Curious Clinicians - The Smell of the Rain
Podcast
0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ ...Faculty
OVERVIEW
Curious Clinicians - The Smell of the Rain is organized by VCU Health Continuing Education.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 11:00 AM - Thursday, December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM
Description:
Why do humans have such a sensitive smell for rain?
If other animals ever praised humans, they’d probably laud our brainpower, our bipedalism, and perhaps the invention of the air fryer. They’re probably not raving about our sense of smell, but they really should. Not only is the human sense of smell far keener than we once thought, but there’s actually one odor we can detect better than almost any other creature: The smell of rain.
Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:
- Review the biochemical components of petrichor.
- Explain the comparative biology of human, bacterial, and animal relationships to petrichor.
- Apply an understanding of petrichor’s makeup to its evolutionary role in humans and other mammals.
ACCREDITATION & CREDITS
Credits:
Accreditation:
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Curious Clinicians and VCU Health Continuing Education. VCU Health Continuing Education is jointly accredited 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.
VCU Health Continuing Education designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. 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 0.75 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
TARGET AUDIENCE
PhysicianPhysician AssistantSPECIALITIES
Medical Education
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