Program Description: 
Allergy/Immunology Grand Rounds is designed so the expected result of our educational activities is that participating physicians enhance their knowledge and skills in the field of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, and apply the knowledge and skills to improve performance and patient outcomes in their Allergy/Asthma/Immunology practice settings.
 
Our educational activities include department-specific, interdepartmental and specialty-specific conferences of live presentations and live regularly scheduled series. Included among our educational offerings are updates in clinical medicine and basic science research, reviews of current or best practice recommendations for clinical care, learning modules in quality improvement, procedural and communication skills development exercises, as well as professional development in bioethics, leadership and patient safety.
 
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 1.0 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.
 
Target audience: 

Invitation Only. Community Allergy and Immunology Specialists, Nurses/Nurse Practitioners, Allied Health Care Professionals, and Fellows

Learning objectives: 

Allergy/Immunology Learning Objectives:

  • Adopt new knowledge and updates on Practice Parameters/Guidelines for Allergy/Immunology
  • Explore new scientific data improving outcomes for Asthma (decrease in ER visits, hospitalizations, improving quality of life, decreased missed school/work days, etc.) and allergic diseases
  • Outline how to improve outcomes in Primary Immune Diseases by learning new scientific developments

Presenter Learning Objective(s):

  • To understand recent advances in understanding immunologic mechanisms of antibiotic allergy

Faculty & credentials: 

Heidi Zafra, MD; Activity Director; No financial relationships to disclose

Asriani Chiu, MD; Planning Committee Member; No financial relationships to disclose

Lisa Crandall, APNP; Planning Committee Member; No financial relationships to disclose

Joel Gallagher, MD; Planning Committee Member; No fincancial relationships to disclose

Andrea Apter, MD, MA, MSc; Presenter; No relevent financial relationships to disclose

Contact

Name: 
Deidre Carr
Phone number: 
+1 (414) 266-6840
Email: 
dcarr@mcw.edu
Session date: 
05/05/2016 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm CDT
Location: 
Blue's Egg
317 N. 76th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53213
United States
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  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
    AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 1.00 Hours of Participation
    Hours of Participation credit.

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