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Wildfire Smoke and Your Patients' Health

Continuing Education for Wildfire Smoke Course

Accreditation statements for CME, CNE, and CEU

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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the (ACCME®) to provide medical education for physicians.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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 0.8 contact hours.

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


Intructions for Obtaining Continuing Education (CE)

In order to receive continuing education (CE) for the Wildfire Smoke and Your Patients’ Health course (Course #: WB4244) please visit Training and Continuing Education Online (TCEO) and follow these 9 Simple Steps before September 27, 2021.

  • Complete the activity
  • Complete the Evaluation at TCEO
  • Pass the posttest at _80_% at TCEO

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

CE Origination Date: 9/27/2019 

CE Expiration Date: 9/27/2021


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 poduct or a product under investigational use.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are jointly providing the CNE for this activity.

CDC did not accept commercial support for this continuing education activity.