DESCRIPTION

• This series is only available to members of the Mayo Clinic Care Network.  Mayo staff members are not eligible to participate in this series.
• Mayo staff can only participate in the live series.  The live sessions occur bi-monthly on Thursday, 7:30 - 8:30 a.m.  

The Division of infectious diseases at Mayo Clinic is comprised of over 70 infectious diseases consultants, fellows, and allied health staff.  The infectious diseases case and research conference  is a highly valued educational conference that provides important updates to the infectious diseases  practitioner with the goal of implementing changes that lead to continual improvement in all three Mayo shields. This weekly one hour conference offers 2 infectious disease cases presented by infectious diseases fellows. Each case is discussed and a mini-review of the discussed topic is presented. 

TARGET AUDIENCE
This course is intended for infectious diseases physicians, microbiologists, mid-level providers, and physicians in training.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon conclusion of the activity, participants should be able to:

• Recognize the gaps in their practice and the utility of adopting published national guidelines in the management of various infectious diseases. 
• Explain how to formulate a clinical management plan according to expert data analysis to optimize resource utilization and patient care.

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science 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.

Credit Statement(s):

AMA
The Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 - 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) 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 MOC credit.

TRANSCRIPT
Any credit or attendance awarded will appear on your Transcript.

Disclosure Summary
As a provider accredited by Joint Accreditation Interprofessional Continuing Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Mayo Clinic School of CPD) must ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in its educational activities. Course Director(s), Planning Committee Members, Faculty, and all others who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest related to the subject matter of the educational activity.  Safeguards against commercial bias have been put in place.  Faculty also will disclose any off label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments discussed in their presentation.  Disclosure of these relevant financial relationships will be published in activity materials so those participants in the activity may formulate their own judgments regarding the presentation.

Listed below are individuals with control of the content of this program who have disclosed...

Relevent financial relationship(s) with industry: 
Mary Kasten, M.D. - Stock/Self Managed - Pfizer, Aetna, Mylan, Baxter, Medtronic, 3M, Bristol Meyer, Cigna, Lily, Exel
Raymund R. Razonable, M.D. - Grant/Research Support - Roche, Regeneron, Novartis 

No relevent financial relationship(s) with industry: 
Elena Beam, M.D.
Cindy Domonoske
Christina Grace O'Connor, Pharm.D., R.Ph. (as of August 1)

For disclosure information regarding Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development accreditation review committee member(s), please go here.

Disclaimer
Participation in this Mayo Clinic educational activity does not indicate nor guarantee competence or proficiency in the performance of any procedures which may be discussed or taught in this course. You should be aware that substantive developments in the medical field covered by this recording may have occurred since the date of original release.

Prerequisites for Participation
There are no prerequisites needed prior to participating in this education activity.

Method of Participation
Participation in this activity consists of reviewing the educational material, completing the learner assessment and evaluation.

How to Obtain Credit
To obtain credit, complete the assessment, evaluation and submit.

Acknowledgement of Commercial Support
No commercial support was received in the production of this activity.

Bibliographic Resources
Bibliographic resources are provided within the activity.

COURSE DIRECTORS
Mary J Kasten, M.D.

QUESTIONS?
Contact cme@mayo.edu