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  • 11a-Rheumatology Case of the Month

    Rheumatology Case of the Month

    Provided by
    University of Connecticut School of Medicine
    Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the Division of Rheumatology

    TOPIC
    Antibiotic Refractory Lyme Arthritis

    Speaker: Dr. Navya Kuchipudi

    Date:      September 20, 2017

    Time:    11 a.m. to noon

    Location: ASB Conf Room    

    Target Audience: Rheumatologists 

    Learning Objectives:  Participants will (be able to):

    1. Discuss the diagnosis and management of patients with lyme arthritis and it’s antibiotic refractory cases.

    Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of  1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations.  Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.

    The activity director, planning committee members, nor the speaker, Dr. Kuchipudi has a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organizations that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation.

    Dr. Kuchipudi will not be discussing the off-labeled use of any product.

    This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.

    Evaluations: Participants are required to complete an electronic evaluation in order to obtain CME Credits.  An email from MyEvaluations.com with instructions will be sent to participants.  Please complete the evaluation within one week of receiving the email.

    If you do not receive an evaluation assignment from MyEvaluations.com within 10 business days of this activity, please contact the Department that hosted this activity (indicated above) to ensure that your MyEvaluations.com account is set up and your participation in this activity was forwarded to the CME office. 

    Please contact Dr. Lakshminarayanan for more information 860 679 3605

    For more information, contact: Liesa LeConche at ext 3605 leconche@uchc.edu