CME Information
Date of Original Release: Date of Original Release: March 1, 2023. Date of most recent review: December 13, 2025. Termination date: March 1, 2029.
Accreditation: EB Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation: EB Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 4
AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Specialty CME: Included as part of the 4 credits, this CME activity is eligible for 3 Pharmacology and 4 Infectious Disease CME credits, subject to your state and institutional approval.
AOA Accreditation: Evidence-Based Urgent Care is eligible for 4 Category 2-A or 2-B credit hours per issue by the American Osteopathic Association.
Needs Assessment: The need for this educational activity was determined by a practice gap analysis; a survey of medical staff; review of morbidity and mortality data from the CDC, AHA, NCHS, and ACEP; and evaluation responses from prior educational activities for urgent care and emergency medicine physicians.
Target Audience: This internet enduring material is designed for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and residents in the urgent care and family practice settings.
Goals: Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to: (1) identify areas in practice that require modification to be consistent with current evidence in order to improve competence and performance; (2) develop strategies to accurately diagnose and treat both common and critical urgent care presentations; and (3) demonstrate informed medical decision-making based on the strongest clinical evidence.
CME Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to: (1) identify, diagnose, and treat the most common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) seen in urgent care; (2) explain the importance of expedited partner therapy; (3) discuss the unique aspects of managing STIs in special populations, including pregnant patients; and (4) prescribe appropriate treatment medication regimens for selected STIs.
Discussion of Investigational Information: As part of the activity, faculty may be presenting investigational information about pharmaceutical products that is outside Food and Drug Administration approved labeling. Information presented as part of this activity is intended solely as continuing medical education and is not intended to promote off-label use of any pharmaceutical product.
Disclosure: It is the policy of EB Medicine to ensure objectivity, balance, independence, transparency, and scientific rigor in all CME activities. All individuals in a position to control content have disclosed all financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies. EB Medicine has assessed all relationships with ineligible companies disclosed, identified those financial relationships deemed relevant, and appropriately mitigated all relevant financial relationships based on each individual’s role(s). Please find disclosure information for this activity below:
Planners
- Keith Pochick, MD (Editor-in-Chief): Nothing to Disclose
Faculty
The faculty for this activity have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies:
- Benjamin A. Silverberg, MD (Author) • Jordan Harry, MD (Peer Reviewer)
- Aimee Mishler, PharmD (Peer reviewer)
- James B. Short, Jr., MD (Peer Reviewer)
- Amy J. Smith, DNP-C (Peer Reviewer)
- Lisa Campanella-Coppo, MD (Peer Reviewer)
- Bradley Laymon, PA-C (Charting & Coding Author)
- Angie Wallace (Content Editor)
- Anneke Smith (Content Editor)
Commercial Support: This issue of
Evidence-Based Urgent Care did not receive any commercial support.
Earning Credit: Learners can earn credit by going to
www.ebmedicine.net and selecting the test they wish to complete. To receive credit, they must score 100% on the test and complete the evaluation. After completing these steps, a CME certificate will be emailed to them.
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