Program Description:
This activity is taken from the January 2010 issue of The Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. It includes the CME articles, "Safety and adherence: Complex issues that hinder childhood vaccination programs" and “Elder preventive medicine: Immunization and screening for adults older than 65 years." 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:
- Describe special considerations in providing preventive health care to the elderly
- Discuss the role of immunizations in preventing severe infectious disease in older adults
- Review the need to assess the risk/benefit of secondary prevention/screening recommendations
- Understand the common geriatric syndromes of cognitive decline, falls and urinary incontinence
- Discuss the safety of the recommended childhood vaccinations
- Describe the barriers to adherence associated with vaccinations
- Explain methods clinicians can use to ease parental concerns and increase adherence to childhood vaccination schedules
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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:
Freddi Segal-Gidan, PA-C, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Neurology & Gerontology
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Director
Rancho/USC Alzheimer's Disease Research Center of California,
Downey
Jamie Michelle Womack, PA-C
Blue Ridge Bone and Joint
Asheville, North Carolina
Graduate of the PA program
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
Disclosures:
Freddi Segal-Gidan, PA-C, PhD and Jamie Michelle Womack, PA-C have indicated no relationships to disclose relating to the content of this article.
Commercial Supporter:
Not Applicable
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.