Accreditation & Disclosure
Educational Objectives
After attending this activity, the participant should be able to:- Discuss the prevalence and incidence of acute and chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis C both in the general US population and in at-risk populations.
- Review the history, epidemiology, demographics, natural history, histology, immunology and pathophysiology of the viral infection.
- Discuss state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment guidelines for both hepatitis B and C.
- Formulate and/or implement strategies for preventing, diagnosing, treating, and/or referring patients with HBV and/or HCV.
- Evaluate the multidisciplinary team approach to care of patients with hepatitis B and C.
- Establish a local network of practitioners for information sharing, referrals, etc.
- Improve the health of patients infected with the HBV and/or HCV virus.
Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of Scripps Health and Scripps Clinic Liver Research Consortium. Scripps Health is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Scripps Health designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 7.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Documentation of awarded credit is provided for registered attendees in exchange for completed activity evaluation. Certificates of attendance are available, upon request, at the end of the course.
Registered Nurses
The California State Board of Registered Nurses (BRN) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ as meeting continuing education requirements for license renewal. Most state Boards of Registered Nurses accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ as meeting continuing education requirements for license renewal. Nurses should check with their state board regarding use of CME credit.
Nurse Practitioners
The program will be submitted to the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners for continuing education credit.
Physician Assistants
The program will be submitted to the American Academy of Physicians Assistants for continuing education credit.
Commercial Support
This course is supported, in part, by educational grants from industry, in accordance with ACCME accreditation Standards for Commercial Support. At the time of printing, a complete listing of commercial supporters was not available. Appropriate acknowledgement will be given to all supporters at the time of the educational activity.
Cultural and Linguistic Competency
This activity is in compliance with California Assembly Bill 1195 which requires that all CME activities comprising a patient care element include curriculum addressing the topic of cultural and linguistic competency. The intent of this bill is to ensure that health care professionals are able to meet the cultural and linguistic concerns of a diverse patient population through effective and appropriate professional development. Cultural and linguistic competency was incorporated into the planning of this activity.