At a glance
These free continuing education activities provide information to healthcare providers on Lyme disease, RMSF, ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, and viral tickborne disease cases in the United States.
Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis Continuing Education
This free continuing education activity provides information to healthcare providers on the assessment, evaluation, and clinical implications of ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis cases in the United States.
Lyme Disease Training Modules
This four-part series will enable front-line healthcare providers to recognize, diagnose, and treat Lyme disease, an increasingly common tickborne illness. The free online curriculum serves as a valuable resource for primary care clinicians, public health professionals, pharmacists, and health educators who encounter patients with Lyme disease. Free Continuing Education credits are available.
Improving Care for Patients with Prolonged Symptoms and Concerns about Lyme Disease: A Clinician Toolkit
This online toolkit provides educational resources for physicians and other health care professionals to help care for patients with prolonged symptoms and concerns about Lyme disease. The toolkit gathers:
- Best practices and guidance from CDC, medical professional societies including American Academy of Neurology (AAN), American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPMR), American College of Rheumatology (ACR), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and practicing clinicians
- Resources for patients and health care professionals
- Interviews with experts
- A CME module
- Video examples of health care professionals who care for complex patients
- Tips on how to provide comprehensive and empathetic care
Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) Webinar
This webinar provides healthcare providers and their patients with updated information in Lyme disease epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. The webinar also provides new educational tools that will be valuable to both healthcare providers and their patients in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Lyme disease.
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Continuing Education
This free online training module and toolkit provide information pertinent to healthcare providers and public health practitioners on the epidemiology, risk factors, clinical characteristics, treatment, and diagnosis of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) and other tickborne diseases.
Viral Tickborne Disease Continuing Education
This free continuing education activity provides information to healthcare providers about tickborne viral diseases endemic to the United States (Powassan, Colorado tick fever, Heartland, and Bourbon viruses). Information on the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of these diseases is covered during this one-hour interactive course.
Assessing Current Practice in the Diagnosis and Management of Alpha-Gal Syndrome
This Medscape activity is intended for emergency medicine physicians, primary care physicians, pediatricians, nurses/nurse practitioners, dieticians, and nutritionists. After this activity, participants will have an increased knowledge regarding the clinical management of alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) and self-asses learning needs related to testing and workup of patients with AGS.
Tick-Borne Encephalitis (TBE) Vaccine Continuing Education
This free continuing education activity for healthcare providers describes TBE vaccine recommendations for U.S. travelers and laboratory workers. Healthcare providers can use these guidelines to discuss the risks and benefits of TBE vaccination when they consult with people traveling abroad or with laboratory workers at potential risk for exposure to TBE virus.