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Grand Rounds – Monkeypox

Event Details:

Overview:

Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic infection that, until recently, was only endemic in Africa. In May 2022, several cases were reported in non-endemic areas such as Europe and the United States. Soon, monkeypox was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization. This talk aims to highlight the current state of the monkeypox outbreak, review the history, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, treatment and vaccines currently available.

Objectives:

1. Summarize the history, epidemiology, pathophysiology of monkeypox
2. Identify the clinical signs/symptoms, presentation of monkeypox
3. Discuss the differential diagnosis of acute vesicular lesions
4. Report the current state of monkeypox outbreak
5. Explore potential treatment options and vaccine management
6. Outline steps that primary care providers can take to identify, report, treat monkeypox

Financial Disclosures:

Danielle Dixon, DO has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee members (Mark Nadeau, MD, Marcy Wiemers, MD, Maria Del Pilar Montañez Villacampa, MD, Christine Song, DO, Nehman Andry, MD, Gabriela Gibson-Lopez, PsyD, Margaret Finley, MD, Yun Shi, MD, Stacy Ogbeide, PsyD, Lauren Fuller, MD, and Nichole Rubio) have no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee member Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD has disclosed he receives royalties from General Practice and Family Medicine for being UpToDate Editor-in-Chief.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

Target Audience:

Specialties – Primary Care; Family Medicine  
Faculty, residents, other health care providers and staff from our department; physicians and health care providers from San Antonio and South Texas; and medical students in our third-year clerkship and fourth year rotations. 

Accreditation:

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Attendance. For information on applicability and acceptance, please consult your professional licensing board.

For activity related questions, please contact:

Name: Nichole Rubio- FCM Grand Rounds Coordinator
Email: rubion@uthscsa.edu

For CME general questions, please contact:

Ph: (210) 567-4445
Email: cme@uthscsa.edu