Tick-Borne Illness: A Diagnostic Approach for the Urgent Care Clinician (Infectious Disease CME and Pharmacology CME)

CME Information

Date of Original Release: June 1, 2023. Date of most recent review: May 10, 2023. Termination date: June 1, 2026.

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 Credits^TM. 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 4 Infectious Disease and 1 Pharmacology 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 the most common tick-borne illnesses in the United States and their endemic areas; (2) recognize the presenting signs and symptoms of common tick-borne illnesses; (3) determine whether prophylactic treatment is indicated for a suspected tick bite; and (4) make appropriate treatment decisions based on the type of tick-borne illness and its stage.

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

• Christopher Chao, MD (Author):
  • Visby Medical (compensation for service on advisory board)
• Kristopher W. Decker, PA-C (Author): Nothing to Disclose
• Bradley Laymon, PA-C (Charting & Coding Author): Nothing to Disclose
• Margaret Carman, DNP (Peer Reviewer): Nothing to Disclose
• Benjamin Silverberg, MD (Peer Reviewer):
  • Valneva (independent contractor; honoraria for papers, lectures or teaching)
• Angie Wallace (Content Editor): Nothing to Disclose

Commercial Support: This issue of Evidence-Based Urgent Care did not receive any commercial support.

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