ECHO-Chicago: COVID-19 Epidemiology & Vaccine Updates
This project was funded in part by a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant number 1 NU50CK000588-01-00. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this resource center do not necessarily represent the policy of CDC or HHS and should not be considered an endorsement by the Federal Government.
Target Audience
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Discuss the availability of the vaccine within the United States;
- Identify how to use of motivational interviewing as a strategy to build vaccine confidence;
- List COVID-19 vaccine safety guidelines and how to communicate them to the patients;
- Discuss what is known about the COVID-19 variants in the U.S. and how they impact the efficacy of the vaccine;
- Describe how to advise special patient populations such as immunocompromised and pregnant about vaccines;
- State the newest guidance about what can and cannot be done after being vaccinated (e.g., travel, mask use, in-person meeting);
- Explain drivers of the changing epidemiological profile of COVID-19 like more infections among youths and what is driving these cases and the upsurge of infections in spite of vaccination;
- Summarize how to manage patients post-COVID (e.g., treatments, cardiovascular screening, signs of long-COVID).
- 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.25 Nursing Contact Hours
- 1.25 Participation
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ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact ECHO-Chicago via e-mail via at echo@peds.bsd.uchicago.edu.
The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, The University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
COURSE FACULTY
University of Chicago
Infection Prevention and Control Advisor
Technical Unit, Americares
Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships prior to the start of the activity.
Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content. .
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
University of Chicago Medicine is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Ohio Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (OBN-001-91)
This live activity is designated for a maximum of 1.25 continuing nursing education units.
Other Healthcare Professional Credit
Other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
Please Note: The credit claiming process will close three months after the conference end date. Requests to claim credit after three months will be subject to additional fees.