Applying Best Practices for Reporting Medical and Health Information on Birth Certificates
Course Accreditation Statements and Instructions
Accreditation Statements:

In support of improving patient care, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 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.
CME: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this activity for 1.25 nursing contact hours.
CEU: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEU’s for this program.
Disclosure:
In compliance with continuing education requirements, all planners and presenters must disclose any financial relationships, in any amount, with ineligible companies during the previous 24 months as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or products under investigational use.
CDC, our planners, content experts wish to disclose they have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products use by or on patients.
All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
Content will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.
CDC did not accept financial or in-kind support from ineligible companies for this continuing education activity.
Faculty/Credentials:
Michelle Osterman, MHS, Health Statistician, National Center for Health Statistics
Joyce Martin, MPH, Senior Statistician, National Center for Health Statistics
Fees: No fees are charged for CDC’s CE activities.
Origination Date: June 25, 2021
Renewal Date: June 25, 2023
Expiration Date: June 25, 2025
URL: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/training/BirthCertificateElearning
Instructions for Obtaining Continuing Education (CE):
In order to receive continuing education (CE) for WB4312R – Applying Best Practices for Reporting Medical and Health Information on Birth Certificates, please visit TCEO and follow these 9 Simple Steps before June 25, 2025.
- Complete the activity
- Complete the Evaluation at www.cdc.gov/GetCE
- Pass the posttest at 80% at www.cdc.gov/GetCE
Page last reviewed: June 25, 2023
Content source: National Center for Health Statistics