UCSF CME Advances in COVID-19: Update for Clinicians 2021

Overview:

Designed for health care providers, we will update clinicians on the latest advances in the management of COVID-19. Plenary sessions will cover COVID in the US, vaccination, long term consequences, optimizing diagnosis, cases across the spectrum, and COVID in special populations. Also included are robust panel discussions and Q&A sessions with our esteemed course directors and faculty.

Target Audience
This course is designed for any clinician involved in the care of patients at risk for or infected with COVID-19. There are no special background requirements.  These learners will be able to apply what they learning in all aspects of care of patients with COVID-19.

LIVE STREAM MEETING
This course will be offered as a live interactive virtual conference.  Login instructions along with the digital syllabus will be shared with attendees a week before the meeting.  Included in your registration fee is access to the course recordings on demand (available within a week after the conference) for any sessions that you miss, available for up to 30 days post-course.

Objectives:

At the end of the course, learners should have new or improved strategies to:

• Identify which patient are at risk for COVID-19 and which patients are at risk for severe disease when infected with COVID-19
• More effectively respond to patients’ and other providers’ questions on how SARS-CoV-2 causes severe COVID-19
• Accurately diagnose COVID-19 using the most appopriate diagnostic modailties in different health care settings
• Be able to identify common and uncommon clinical manifestations of COVID-19 to enhance early diagnosis and treatment
• Apply evidence-based therapeutic approaches to the care of patients with COVID-19
• Apply evidence-based strategies to prevent COVID-19 in the health care setting and community

Accreditation:

The University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This CME activity meets the requirements under California Assembly Bill 1195, Continuing Education and Cultural and Linguistic Competency.

NURSES:
For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS:
AAPA accepts category 1 credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

PHARMACY:
The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and have been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) MOC:
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 6.50 MOC points in the

American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Course Outline:

Chairs:

Diane Havlir, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, HIV, ID, and Global Medicine Division
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
University of California, San Francisco

Robert M. Wachter, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Annie Luetkemeyer, MD
Professor of Medicine
HIV, ID, and Global Medicine Division
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
University of California, San Francisco

Brian Schwartz, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
University of California, San Francisco

Vivek Jain, MD, MAS
Associate Professor of Medicine
HIV, ID, and Global Medicine Division
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
University of California, San Francisco

Faculty:

(University of California, San Francisco unless indicated)

Jennifer Babik, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases

Lillian Brown, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, MAS, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Susan Buchbinder, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Director, Bridge HIV Population Health Division
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Peter Chin-Hong
Professor of Medicine

Steven Deeks, MD
Professor of Medicine

Sarah Doernberg, MD, MAS
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases

Peter Chin-Hong
Professor of Medicine

Monica Fung, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine

Antonio Gomez, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Michael Peluso, MD
Clinical Fellow of Medicine

Theodore Ruel, MD
Professor of Pediatrics

Lekshmi Santhosh, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

John Szumowski, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Lisa Winston, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine

Travel & Lodging:

INTERACTIVE WEBINAR