Description
Penn Medicine Infectious Disease Update for Primary Care Providers 2022
- Include: 24 videos + 26 pdfs, size: 7.37 GB
- Â Target Audience: internist, family medicine physician
- Sample video: contact me for sample video
Information:
Friday, May 20, 2022, 7:45 AM – Saturday, May 21, 2022, 5:00 PM, Online, Phildelphia, PA
The overall goal of the two-day conference is to share state-of-the-art information related to infectious diseases clinical practice as it is applied in the outpatient as well as the inpatient setting. The course, taught by experts in the field from the University of Pennsylvania, will include core topics such as antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance, skin and soft tissue infections, endocarditis, hepatitis C virus and its treatment, musculoskeletal infections, sexually transmitted diseases, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care, tick-borne illness, travel medicine, vaccines, Clostridioides difficile infections, and non-infectious causes of fever.
The conference aims to enable physicians and nurses to stay current with best practices, diagnoses, and treatments of common infectious diseases diagnosed in the primary care and other practice settings. The conference will provide relevant management advice and critical information relevant to clinical decision-making.
The lectures, case discussions, and panels will provide helpful pearls as well as thorough reviews of the diagnosis and management of complex cases as instructive examples. The content is intended to augment the attendees’ ability to practice medicine according to the most recent available guidelines related to infectious disease and to broaden their knowledge of this rapidly changing field.
After completing this activity, participants should be able to:
- Determine the necessary length of antibiotic treatment for common infections.
- Recall the appropriate test to diagnose common sexually transmitted infections and identify the optimal therapy for each.
- Discuss the different clinical manifestations of Lyme Disease and the recommended testing and treatment for each.
- Describe the indications for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and name the medication recommended for this purpose.
- Name the first-line treatment for chronic Hepatitis C virus infection and the indications for referral to a specialist.
- Describe the approach to choosing empiric therapy for a skin and soft tissue infection.
- Discuss the benefits and risks of three antibiotics in the treatment of C. difficile infections and the role of fecal microbiota transplantation.
- Describe the indications for two common COVID-19 vaccines, as well as indications for oral and intravenous therapies for COVID-19.
 Topics:
- Adult Immunizations.mp4
- Adult Immunizations.pdf
- Antibiotic Allergies in the Primary Care Setting.mp4
- Antibiotic Allergies in the Primary Care Setting.pdf
- Antibiotic Primer I (Antibacterials).mp4
- Antibiotic Primer I (Antibacterials).pdf
- Antibiotic Primer II (Antibacterials).mp4
- Antibiotic Primer II (Antibacterials).pdf
- Bacterial Endocarditis Bacteremia.mp4
- Bacterial Endocarditis Bacteremia.pdf
- Bacterial Respiratory Infections.mp4
- Bacterial Respiratory Infections.pdf
- Clostridium Difficile Update.mp4
- Clostridium Difficile Update.pdf
- COVID Diagnosis Therapeutics.mp4
- COVID Diagnosis Therapeutics.pdf
- Diagnosis and Management of Latent Tuberculosis.mp4
- Diagnosis and Management of Latent Tuberculosis.pdf
- Diarrheal Illnesses.pdf
- Emerging Infectious Diseases.mp4
- Emerging Infectious Diseases.pdf
- Hepatitis C Diagnosis and Treatment.mp4
- Hepatitis C Diagnosis and Treatment.pdf
- ID22_Brochure_v6.pdf
- Keynote Speaker- Update on COVID Vaccines.mp4
- Keynote Speaker- Update on COVID Vaccines.pdf
- Medical Advice for International Travel.mp4
- Medical Advice for International Travel.pdf
- Mimics of Infection.mp4
- Mimics of Infection.pdf
- Orthopedic Infections Osteomyelitis.mp4
- Orthopedic Infections Osteomyelitis.pdf
- Pressure Ulcers and Their Infections.mp4
- Pressure Ulcers and Their Infections.pdf
- Sexually Transmitted Infections.mp4
- Sexually Transmitted Infections.pdf
- Skin and Soft Tissue Infections.mp4
- Skin and Soft Tissue Infections.pdf
- The Impact of the Opioid Epidemic on ID.mp4
- The Impact of the Opioid Epidemic on ID.pdf
- Tick-Borne Illnesses.mp4
- Tick-Borne Illnesses.pdf
- Update on PrEP PEP (New Guidelines).mp4
- Update on PrEP PEP (New Guidelines).pdf
- Urinary Tract Infections Asymptomatic Bacteria.mp4
- Urinary Tract Infections Asymptomatic Bacteria.pdf
- What a Primary Care Provider Should Know About HIV.mp4
- What a Primary Care Provider Should Know About HIV.pdf
- What a Primary Care Provider Should Know About Transplant Infections.mp4
- What a Primary Care Provider Should Know About Transplant Infections.pdf
