Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections Site
(AHRQ)
Last visited...11/2006.
Credits....1.0 hour for each specialty-specific learning module (9 modules totaling
9 hours).
Awarded by....University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine.
Cost for Credit....Free.
Instruction Type....Case-Based-Interactive.
Target Audience....ER, IM, FP, PED, RAD, PATH, ID.
Educational material last updated...2004.
Financial Support...Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Expiration of CME Credit...Not Stated.
| The site presents comprehensive information on the six Category A biological
agents: anthrax, smallpox, tularemia, botulism, plague, and viral hemorrhagic fevers; and three emerging infectious diseases: West Nile
virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and monkeypox. After you review the
information, you are given a choice of 9 specialty-specific, case-based learning modules that present
patients suffering from illness caused by these agents.
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