Program Description:
This activity is taken from the April 2010 issue of The Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. It includes the CME articles, "Cardiac Auscultation 101: A Basic Science Approach to Diagnosing Heart Murmurs" and “Newborn Screening in the 21st Century: What PAs Need to Know." Please note that both topics are featured in the post-test.
Activity Objectives:
After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:
- Discuss the anatomy and physiology of the heart
- Understand the physics of blood flow and its relationship to the origin of murmurs
- Describe the different steps in cardiac auscultation
- Explain the different cardiac murmurs
- Describe the newborn screening process, including when to perform the tests
- Know how to evaluate an infant with an abnormal screening result
- Recognize the congenital conditions identified by newborn screening
- Discuss the limitations and ethical considerations surrounding expanded newborn screening
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Credits
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Type
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Accreditation Statement
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Designation Statement
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1.00
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AAPA Category I CME Credit
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This material has been reviewed by the American Academy of Physician Assistants.
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This material has been approved for 1 hour of clinical Category I (Preapproved) CME credit by the American Academy of Physician Assistants.
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Faculty:
Genevieve DelRosario, MHS, PA-C
Assistant Professor
Saint Louis University Physician Assistant Program
Doisy College of Health Sciences
Saint Louis University
St Louis, Missouri
Gary S. Gottesman, MD, FAAP, FACMG
Associate Professor and Program Director
Saint Louis University Physician Assistant Program
Academic Chair
Department of Physician Assistant Education
Doisy College of Health Sciences
Saint Louis University
St Louis, Missouri
Christopher Hanifin, PA-C
Department of Emergency Medicine
Morristown Memorial Hospital
Morristown, New Jersey
Faculty, Physician Assistant Program
Seton Hall University
South Orange, New Jersey
Disclosures:
Genevieve DelRosario, MHS, PA-C; Gary S. Gottesman, MD, FAAP, FACMG; and Christopher Hanifin, PA-C, have indicated no relationships to disclose relating to the content of this article.
Instructions:
AAPA members may continue to complete and submit JAAPA post-tests on the AAPA Web site by going to www.aapa.org and searching for keyword JAAPA post-tests. All PAs, including those who are not members of AAPA, may complete and submit post-tests online for no charge here at myCME. To obtain 1 hour of AAPA Category I CME credit, PAs must receive a score of 70% or better on each test taken.
Please proceed with the activity until you have successfully completed this program, answered all test questions, completed the post-test survey, and have received your digital copy of your credit certificate. Your online certificate will be saved on myCME.com within your Profile/Exam History, which you can then access at any time.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
WINDOWS PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
266-MHz Pentium II; Windows 98 or higher; 64 MB RAM; 800 x 600 screen resolution
set for “High Color (16-Bit)”; Macromedia Flash Player 6 or higher.
MACINTOSH® SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Power Mac g3 at 300 MHz; System 8.5 or higher (excluding Mac OSX); 96 MB RAM; 20
MB minimum hard disk space available; 800 x 600 screen resolution set to “Thousands
of Colors”; Macromedia Flash Player 6 or higher.