PANDAS Physicians Network PANS PANDAS Online CME Credit Learning Opportunity

PANDAS Physicians Network

An Overview for Diagnosing and Treating PANS/PANDAS
Susan E. Swedo, MD – Scientist Emeritus at the National Institute of Health

Complete CME Webinar: Online PANS PANDAS CME Webinar

Presenter: Susan Swedo, MD, Scientist Emeritus at the National Institute of Health

Estimated Time for Completion: 45 minutes

CME/CE Instructions: To obtain CME/CE credit:

  • Read or listen to each activity carefully
  • Complete/submit the posttest evaluation.
  • The certificate will be sent from Projects in Knowledge, Inc. to the contact information you provide on the evaluation. There is no fee for this activity.

Contact Information: For questions about content or obtaining CME credit, please contact cme@pandasppn.org.

Target Audience: The target audience for this activity includes physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, and therapists.

Activity Goal: The goal of this activity is to provide clinicians with the latest evidence-based strategies for early and accurate diagnosis, individualized treatment, and optimal management of PANDAS and PANS in order to improve patient-centered care and outcomes.

Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to:

  • Evaluate the five criteria for the PANDAS subgroup and decipher the difference between these patients from others with childhood-onset obsessive compulsive disorder
  • Analyze the three criteria for the PANS.
  • Determine whether a child’s neuropsychiatric symptoms are related to post-streptococcal autoimmunity
  • Develop a treatment plan based on the consortium’s recommendations for PANDAS and PANS patients

Physicians: Projects In Knowledge® is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education(ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Projects In Knowledge® designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses: Projects In Knowledge®(PIK)is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Upon completion of this course, participants will be awarded 0.73 nursing contact hour(s).

DISCLAIMER: Accreditation refers to educational content only and does not imply ANCC, or PIK endorsement of any commercial product or service.

Published:  August 2, 2019