Frontiers in Clinical Infectious Diseases Symposium

Description

Join this two-day CME symposium focusing on the dynamic and fascinating field of infectious diseases. The program covers challenges facing outpatient primary care providers and hospital medicine practitioners alike and is intended for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, advanced practice providers, and allied health professionals in the fields of emergency medicine, family practice, infectious diseases, internal medicine, and public health.

After participating in this activity, the learner will demonstrate the ability to:

• List new guidelines and emerging approaches for the management of drug-resistant gram negative and gram positive pathogens.
• Describe new strategies and emerging concepts in antibiotic stewardship, antibiotic allergies, and pharmacology of antibiotics.
• Recall new approaches to sexually transmitted infections including prevention, application of emerging diagnostics, and management.
• Discuss new developments in the diagnosis and management and public health approaches to tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacteria.
• Express comprehensive knowledge of emerging concepts in HIV medicine including the usage of long-acting injectables, management of weight gain and metabolic disease.