Applying Best Practices for Reporting Medical and Health Information on Birth Certificates

 

Course Accreditation Statements and Instructions

Accreditation Statements:

CME activities with Joint Providers: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and MD Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; MN Department of Health; Utah Department of Health; NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the (ACCME®) to provide medical education for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5  AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. 

CNE:  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

This activity provides 1.4 contact hours.

CEU:  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEU's for this program.

 

For Certified Public Health Professionals (CPH)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a pre-approved provider of Certified in Public Health (CPH) recertification credits and is authorized to offer 2.0 CPH recertification credits for this program.

CDC is an approved provider of CPH Recertification Credits by the National Board of Public Health Examiners. Effective October 1, 2013, the National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE) accepts continuing education units (CEU) for CPH recertification credits from CDC.  Please select CEU as your choice for continuing education when registering for a course on TCEOnline. Learners seeking CPH should use the guidelines provided by the NBPHE for calculating recertification credits.  For assistance please contact NBPHE.

 

Disclosure:
In compliance with continuing education requirements, all presenters must disclose any financial or other associations with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or product(s) under investigational use.

CDC, our planners, content experts, and their spouses/partners wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters. Planners have reviewed content to ensure there is no bias. 

Content will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and MD Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Vital Statistics are jointly providing the CNE for this activity.
CDC did not accept commercial support for this activity.

FEES: No fees are charged for CDC’s CE activities.

ORIGINATION DATE: May 31, 2016

EXPIRATION DATE: May 31, 2018

 

Instructions for Obtaining Continuing Education:

Continuing education for this course is only available through the CDC Training and Continuing Education Online system (CDC TCEO).  Please follow the instructions provided below. You must complete the online evaluation and posttest by May 31, 2018 to receive your continuing education.

To complete online evaluation and posttest:

• Go to CDC TCE Online.  Select Participant Login to login. If you are new to TCEO, select New Participant to create a user ID and password.
• Once logged on to CDC TCEO, the Participant Services page will display.  Select the Search and Register link.  Select a search method to locate the course and click on View.
• Click on the course name, and the course information page will display.  Scroll down to Register Here.  Select the type of CE that you would like to receive and then select Submit.
• The next page requests demographic information.  New participants are required to answer the demographic questions.  Returning participants please verify this information and select Submit.
• A message will display thanking you for registering for the course.  If you have already completed the course you may select the option to take the evaluation.
• If you have not completed the course, you will be directed back to Participant Services.  Under Evaluations and Tests you may access the course detail page, the course link, or the evaluation and/or posttest after completing the course.
• Complete the evaluation and Submit.  A posttest with a passing grade of 80% is required and will follow the evaluation. 
• A record of your course completion and your CE certificate will be posted in the Transcript and Certificate section, located on the Participant Services page.

 

If you have any questions or problems contact:

CDC/ATSDR Training and Continuing Education Online
1-800-41TRAIN
Email at ce@cdc.gov