At the conclusion of this continuing education activity, the participant will be able to:

1. Recognize how parents and families of children and adolescents with Lyme disease are affected by their family member’s illness
2. Identify the four stages in which families report needing greater attention and more satisfactory treatment
3. Understand why doctors are reluctant or otherwise unable to provide parents what they would find satisfactory treatment and care for their children with Lyme disease
4. Describe the difficulties and controversies surrounding Lyme disease testing, diagnosis, and treatment
5. Define and classify the extensive symptoms and stages of Lyme disease
6. Empathize and engage with doctors, patients and parents alike in a unified effort to overcome the struggles and obstacles of Lyme disease treatment and care to seek more satisfactory and effective care and treatment for children with the illness
7. Empower parents and doctors to pursue more efficient and effective methods of testing and treatment for children with Lyme disease
8. Define and describe patient-centered and family-centered healthcare practices
9. Assess and analyze alternative guidelines and best practices for diagnostic testing and treatment methods and family-centered medical-care practices that improve families’ experiences of living with Lyme disease
10. Identify and evaluate extraneous and mitigating factors that could influence both the diagnosis, treatment, and care of a child with Lyme disease and the affected child’s, parents’ and whole families’ experiences of dealing with the illness

  Level 2. Basic Application of Skills and Concepts