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Primary Care Lunch and Learn: Antibiotic Stewardship: Lyme Disease

06-12-2025

By Shankar Upadhyayula, MD , Director, Pediatric Infectious Disease, Akron Children's, Akron, OH

Objectives (Educational Content) :

1. Implement shared strategies in the management of targeted clinical challenges. 2. Assess and manage patients presenting with certain clinical problems. 3. Recognize clinical services available to their patients in the system.

Target Audience:

General pediatricians, family physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, social workers, psychologists, and nurses.

Identified Gap:

Despite established guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease, there remains a significant gap in the consistent application of antibiotic stewardship principles among healthcare providers. Many clinicians either overprescribe antibiotics due to diagnostic uncertainty or fail to recognize when antibiotic therapy is unnecessary, contributing to antimicrobial resistance and patient harm.

Estimated Time to Complete the Educational Activity:

1 hour(s)

Expiration Date for CE/CME Credit:

06-11-2026

Method of Participation in the Learning Process:

The learner will view the presentation, successfully complete a post-test and complete an activity evaluation.

Evaluation Methods:

All learners must successfully complete a post-test, as well as an activity evaluation, to claim CE/CME credit.

Disclosure:

The following presenter has indicated that there are no financial relationships with any ineligible companies: Shankar Upadhyayula, MD. The following planning committee member has indicated that a financial relationship with an ineligible company: All relationships have been mitigated. The remaining planning committee/CME committee members have indicated that they have no financial relationships with any ineligible companies.

Accreditation Statement:

Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron is accredited by the Ohio State Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CHMCA designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit TM. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.