Trainings | UC Davis Health Office of Continuing Medical Education

The Office of Continuing Medical Education is pleased to offer training materials and additional resources for health science professionals working to provide care and prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Certified Coursework for UC Davis Health Professionals

The following courses are certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM and located within the UC Learning Center.

PAPR Use for Endotracheal Intubation for the COVID-19 Patient

Presented By: Dr. Ian Julie, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine; and Monica Forbes, RN, Emergency Medicine

UC Davis COVID-19 Diagnostics: A review of testing methods and best practices

Presented By: Dr. Larissa May, Director, Department of Emergency Medicine and Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship; and Dr. Nam Tran, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Respiratory Failure and COVID-19

Presented By: Dr. Rod Fontenette, Emergency Medicine/Critical Care Medicine Physician

Basic Ventilator Management

Presented By: Dr. Matthew Greer, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Ventilator Management of Severe Hypoxic Respiratory Failure

Presented By: Dr. Matthew Greer, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Fundamentals of Infection Prevention During Covid-19 Pandemic at UC Davis Health

Presented By: Dr. Larissa May, Director, Department of Emergency Medicine and Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship; and Dr. Scott Crabtree, Assistant Clinical Professor, Infectious Disease

COVID-19 and Cardiology: An Ongoing Saga

Presented By: Dr. Moosa Haider, Cardiology

Surveillance for Potential Nervous System Correlations with SARS-CoV-2

Presented By: Dr. Luhua Wei, Visiting Fellow, Department of Neurology

COVID-19: Understanding a Pandemic

Presented By: Sandhya Venugopal, M.D., Associate Dean of Continuing Medical Education; Dean Blumberg, M.D., Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases; and Paul Aronowitz, M.D., Clerkship Director of Internal Medicine

Clinical Experience Treating COVID-19 in New York City

Presented By: Eric Gross, M.D.; Nick Sawyer, M.D., M.B.A.; Matt Greer, M.D.; David Schatz, M.D.; Alex Schmalz, M.D., M.P.H.; Conor McWade, M.D., M.P.H

COVID-19 for the Clinicians

Presented By: Archana Maniar, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine

Hospital Medicine: Introduction to Basic Management of the COVID-19 Patient

Presented By: Theresa Duong, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine

Hospital Medicine: Complications of Severe COVID-19 Disease

Presented By: Theresa Duong, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine

Non-Certified Coursework and Resources

Sandhya Venugopal, M.D., Associate Dean of Continuing Medical Education, talks about COVID-19 with Dean Blumberg, M.D., Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, and Paul Aronowitz, M.D., Clerkship Director of Internal Medicine.

To take this course for credit, UC Davis Health professionals should visit the UC Learning Center.

Donning and Doffing M3 Versaflo TR 300 update

For UC Davis Health Professionals Only

Coping with Coronavirus - Hendry Ton, M.D., M.S.

Many people have questions about ways to cope with stress experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The UC Davis Office of Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and the UC Davis Health Latinx Staff and Faculty Association in partnership with the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion organized an online presentation with Dr. Hendry Ton, who shares a grounding meditation and practical coping strategies.

Coronavirus: Mental Health and Wellness During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The coronavirus pandemic has changed daily life in unprecedented ways. Dr. Peter Yellowlees, Chief Wellness Officer for UC Davis Health, discusses the importance of dealing with stress and mental health during difficult times and answers questions from patients and viewers.

External Resources

Society of Critical Care Medicine — Offering free education to inform, prepare and equip ICU and other health care professionals during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
COVID-19 CME from Other Providers — The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) has a list of accredited CME activities focused on helping health care professionals respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
CDC on COVID-19 — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides a variety of information and resources for health care professionals.
WHO on COVID-19 — The World Health Organization offers updates on the COVID-19 outbreak and online training resources.
Preventing Zoom-Bombing — Zoom-bombing is the term for when uninvited individuals "gate-crash" Zoom meetings and share their screens to bombard attendees with disturbing imagery. Learn how to adjust your Zoom settings to protect you and your guests.

COVID-19 Trainings and Resources