Building Confidence in Care: Strategies to Address Vaccine Hesitancy in Hispanic Communities is organized by Medscape, LLC.
CME / ABIM MOC / CE Released: July 12, 2024
Valid for credit through: July 12, 2025
Description:
The goal of this activity is for learners to optimize pneumococcal vaccination coverage among Hispanic adults.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants will:
• Have increased knowledge regarding the
• Burden of invasive pneumococcal disease in the Hispanic community
• Demonstrate improved performance associated with
• Collaborating with the interprofessional team to educate on the importance of pneumococcal vaccination
• Initiating conversations about pneumococcal immunization with patients in the Hispanic community
• Implementing care plans that mitigate common barriers in care for patients in the Hispanic community
Accreditation Statements
• Developed through a partnership between Medscape and National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA).
• In support of improving patient care, Medscape, LLC is jointly accredited with commendation by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
IPCE Credit
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 0.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
For Physicians
• Medscape, LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ . Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.50 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. Aggregate participant data will be shared with commercial supporters of this activity.
• College of Family Physicians of Canada Mainpro+® participants may claim certified credits for any AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™, up to a maximum of 50 credits per five-year cycle. Any additional credits are eligible as non-certified credits. College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) members must log into Mainpro+® to claim this activity.
• Through an agreement between the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, medical practitioners participating in the Royal College MOC Program may record completion of accredited activities registered under the ACCME’s “CME in Support of MOC” program in Section 3 of the Royal College’s MOC Program.
For Nurses
Awarded 0.50 contact hour(s) of nursing continuing professional development for RNs and APNs; 0.25 contact hours are in the area of pharmacology.
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