Rounding@IOWA: You Know They Will be Asking; Explaining COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines to Your Patients



Date & Location
Tuesday, December 1, 2020, 12:00 PM - Wednesday, March 31, 2021, 11:00 PM

Overview

CME CREDIT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR THIS COURSE

Join Dr. Gerry Clancy and his guest, Dr. Patricia Winokur, as they discuss safety and efficacy results from COVID-19 vaccine trials and take a close look specifically at the mechanism for action of mRNA vaccines. (Recorded 11/17/2020)

Instructions
Go to 'Course Content & Tests' to access the podcast and claim credit.

References

https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-and-biontech-conclude-phase-3-study-covid-19-vaccine

https://investors.modernatx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/moderna-announces-primary-efficacy-analysis-phase-3-cove-study

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2022483

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2639-4.pdf


Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.75 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (0.75 hours)

Target Audience
Professions - Fellow, Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Pharmacist, Physician, Physician Assistant, Resident

Objectives
  1. Discuss the study design for the COVID-19 vaccine trials and the questions we are starting to be able to answer.
  2. Discuss the questions for which we are still awaiting solid answers.
  3. Communicate to patients what the early results of these vaccine trials mean with respect to controlling the pandemic.
  4. Describe what the roll-out of access to these vaccines might look like.
  5. Discuss the safety profile, benefits and risks of mRNA vaccines.

Accreditation

The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CME Credit Designation
The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses
Effective March 18, 2020, Iowa nurses may use participation in ACCME-accredited education toward their CE requirement for licensure. A certificate of participation will be available after successful completion of the course. (Nurses from other states should confirm with their licensing boards that this activity meets their state's licensing requirements.)

Other Health Care Providers
A certificate of completion will be available after successful completion of the course. (It is the responsibility of licensees to determine if this continuing education activity meets the requirements of their professional licensure board.)

Financial Disclosures
Dr. Gerard Clancy and the members of the planning committee for Rounding@IOWA have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Dr. Patricia Winokur has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:  

  • Pfizer, Inc. - Sponsored Research
  • Johnson & Johnson - Family has stock

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