ScientiaCME Podcast

ScientiaCME
ScientiaCME Podcast Podcast

ScientiaCME is a professional medical publishing company focused on gathering and reporting information pertaining to clinically relevant advances and developments in the science and practice of medicine. ScientiaCME provides online self learning programs CME and CE courses on this website are planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through ScientiaCME. ScientiaCME is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education credits for physicians. Our CE and CME programs are designed for physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. All programs are online and free of charge.

Episodes

  1. HIV Prevention: The Role of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)

    17/10/2019

    HIV Prevention: The Role of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)

    Presented by Geeta Gupta To earn ACCME or ACPE credit, go online to scientiacme.org/cmecoursecontent.php?ID=295 to view the slides and complete the post-test. In this online CME self-learning program: The development of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has had a dramatic impact on HIV-related morbidity and mortality. The use of ART in HIV-infected patients has been the core strategy to not only treat HIV but also prevent vertical HIV transmission. Antiretrovirals can be used for HIV prevention in patients who are not HIV-infected but are repeatedly exposed to HIV in a strategy termed pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Although the rationale for PrEP stems from successful HIV prevention in HIV exposed infants with the use of ART during labor, early post-partum period, and throughout breastfeeding, it has more recently applied to been applied to sexual transmission (e.g., people with multiple partners or HIV serodiscordant couples) and people who inject drugs illicitly with support from the literature. Because much of what comprises evidence and guidelines supporting PrEP has been published relatively recently and because healthcare professionals are oftentimes unable to keep up with the steady publishing of literature and evolution of clinical practice in a timely manner, continuing healthcare education activities in this area are warranted. This program is supported by an educational grant from Gilead. Faculty Disclosure: Dr. David J. Cennimo has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

    47 min
  2. The Problem with Vaccines: Public Hesitancy and Refusal

    20/09/2019

    The Problem with Vaccines: Public Hesitancy and Refusal

    Presented by David J Cennimo MD, FACP, FAAP, FIDSA To earn ACCME or ACPE credit, go online to scientiacme.org/cmecoursecontent.php?ID=281 to view the slides and complete the post-test. Universal vaccination is one of the most important public health initiatives of the last century. The rates of vaccine-preventable illnesses have dropped precipitously with each introduction of an effective vaccine. Vaccinations not only protect the public against specific infectious diseases but also reduce future consequences, sequelae, and complications of disease, such as in the cases of: human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine and cancer; rotavirus vaccine and type 1 diabetes; and the measles vaccine and all-cause mortality. Among people born between 1994 and 2013, vaccination is responsible for the prevention of 322 million illnesses, 21 million hospitalizations, and 732,000 deaths, resulting in a savings of nearly $1.7 trillion in total costs. Extrapolating these predictions across all generations, the benefits of universal vaccination are considerable. Despite the many benefits of vaccination and the relatively low risks, vaccine hesitancy is a growing concern among health care professionals and has led to the resurgence of vaccine-preventable illnesses in pockets of the United States. This program is supported by an educational grant from Merck. Faculty Disclosure: Dr. David J. Cennimo has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

    1h 0m

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ScientiaCME is a professional medical publishing company focused on gathering and reporting information pertaining to clinically relevant advances and developments in the science and practice of medicine. ScientiaCME provides online self learning programs CME and CE courses on this website are planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through ScientiaCME. ScientiaCME is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education credits for physicians. Our CE and CME programs are designed for physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. All programs are online and free of charge.

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