Clostridioides Difficile Infection – An Update
Length: 55 Minutes
This program will expire and must be completed by 08/21/24.
Dr. Bragg will discuss the pathology and the change of the Clostridioides Difficile (CD) organism in the past ten years. He will discuss when to suspect, diagnose, and treat CD. He will elaborate on medications used to tread CD and also discuss possible complications patients might face.
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Accreditation Statements:
The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. MAOPS designates this program for a maximum of 1 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation.
The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Creditsä. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Planning Disclosure:
The MAOPS Education Planning Committee has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.
Grievance Policy:
All grievances should be in writing and should specify the nature of the grievance. Initially, all grievances should be directed to MAOPS Executive Director, who will then forward said grievance to the Education & Convention Committee. All grievances will receive an initial response in writing within 30 days of receipt. If the participant does not receive a satisfactory response, then they can then submit a complaint in writing to the Council on Continuing Medical Education of the AOA at 142 East Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611.
Dr. Jack Bragg is from Kirksville, Missouri, where he was born and raised and went to school. After military service in the early 1970s, he attended Northeast Missouri State University (now Truman State University) in Kirksville, Missouri majoring in Political Science and Biology. He graduated from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (now AT Still University) in 1981 and completed a rotating internship at Northeast Regional Medical Center (NERMC) in Kirksville before going into Family Practice in Ava, Missouri for three years. He then completed a three-year internal medicine residency at NERMC and a two-year fellowship in Gastroenterology at Botsford Hospital in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Dr. Bragg is board certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Dr. Bragg is currently an Associate Professor of the School of Medicine at the University of Missouri-Columbia in the Gastroenterology Division. He teaches gastroenterology and medical ethics to medical students and Gastrointestinal fellows. He is also a faculty member at the Harry S. Truman Veterans Hospital in Columbia, Missouri.
Dr. Bragg discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.