Total Credits: .5 including .5 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s)
This lecture will discuss the age-old battle with vaccine misinformation and consider strategies to combat vaccine hesitancy.
Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss the age-old battle with vaccine misinformation.
2. Discuss new tools of misinformation: social media & the Internet
3. Vaccine hesitancy and specific vaccines.
Dr. Davis 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.
Accreditation Statement:
The Montana Osteopathic Medical Association is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians and designates this program for a maximum of .5 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation in this activity.
Grievance Policy:
All grievances should be in writing and should specify the nature of the grievance. Initially, all grievances should be directed to MOMA 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 Bureau of Osteopathic Education of the AOA at 142 East Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611.
Jeffrey Davis DO practices in Memphis, Missouri, where he is the Chief Medical Officer and staff family medicine physician for Scotland County Hospital. In addition, he keeps busy as Medical Examiner for Scotland County and as a staff physician for Scotland County Care Center and Residential Care Facility, and Memphis Medical Services, a federally qualified hospital-based rural health clinic. Throughout his career, he has been providing well-woman, obstetrics and adolescent care, and continues to deliver babies. Dr. Davis is a past president of MAOPS and has served on every committee in the organization. He is an AOA Delegate for Missouri and continues to stay active in the Northeast District. Dr. Davis is a graduate of ATSU-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, followed by residency at Southern Illinois University Quincy Family Practice in Quincy, Illinois.