COVID Grand Rounds - "Rural vs. Urban COVID-19 Disparities in Rates of Transmission, Morbidity, Mortality, Long-Term Complications, Vaccination"

This event has passed, please watch the recording below

If you would like to receive CME credit, you must watch this video in it's entirety and register below to receive credit.

If you are a Banner employee, you may claim your CME credit here at this link, at no cost.

If you are a non-Banner employee, you may claim your CME credit here at this link, cost is $5.

Speaker: Daniel Derksen, MD
Associate Vice President for Health Equity, Outreach and Interprofessional Activities
Director, Arizona Center for Rural Health
PI: AZ State Office of Rural Health, AZ Rural Hospital Flexibility Program, AZ AHEC Program
University of Arizona Health Sciences

Lecture Title: "Rural vs. Urban COVID-19 Disparities in Rates of Transmission, Morbidity, Mortality, Long-Term Complications, Vaccination"

Learning Objectives:

Understand and list social determinants that contribute to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Social Vulnerability Index (SVI).
Understand and be able to name scoring criteria categories that contribute to the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) designations.
Be able to discuss how social determinants and the health professional workforce contributed to rates of COVID-19 transmission, morbidity, mortality and vaccination in Arizona and the nation’s rural areas - and best practices on how to mitigate COVID disparities and improve health outcomes.

Sponsored by Banner Health, COVID-19 Health Disparities Initiative(funded by CDC and Arizona Center for Rural Health) and Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, College of Medicine-Tucson and Arizona CEAL (NIH- OT2-HL-156812)

^{*Banner Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.}

^{*Banner Health designates this internet live for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.}