OVERVIEW

Primer on Healthcare Epidemiology, Infection Control & Antimicrobial Stewardship is organized by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).

Course opens: 06/03/2019
Course expires: 06/01/2022

Target Audience:
This course was developed for the Infectious Diseases Fellow, but could be useful for other physicians or healthcare practitioners interested in increasing and solidifying their understanding of healthcare epidemiology, infection control and antimicrobial stewardship.

Accreditation:
Physicians: The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

MOC:-
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 4.75 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.

Learning Objectives:
At the end of this course, the learner will be able to:
• Describe the role of the healthcare epidemiologist.
• Analyze when to involve the healthcare epidemiologist and infection control experts - specifically during outbreaks, bioterrorism threats and advanced topics in occupational health management.
• Discuss how to implement principles of antimicrobial stewardship.
• Define the epidemiology, surveillance and prevention of healthcare-associated infections including multidrug resistant organisms, Clostridium difficile, surgical site infections and device-associated infections.