Continuing Education credit will be offered. Our target audience includes physicians, nurses, and health educators. Information regarding veterinarian continuing education and any additional details will be provided at the conference.
Accreditation Statements
CME Activities with Joint sponsors:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Association of Public Health Laboratories, and the Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists. CDC is accredited by the ACCME® to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this multiple session conference for a maximum of 15.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Non-physicians will receive a certificate of participation.
For Continuing Nursing Education for Nurses (CNE):
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This activity provides 15 contact hours.
For IACET Continuing Education Units (CEU):
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer 1.8 ANSI/IACET continuing education units for this program.
For Continuing Education Contact Hours in Health Education (CECH):
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health
Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designed for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) to receive up to 15 Category I CECH in health education (CDC provider number GA0082).
For Continuing Education for Veterinarians (AAVSB/RACE):
This program has been submitted (but not yet approved) for 18 hours of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB RACE approval; however, participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery of continuing education.
Proof of Disclosure
CDC, our planners, and our presenters wish to disclose that they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters with the exception of those disclosures listed in the Final Program Addendum provided at the conference and on-line.
Presentations will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use with the exception of those disclosures listed in the Addendum provided at the conference and on-line at www.iceid.org.
There is no commercial support for this activity.