Enduring Clinical Tool Kit
- Expert Faculty Summary An overview of the changing epidemiology of pneumococcal disease and the impact of vaccination
- Clinical Pearls Select slides with speaker notes
- Rapid Recap A summary of key take-home messages
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Expert Faculty Summary
The Expert Faculty Summary is a brief CME activity that delivers a review of the current pneumococcal disease burden, the changing epidemiology of pneumococcal disease, pneumococcal vaccines for adults, and strategies for improving vaccination rates.
Clinical Pearls
The Clinical Pearls feature selected PowerPoint® slides (with speaker notes) that cover topics such as recent data from the Active Bacterial Core Surveillance system on invasive pneumococcal disease, changes in invasive pneumococcal disease between 1998 and 2007, trends in S. pneumoniae serotypes, efficacy of pneumococcal vaccination in adults, the association of S. pneumoniae with fatal influenza infections, and strategies for improving immunization rates.
Rapid Recap
The Rapid Recap provides a concise summary of take-home messages about pneumococcal disease burden, risk factors for invasive pneumococcal disease, and recommendations for pneumococcal vaccination. This is a non-accredited educational activity.
Accreditation Statement
The University of Nebraska Medical Center, Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Expert Faculty Summary: The University of Nebraska Medical Center, Center for Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Clinical Pearls: The University of Nebraska Medical Center, Center for Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Expert Faculty
Alison G. Freifeld, MD, FIDSA (Chairperson)
Professor of Internal Medicine
Infectious Disease Section
Director
Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases Program
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska
Keith P. Klugman, MB BCh, PhD, FAAM, FIDSA
William H. Foege Chair of Global Health
Hubert Department of Global Health
Rollins School of Public Health
Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
Kristin L. Nichol, MD, MPH, MBA
Professor of Medicine
University of Minnesota Medical School
Associate Chief of Staff for Research
Minneapolis VA Medical Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Disclosures
It is the policy of The University of Nebraska Medical Center and The France Foundation to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its sponsored educational activities. All faculty, activity planners, and staff involved in the development of this activity have disclosed any significant financial interest or other relationship with manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s)/device(s) and/or provider(s) of commercial services included in this educational activity. The intent of this disclosure is not to prevent a person with a relevant financial or other relationship from participating in the activity, but rather to provide participants with information on which they can base their own judgments. The University of Nebraska Medical Center and The France Foundation have identified and resolved any and all conflicts of interest prior to the release of this activity.
Activity Staff Disclosures
The planners, reviewers, editors, staff, CME committee, or others at The France Foundation in control have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
The planners, reviewers, editors, staff, CME committee, or others at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Center for Continuing Medical Education in control have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Faculty Disclosures
The following faculty have indicated that they have relationships with industry to disclose:
- Alison G. Freifeld, MD, FIDSA, has received grant/research support from Enzon, National Institutes of Health, and Vical.
- Keith P. Klugman, MB BCh, PhD, FAAM, FIDSA, has received grant/research support from Johnson and Johnson and Wyeth and has served as a consultant for GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Novartis, sanofi-aventis, and Wyeth.
- Kristin L. Nichol, MD, MPH, MBA, has received grant/research support from GlaxoSmithKline, MedImmune, and Sanofi-Pasteur. Dr. Nichol has served as a consultant for CSL, GlaxoSmithKline, MedImmune, Merck, Novartis, Sanofi-Pasteur, and Wyeth.
