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CME/CNE
Target Audience
This conference is designed for physicians, infection preventionists, healthcare epidemiologists, infectious disease specialists, microbiologists, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals interested in healthcare epidemiology, infection prevention, surveillance, research methods, patient safety and quality improvement.
Overall Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of the course, learners should be able to:
- Identify the research, tools, and strategies employed in an effective antimicrobial stewardship program and how to employ them in diverse settings.
- Describe various statistical and research methods that are applied in epidemiology that will assist in developing new research projects and grant applications.
- Identify the techniques and methods involved in surveillance and outbreak investigation.
- Interpret trends in the transmission and control of epidemiologically important pathogens.
- Identify the role of the CDC and public health departments in surveillance and outbreak investigation.
- Define solutions and tools that will help to overcome various roadblocks that can arise in the real-world of epidemiology.
Accreditation Statement
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Physicians
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America designates this live activity for a maximum of 31 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
International Physicians
The American Medical Association has determined that physicians not licensed in the US who participate in this CME activity are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Nurses
This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Virginia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Successful Completion Statement
Participants are expected to claim only those hours spent in the educational activity approved for continuing education credit. Certificates of Completion/Attendance are provided to registered attendees based upon completion of the online evaluation. For questions regarding continuing education, please email
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Content Validation Statement
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America accepts the following Content Validation Statements and expects all persons involved in its professional education activities to abide by these statements with regard to any recommendations for clinical care.
- All recommendations involving clinical medicine are based on evidence accepted within the profession of medicine as adequate justification for their indications and contradictions in the care of patients; AND/OR
- All scientific research referred to or reported in support or justification of a patient care recommendation conforms to generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis.
Commercial Support
The SHEA Spring 2012 Conference is supported in part by educational grants from the following companies: Pfizer, , Astellas Pharmaceuticals, Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Advanced Sterilization Products, Merck, and Carefusion.