know about AFM

Medscape has released the new CDC Expert Commentary  “5 things to know about AFM.” Title: 5 Things to Know About Acute Flaccid Myelitis Expert/Faculty: Janell A. Routh, MD, MHS Posting Date: October 15, 2019 Link: medscape.com/viewarticle/919704?src=par_cdc_stm_mscpedt&faf=1 Also this month, a paper on AFM was published in Nature Medicine, with main authors from UCSF with CDC as collaborators. Date: 10/21/19 Type: Journal Article Title: Pan-viral Serology Implicates Enteroviruses … [Continue Reading]

CDC Releases “Acute Flaccid Myelitis in the United States: 2015–2017” in Pediatrics

CDC recently released an article in Pediatrics about acute flaccid myelitis activity in the United States from 2015 to 2017. Key Findings From 2015 to 2017, 193 patients aged 21 and younger in 41 states were confirmed to have AFM. Most cases (116) occurred between August and November, with the largest number of cases (143) occurring in 2016. The median age of cases was 6 years. Strong evidence pointed to viruses, including enteroviruses, as having a role in these AFM cases. … [Continue Reading]

SPUC Partners with the CDC through the AMR Challenge

The Society for Pediatric Urgent Care has partnered with the CDC through the AMR Challenge to commit to decreasing inappropriate antibiotic use in pediatric urgent care organizations by 20% by December 2019. SPUC will work with CDC and the Antibiotic Resistance Action Center (ARAC) to continue an ongoing project that examines and improves the use of antibiotics in pediatric urgent care by implementing quality improvement initiatives. The project will collect, analyze, and feedback data … [Continue Reading]

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