Upon completion of this module, participants should be better able to:
- Describe tropical aspects of the host, pathogen, environment, and vector interactions.
Characterize the role of food and water sources and security.
- State relevant patient risks to counseling and anticipating complications in case management.
- Identify non-communicable disease risks in the tropics and how to plan for them.
- Delineate health systems differences between the U.S. and resource-limited tropical environments relevant to practice planning and travel counseling, with a focus on non-communicable disease risks (including conventional NCD, trauma, surgical services, and non-medical health services).
- Integrate approaches to medical care delivery and health team functioning in the tropical environment to inform treatment decisions that respect patient and community values.
In support of improving patient care, University of Nebraska Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physicians
The University of Nebraska Medical Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses
The University of Nebraska Medical Center designates this activity for 1.0 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit for the actual time spent participating in the activity.
Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:
- 1.0 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;
- 1.0 MOC points in the American Board of Pathology's (ABPATH) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program; and
- 1.0 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.
It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM, ABPATH, or ABP MOC credit.
Disclosures
The accredited provider has mitigated and is disclosing identified relevant financial relationships for the following faculty, planners, and others in control of content prior to assuming their roles.
Faculty and Planning Committee
The following faculty and planning committee member has disclosed the following relationships:
- David Brett-Major, MD, MPH
Consultant: Regional Office for the Americas, World Health Organization (PAHO)
Self-Published Author: "A Year of Ebola"
The following planning committee members have nothing to disclose:
- M. Jana Broadhurst, MD, PhD, DTM&H
- Heidi Keeler, PhD, RN
- Renee Paulin, MSN, RN, CWOCN
- Courtney Smith
- Bailey Wrenn, MA
