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Credits Available
Physicians – maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
ABIM Diplomates – maximum of 1.00 ABIM MOC points
Nurses – 1.00 ANCC Contact Hour(s) (0.25 contact hours are in the area of pharmacology)
Pharmacists – 1.00 Knowledge-based ACPE (0.100 CEUs)
You Are Eligible For
- Letter of Completion
- ABIM MOC points
Target Audience and Goal Statement
This educational activity is intended for an audience of obstetricians/gynecologists, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners/physician
assistants, pediatricians, nurses, and pharmacists in the United States.
The goal of this activity is for learners to be better able to implement guideline-based screening recommendations to address
the rising burden of syphilis and congenital syphilis.
Upon completion of this activity, participants will:
- Have greater competence related to
- Identifying nonpregnant women who should be screened for syphilis
- Implementing guideline-based screening recommendations for syphilis in pregnancy
- Appropriately recommending treatment for the prevention of congenital syphilis
- Demonstrate greater confidence in their ability to
- Providing empathetic, effective communication that reduces stigma and improves adherence to recommendations in the management
of syphilis
- Providing empathetic, effective communication that reduces stigma and improves adherence to recommendations in the management
Disclosures
Medscape, LLC requires every individual in a position to control educational content to disclose all financial relationships
with ineligible companies that have occurred within the past 24 months. Ineligible companies are organizations whose primary
business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
All relevant financial relationships for anyone with the ability to control the content of this educational activity are listed
below and have been mitigated. Others involved in the planning of this activity have no relevant financial relationships.
Faculty
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Anne M. Rompalo, MD
Professor of Medicine and Gynecology
Medical Director, Sexually Transmitted Diseases/HIV Prevention Training Center
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Editors
Compliance Reviewer
Accreditation Statements
In support of improving patient care, Medscape, LLC is jointly accredited with commendation 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.
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Medscape, LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant
to earn up to 1.0 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.
Aggregate participant data will be shared with commercial supporters of this activity.College of Family Physicians of Canada Mainpro+® participants may claim certified credits for any AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™, up to a maximum of 50 credits per five-year cycle. Any additional credits are eligible as non-certified credits. College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) members must log into Mainpro+® to claim this activity.
Through an agreement between the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, medical practitioners participating in the Royal College MOC Program may record completion of accredited activities registered under the ACCME’s “CME in Support of MOC” program in Section 3 of the Royal College’s MOC Program.
For Physicians
For questions regarding the content of this activity, contact the
accredited provider for this CME/CE activity noted above. For technical
assistance, contact [email protected]
Instructions for Participation and Credit
There are no fees for participating in or receiving credit for this online educational activity. For information on applicability
and acceptance of continuing education credit for this activity, please consult your professional licensing board.
This activity is designed to be completed within the time designated on the title page; physicians should claim only those
credits that reflect the time actually spent in the activity. To successfully earn credit, participants must complete the
activity online during the valid credit period that is noted on the title page. To receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™, you must receive a minimum score of 75% on the post-test.
Follow these steps to earn CME/CE credit*:
- Read about the target audience, learning objectives, and author disclosures.
- Study the educational content online or print it out.
- Online, choose the best answer to each test question. To receive a certificate, you must receive a passing score as designated
at the top of the test. We encourage you to complete the Activity Evaluation to provide feedback for future programming.
You may now view or print the certificate from your CME/CE Tracker. You may print the certificate, but you cannot alter it.
Credits will be tallied in your CME/CE Tracker and archived for 6 years; at any point within this time period, you can print
out the tally as well as the certificates from the CME/CE Tracker.
*The credit that you receive is based on your user profile.