Health Professionals

The mission of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LAC DPH) Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program is to enhance the quality of healthcare for individual patients and the broader population of Los Angeles County.

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	Environmental Odors and Health: A Providers' Guide  Webinar with CME. View The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health offers this training for healthcare providers on how environmental odors can impact health and how to recognize odor related symptoms and determine appropriate management strategies for patients experiencing odor-related issues.
	Penicillin Allergy elabeling - An Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative Two on-demand webinars with CME. These 2 activities are designed for healthcare providers including physicians, pharmacists, infection preventionists or other facility antibiotic stewardship stakeholders. Part 1: How to elabel Patients    View Part I Part I includes an update on recent guidelines for addressing penicillin allergy; the benefits of penicillin allergy delabeling; and identifying appropriate candidates for oral amoxicillin challenge. Participants should become familiar with safe and effective ways to delabel patients identified as penicillin allergic who are admitted to the hospital. Part 2: Case Based Discussion   View Part II   Part II is a case based discussion that includes patient selection for penicillin allergy delabeling, how to perform an amoxicillin challenge and manage adverse events, provide patient counseling on penicillin allergy delabeling and ways to implement a penicillin allergy delabeling program.
	American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria 4th Edition: Implications for Substance Use Disorder Treatment Providers On-demand webinar with CME.  View The webinar is hosted by Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Substance Abuse Prevention and Control (SAPC). It is a specialized training on the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria 4th Edition. It reviews the methodology used to develop the Fourth Edition, describes the major changes from the Third Edition, and discusses the implications for SAPC treatment provider agencies as well how clinicians can utilize implementation tools.
	Recognizing and Reporting Congenital Cytomegalovirus Rx for Prevention article with CME.  View Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is the most common infectious cause of birth defects and the leading cause of non-genetic sensorineural hearing loss. Early diagnosis and treatment of infants helps improve outcomes. cCMV was recently added to the Los Angeles County Reportable Diseases and Conditions list. This Rx for Prevention article covers the background, clinical presentation, diagnosis, management, and reporting of cCMV, as well as the importance of surveillance and reporting.
	Abortion Facts and Resources: A Guide for Medical Providers   On-demand webinar with CME. View The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Office of Women’s Health offers this training to enhance learners’ knowledge by providing factual evidence on abortion, impacts of abortion access on health and well-being, harms of criminalization, and California resources providers can use to facilitate abortion access for their patients and populations they serve. The training will dispel misinformation about abortion and enables physicians and other healthcare providers to streamline referral processes for patients needing pregnancy options counseling and/or abortion care.
	Clinical Recognition and Management of Hepatitis A: Mitigating Outbreaks Among At-Risk Populations in Los Angeles County Rx for Prevention article with CME. View The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has been responding to an outbreak of hepatitis A among people experiencing homelessness (PEH) and people who use illicit drugs (PWUD) since April 2024. This outbreak has now surpassed the size of the local outbreak among PEH and PWUD that occurred in 2017-2018. This article summarizes the current outbreak and reviews actions clinicians can take to improve the recognition, reporting, management, and prevention of hepatitis A.
	Pain Management and the Management of Opioid and/or Other Substance Use Disorders DPH has created a list of CME opportunities from other organizations to help physicians comply with the Medical Board of California’s CME pain management requirements and the new training requirements for DEA-registered practitioners.
	The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is accredited by the California Medical Association (CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health designates enduring activities with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Other learners may receive a Certificate of Attendance. Participation in CE coursework designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is considered acceptable CE by the California Board of Registered Nursing and the California Board of Pharmacy if the coursework pertains to the practice of nursing or pharmacy respectively. Please contact your board with questions.