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GLA & Invisible International Lyme & Tick-borne Disease CME Webinar on April 6th

April 6th Agenda

There is no cost to participate in this event, and it is open to clinicians and the public

10:00 am ET: Welcome remarks
10:15 am: Long Lyme/Co-Infections and Long COVID | What do they have in common?, Instructor: John Lambert, MD, Available for 0.5 CME
-Short Break_
10:50 am: Neuropsychiatric Symptoms with Lyme Disease & Tick-borne Illness, Instructor: Shannon Delaney, MD, Available for 0.75 CME
-Short Break-
11:35 am: Panel discussion and Q&A with instructors. Moderated by Chris Green, MD, Education Co-Director, Invisible International (CME available, credits TBD)
 
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Course Details

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Long Lyme/Co-Infections and Long COVID | What do they have in common?

0.5 CME. This course provides a summary of similarities between clinical and biological manifestations of chronic Lyme disease and long COVID. It presents results of a published clinical trial on low dose naltrexone as an agent in long COVID.

Instructor

John Lambert, MD

Full Clinical Professor, University College Dublin School of Medicine
Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Genitourinary Medicine, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital

Description

This CME is intended to help clinicians draw a parallel between long COVID and long Lyme disease by understanding the clinical manifestations and potential treatment options.  Content for this free course was compiled by a team of clinicians, and researchers potentially speeding up treatment decisions and saving lives.

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe what we can learn from chronic Lyme and apply to long COVID
  • Understand the potential role of chronic infection, autoimmunity and inflammation as it relates to patient symptoms
  • Increase awareness of the options for treatment of long COVID

Global Lyme Alliance Funds Groundbreaking Study Linking Lyme Disease to Psychiatric Disorders

Neuropsychiatric Symptoms with Lyme Disease & Tick-borne Illness

0.75 CME. This course is intended to help clinicians be aware of the mental health needs and risks in patients with Lyme disease and educates on appropriate professional mental health referral, based on symptoms and clinical presentation. This concise, data-driven overview will help clinicians quickly access the latest evidence on Lyme disease persistence after standard treatments, useful in overturning the long-held belief that Lyme disease is always easy to treat and cure.

Instructor

Shannon Delaney, MD, MA

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry,
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Description

This course is intended to help clinicians be aware of the mental health needs and risks in patients with Lyme disease and educates on appropriate professional mental health referral, based on symptoms and clinical presentation. This concise, data-driven overview will help clinicians quickly access the latest evidence on Lyme disease persistence after standard treatments, useful in overturning the long-held belief that Lyme disease is always easy to treat and cure.

Learning Objectives:

  • Monitor patients for mental health sequelae from Lyme disease 
  • Incorporate a mental health screening tool in practice
  • Modify practice to refer to mental health clinicians

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Accreditation Statement

The AAFP has reviewed One Health Medical Education for a Changing Climate and deemed it acceptable for AAFP credit. Term of approval is from 01/02/2024 to 01/01/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
These sessions, Long Lyme/Co-Infections and Long COVID | What do they have in common? and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms with Lyme Disease & Tick-borne Illness, are approved for 0.5 and 0.75 (respectively) enduring AAFP Prescribed credits.

AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1.

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