Infectious Disease & Public Health: Surveillance & Outbreak Investigations

Ames, IA US
October 22, 2014

Mary Greeley Medical Center Grand Rounds is a multi-disciplinary clinical activity which serves to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance and relationships that a physician uses to provide services for patients, the public or the profession.  

Target Audience

Physicians, mid-level providers, nurses and healthcare administrators.

Learning Objectives

  1. Recognize where they fit into the process of identification, investigation, & control of infectious diseases. 
  2. Understand how public health performs surveillance for & investigates outbreaks of infectious diseases.
  3. Know when & how to contact public health & access resources concerning infectious diseases.

Speaker(s)

Nicholas Kalas, MPH
Iowa Department of Public Health

Terri Olinger, RN
Public Health Nurse, Mary Greeley Medical Center

Disclosures

Speaker(s)

  • Nicholas Kalas and Terri Olinger both indicate they have nothing to disclose regarding financial relationships with any commercial entities, commercial companies providing support for this program, or any commercial manufacturers of products and/ or the providers of services discussed in this presentation.

CME Committee

  • Dr. Brenda Burrough discloses she is a principal investigator in an Amgen research trial.
  • No members of the Mary Greeley Medical Center CME Committee who planned this activity, including Dr. Burrough, have any financial relationship to disclose relating to the content. 

The content and selection of speaker(s) is the responsibility of the Mary Greeley Medical Center for Continuing Medical Education Committee.

Continuing Education Credit

  • DO: Des Moines University is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and approves this live activity for 1.0 AOA Category 2-A CME credit(s).
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AOA Category 2­A
Course opens: 
10/22/2014
Course expires: 
10/22/2014
Event starts: 
10/22/2014 - 12:00pm CDT
Event ends: 
10/22/2014 - 1:00pm CDT
Cost:
$0.00
Rating: 
0
Mary Greeley Medical Center
Bessie Myers Auditorium
1111 Duff Avenue
Ames, IA 50010
United States

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AOA Category 2­A

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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