Title: 2024 Infectious Diseases: Treatment in Both Inpatient and Outpatient Settings – Day 1 (Physician)
Faculty:Stephen J. Gluckman, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.I.D.S.A.; Valerianna Amorosa, M.D.; Blair C. Weikert, M.D.
Release Date: 7/1/2024 Expiration Date: 7/1/2027
Day 1
Immunizations for Adults
Attendees of this presentation should be able to:
- Differentiate between myths and facts concerning vaccine administration.
- Based on ACIP up-to-date guidelines, evaluate indications, contra-indications, efficacy and side effects of adult immunizations.
- Recommend immunizations indicated for different risk groups such as health care providers, college students and inhabitants of long-term care facilities
Infectious Diseases in the News: Covid, Monkeypox, Polio, Parechovirus, etc
Attendees of this presentation should be able to:
- Know the epidemiology of the most recent outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics
- Know the clinical manifestations of these diseases and when to suspect them when evaluating a patient
- Know how to order the correct tests and treatments when managing a patient with one of these suspected or proven diagnoses.
Infections in the Immunocompromised Patient
Attendees of this presentation should be able to:
- Appraise the immunocompromised patient who is at most risk for serious infections due to diabetes, malignancy, and chemotherapy or medications such as the immunomodulators as per the published EBM/RCT studies in Diabetes Care, Infectious Disease Clinics N.A., Journal of Rheumatology and others.
- Employ standard of appropriate preventative care in various immunocompromised populations seen in primary care.
- Apply an approach to the treatment and follow up of these infections for each type of at risk
- patient
Approach to the Patient with Fever and Rash
Attendees of this presentation should be able to:
- Describe the etiology of commonly seen infectious and non-infectious rashes that are associated with fever.
- Develop a differential diagnosis based upon the type of rash on presentation.
- Recognize the scenarios in which emergent treatment of fever/rash are warranted.
Soft Tissue and Bone Infections
Attendees of this presentation should be able to:
- Construct an approach to making the diagnosis of common skin and soft tissue infections
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