736196-2402: Boston Athletic Association Medical Lectures
DATE OF ORIGINAL RELEASE – 3/13/2025
EXPIRATION DATE – 6/30/2025
(Please note that credit will no longer be available after this date)
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETE ACTIVITY – 8.75
TARGET AUDIENCE: Nurses, Primary Care Physicians, Athletic Trainers, Physical Therapists, Podiatrists, Mental Health Professionals and EMS staff.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Educate all medical volunteers and hospital partners on the medical care needed for day of event
- Communicate medical protocols, logistical needs and communications pathways to all healthcare providers and volunteers
- Demonstrate scientifically supported medical care outside of the practitioner’s normal practice
- Educate our athletes on a variety of preventative measures
DISCLOSURE INFORMATION
The following planners, speakers, and content reviewers have reported relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated:
| NAME | COMPANY | RELATIONSHIP |
| Course Faculty | ||
| Kathryn Ackerman, MD, MPH | Hologic | Speaker |
| Stephen Simon, DO, MS | Highland Instruments | Stock (Privately Held) |
| PocketPatient MD | Stock (Privately Held) |
All other individuals including course directors, planners, reviewers, faculty, staff, etc., who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity have reported no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
ACCREDITATION
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Harvard Medical School and the Boston Athletic Association. Harvard Medical School is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physicians
The Harvard Medical School designates this enduring material for a maximum of 8.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurse Practitioners and Registered Nurses
Harvard Medical School designates this enduring material for a maximum of 8.75 ANCC contact hours.
Physician Assistants
The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification. We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.
Other Health Professionals:
Other health professionals may claim a Certificate of Attendance, indicating that the activity was approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(TM). We would suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(TM) for re-licensure.
CANADIAN ACCREDITATION
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities.
EUROPEAN ACCREDITATION
The American Medical Association (AMA) has an agreement of mutual recognition of continuing medical education (CME) credit with the European Union of Medical Specialties (UEMS). Additional information regarding this agreement may be found here: https://www.uems.eu/areas-of-expertise/cme-cpd/eaccme
ABMS/ACGME COMPETENCIES
This course is designed to meet the following American Board of Medical Specialties and Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education competencies:
- Patient care and procedural skills
- Medical knowledge
- Practice-based learning and improvement
- Professionalism
- Interpersonal and communication skills
- Systems-based practice
IOM COMPETENCIES
This course is designed to meet the following Institute of Medicine competencies:
- Provide patient-centered care
- Work in interdisciplinary teams
- Employ evidence-based practice
- Apply Quality Improvement
- Utilize Informatics
DISCLOSURE POLICY: In accord with the disclosure policy of the Medical School as well as standards set forth by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), course planners, speakers, and content reviewers have been asked to disclose any relationships they have to companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. In addition, faculty have been asked to list any off-label uses of pharmaceuticals and/or devices for investigational or non-FDA approved purposes that they plan to discuss.
METHOD OF PARTICIPATION: Review the audio/virtual content, complete all activity modules, achieve a minimum score of 80% on the post-test and complete the comprehensive activity evaluation.
DISCLAIMER: Continuing education activities sponsored by Harvard Medical School are offered solely for educational purposes and do not constitute any form of certification of competency. Practitioners should always consult additional sources of information and exercise their best professional judgment before making clinical decisions of any kind.
PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY: The Harvard Medical School Privacy Policy may be viewed here: https://hms.harvard.edu/privacy-policy
RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY:
Biddinger PD, Baggish A, Harrington L, d’Hemecourt P, Hooley J, Jones J, Kue R, Troyanos C, Dyer KS. Be prepared–the Boston Marathon and mass-casualty events. N Engl J Med. 2013 May 23;368(21):1958-60. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1305480. Epub 2013 May 1. PMID: 23635020.
Goralnick E, Halpern P, Loo S, et al. Leadership During the Boston Marathon Bombings: A Qualitative After-Action Review. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2015;9(5):489-495. doi:10.1017/dmp.2015.42
Kim JH, Malhotra R, Chiampas G, d’Hemecourt P, Troyanos C, Cianca J, Smith RN, Wang TJ, Roberts WO, Thompson PD, Baggish AL; Race Associated Cardiac Arrest Event Registry (RACER) Study Group. Cardiac arrest during long-distance running races. N Engl J Med. 2012 Jan 12;366(2):130-40. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1106468. PMID: 22236223.
Yao KV, Troyanos C, D’Hemecourt P, Roberts WO. Optimizing Marathon Race Safety Using an Incident Command Post Strategy. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2017 May/Jun;16(3):144-149. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000369. PMID: 28498221.