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Continuing Medical Education
School of Medicine, UAB |
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Online CME Courses
Course Catalog > Online Courses |
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Skin
and Soft Tissue Infections
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Certified for 1 AMA PRA Category
1 Credit™
Co-Sponsored
by the University of Alabama School of Medicine
Division of Continuing Medical Education and
The Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation
| Release Date:
August 7, 2006 |
Expiration
Date: August 7, 2009
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| TARGET
AUDIENCE: |
| Primary
care physicians |
| OBJECTIVES: |
| Upon completion
of this CME activity, clinicians should be able to: |
- To
review common skin infections seen in out-patients
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review the management of different skin infections in outpatients
- To
recognize community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus as a very important emerging pathogen in outpatients
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| SOURCE: |
| FACULTY: |
Martin
Rodriguez, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
UAB-Montgomery Internal Medicine Residency Program
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| DISCLOSURE: |
| Dr.
Rodriguez has no commercial affiliations to disclose. |
| CME
PARTICIPATION: |
| To
participate in this program for CME credit, please review
the objectives before beginning the program. Take the course,
complete the case questions and evaluation before August
7, 2009 to receive CME credit. Your certificate will then
be available online. This process should take approximately
60 minutes. |
| ACCREDITATION: |
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The University of Alabama School
of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council
for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing
medical education for physicians.
The University of Alabama School
of Medicine designates this educational activity for a
maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 credit™.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the
extent of their participation in the activity.
The boards of nursing in many
states, including Alabama, recognize Category 1 continuing
medical education courses as acceptable activities for
the renewal of license to practice nursing.
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| DISCLAIMER: |
| Dosages,
indications, and methods of use of any drug referred to in
this online course may reflect the clinical experience of
the authors, clinical literature, or other clinical resources.
Therefore, please see the full prescribing information before
using any product mentioned. |
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A 46 year-old woman
comes to your office complaining of leg pain and swelling
for the previous 2 days. She has no significant past medical
history. She denies previous similar episodes or history of
local trauma. She has been taking acetaminophen as needed
for pain and denies the use of any other medications. She
denies any allergies. On physical exam she appears non-toxic,
and her vital
signs are normal except for a temperature of 100.2 F; her
left leg has an erythematous lesion without distinct borders
above the ankle, 8 inches in diameter. There are no purulent
or bullous lesions. The area is tender to palpation, and sensation
is preserved. She has toe web intertrigo.
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