Infectious Diseases in Adults 2020

This comprehensive Harvard Medical School CME program—one of the highest-rated HMS CME courses-- ensures attendees are current with state-of-the-art approaches to prevention, detection, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. Updates, best practices and new guidelines are presented by nationally recognized ID experts and master clinicians. Education is practical and results driven: Strategies for optimal decision-making in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases -- Newer antimicrobials and treatment strategies for highly resistant bacterial infections -- Prevention and treatment of infection in immunocompromised hosts -- State-of-the-art approaches to common infections -- Clinical approaches to complex, rare, "don't-miss" infections -- New, evolving, and emerging infectious diseases -- Update on antifungal diagnostics and therapy -- Optimal management of Staph aureus infections -- Infections in persons with substance use disorders -- What’s new in HIV management and prevention -- Musculoskeletal infectious diseases -- ID for hospital medicine specialists -- Workshop on resistant and difficult-to-treat infections -- Workshop on antimicrobial stewardship -- As revised treatment strategies, new diagnostic tests, and guidelines are presented, they are coupled with specific recommendations for incorporating these updates into your day-to-day work. Please visit the course website at https://id.hmscme.com for a complete schedule and a comprehensive list of course highlights.

Topics: Harvard, infections, comprehensive, CME, antimicrobials, immunocompromised hosts, antifungals, HIV, resistant infections, antimicrobial stewardship, substance use disorders, emerging infectious diseases, zoonoses, tick-borne, ENT, Vaccines, Clostridium difficile, Zika, EEE, sexually transmitted infections, Hepatitis, MRSA, OPAT, detection, diagnosis, treatment