Vaccines in childhood: Strategies to address the concerns of parents; Helping patients meet the challenge of complex regional pain syndrome

Program Description:

This activity is taken from the October 2012 issue of JAAPA. It includes the CME articles "Vaccines in childhood: Strategies to address the concerns of parents" and "Helping patients meet the challenge of complex regional pain syndrome." Please note that both topics are included in the post-test.

Activity Objectives:

For "Vaccines in childhood: Strategies to address the concerns of parents":

• Describe the impact of vaccines in preventing childhood diseases


• Explain the importance of maintaining high immunization levels to prevent outbreaks


• Identify beliefs and factors associated with nonvaccination


• Incorporate strategies in clinical practice to enhance childhood immunization

• Define and classify complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)


• Discuss the pathophysiologic insults linked to CRPS


• Formulate a diagnostic approach for CRPS that incorporates recent disease criteria


• Describe current and emerging treatment strategies for CRPS



Credits	Type	Accreditation Statement	Designation Statement
1.00	AAPA Category I CME Credit	This material has been reviewed by the American Academy of Physician Assistants.	This material has been approved for 1 hour of clinical Category I (Preapproved) CME credit by the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

Faculty:

Patti Ragan, PhD, MPH, PA-C
Associate professor
Elon University PA program
Elon, North Carolina

Diane M. Duffy, MD
Director of clinical education
Elon University PA program
Elon, North Carolina

Christopher Skory, PA, MS
Graduate of Pace University PA program
New York, NY

Denise Rizzolo, PA-C, PhD
Clinical assistant professor
Pace University PA program
New York, NY
Associate professor
Seton Hall University PA program
South Orange, New Jersey


Disclosures:

The authors 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.