UCSF Education for Healthcare Providers on Care and Research During COVID-19
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Overview and Learning Objectives

CME Credit

Cultural and Linguistic Competency

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Vaccines: Where History, Science, and Culture Collide

To begin the course, play the video below. There is a link below the video to complete the evaluation and post-test if you want to receive credit for this activity.

Starts On: 8/5/2020
Ends On: 8/4/2021
Session Type: Internet Activity Enduring Material
Course Number: MED23088K
Credits: 1.25

For Credit, complete the evaluation and post-test

This activity was recorded on December 10, 2020. 

Learning Objectives

  • Describe pertinent events in development of vaccination in viral disease.
  • Describe the characteristics of herd immunity.
  • Describe the mechanisms of several Covid-19 vaccinations.

Faculty & Planning Committee

Diane M. Birnbaumer, M.D.
Emeritus Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Senior Clinical Educator
Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Disclosure of Financial Relationships

The above faculty speakers, moderators, and planning committee members have disclosed they have no financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any commercial companies who have provided products or services relating to their presentation(s) or commercial support for this continuing medical education activity.

Accreditation Information

The University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.   Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses: For the purposes of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Physician Assistants: AAPA accepts category 1 credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Pharmacy: The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and have been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.