Infectious Diseases CME Courses
Infectious Diseases CME Courses
Stay Current in a Rapidly Evolving Specialty
The Brigham Board Review in Infectious Diseases is a comprehensive review of a wide range of topics in a rapidly evolving field. Through case-based lectures and in-depth discussions, this expertly designed course sheds light on the entire gamut of issues related to infectious diseases. It will help you to better:
- Assimilate and demonstrate improved overall knowledge of infectious diseases
- Correlate pathophysiology and pathobiologic principles with clinical presentations
- Evaluate the latest therapeutic strategies, their risks and benefits
- Appraise the management of HIV, sexually transmitted infections, zoonoses, viral hepatitis, etc.
- Incorporate new knowledge into daily practice to provide paramount care to the patients
- Prepare for ABIM Infectious Diseases certification/recertification examinations
This extensive, well-laid-out CME board review includes case-based lectures on topics like central nervous system infections, nosocomial infections and infection control, antibiotics and mechanisms of resistance, and viral hepatitis, with special focus on the latest developments, medical guidelines, and therapeutic strategies. The Chicago Infectious Disease Board Review will help you to better:
Apply appropriate diagnostic procedures for common and uncommon infectious diseases
Recognize the presenting signs and symptoms of STDs and effectively treat them
Integrate current guidelines for the treatment of febrile transplant recipients
Prescribe appropriate antimicrobial therapy for patients with suspected sepsis
Reduce nosocomial infections by implementing effective infection control measures
Maintain up-to-date immunization of patients as per currently recommended adult immunization schedules
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Thoracic Imaging – 2018 covers a range of topics, including lung cancer screening, diffuse lung diseases, quantitative imaging, big data and deep learning, pulmonary infections, oncologic imaging and interventional management, evidence-based imaging and educational topics, cardiothoracic emergencies, and cardiovascular imaging. It will help you to better:
Recognize basic concepts in imaging interpretation including pitfalls, anatomic variants and frequently missed diagnoses
Discuss the role of imaging in the screening, diagnosis, evaluation and management of cardiac diseases, including those affecting coronary arteries and great vessels of the thorax
Describe current and emerging applications in radiography, CT, MR and PET
Apply a practical approach to the assessment and management of infectious diseases, mediastinal abnormalities and diffuse lung diseases
Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is a significant cause of infectious disease deaths in the United States, constituting a serious public health burden. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 250,000 people become infected with C. difficile during hospital stays each year, surpassing the number of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.
Upon successful completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
- Apply current evidence-based guidelines for the overall management of C. difficile infection.
- Incorporate treatment strategies that may reduce C. difficile infection recurrence, as well as antibiotic resistance.
Antiretroviral therapy has improved dramatically over the past decade. This progress has yielded more treatment choices for clinicians and patients but also adds greater complexity to the already diverse field of HIV. Upon successful completion of these activities, participants should be better able to:
- Apply updated evidence-based guidelines and recommendations when selecting initial treatment for patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- Select and optimize HIV treatment regimens based on clinical safety and efficacy, propensity for resistance, and patient characteristics.
- Consider patient preferences when selecting HIV treatment regimens to increase adherence and compliance to therapy.
- Implement effective switching strategies, as necessary, in patients who are virologically suppressed, have become virologically resistant to therapy, or who have become nonadherent.
- Diagnose the clinical syndrome of porphyria cutanea tarda
- Diagnose hepatitis C
- Adjust the treatment of hepatitis C based on viral genotype and liver pathology