Enhance Your Infectious Disease Knowledge with Online CMEDirected by infectious disease master clinician James H. Maguire, MD, The Brigham Board Review in Infectious Diseases is an online CME program that addresses key practice improvement areas, from acute HIV infection management, immunizations, and recent epidemics, to infections in the immunocompromised host, antibiotic resistance, multi-resistant tuberculosis, treatment of sepsis, and more.

Case-based lectures and in-depth discussions shed light on the entire gamut of issues related to infectious diseases to provide continuing medical education that will help you to better:

– Identify clinical competence-based practice gaps and demonstrate increased overall knowledge
– Correlate pathophysiology and pathobiologic principles with clinical presentations
– Describe optimal therapeutic strategies and their risks and benefits
– Apply knowledge and strategies gained to the board exam and daily practice

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this course, you should be able to:
– Integrate and demonstrate increased overall knowledge of infectious diseases
– Identify and improve knowledge and clinical competence-based practice gaps in infectious diseases
– Correlate pathophysiology and pathobiologic principles with clinical presentations
– Describe optimal therapeutic strategies and their risks and benefits
– Apply the knowledge and strategies gained through participation in this activity to the board exam and daily practice

Intended Audience

This educational activity was designed for practicing infectious disease specialists, internists with an interest in infectious disease, and fellows and trainees who are preparing to become board certified, maintaining their certification, or who seek CME activities to improve patient care in the area of infectious disease.

Topics/Speakers

Overview of Clinical Microbiology – Bacteria and Mycobacteria
Sanjat Kanjilal, MD, MPH

Clinical Microbiology – Fungi, Viruses and Parasites
Sanjat Kanjilal, MD, MPH

Antibiotics – I
Jennifer A. Johnson, MD

Antibiotics – II
Jennifer A. Johnson, MD

Antifungal Therapy: Options and Indications
Ann Woolley, MD

Therapy of Herpes and Influenza Virus Infections
Martin S. Hirsch, MD

Congenital Immunodeficiencies of Clinical Importance in Adults
David E. Sloane, MD

Respiratory Tract Infections: Sore Throats, Common Colds, and Coughs
Miriam Baron Barshak, MD

Bronchitis and Pneumonia
Joel T. Katz, MD

Nosocomial Pneumonia
Michael Klompas, MD, MPH, FRCPC

COVID-19 Transmission and Risk to Healthcare Workers
Michael Klompas, MD, MPH, FRCPC

Hot Topics in Infection Control
Michael Klompas, MD, MPH, FRCPC

Endocarditis
Adolf W. Karchmer, MD

Meningitis and Encephalitis
Todd B. Ellerin, MD

Encephalitis
Todd B. Ellerin, MD

Bone and Joint Infections
James H. Maguire, MD

Adult Immunizations
Lindsey R. Baden, MD

Travel Medicine
James H. Maguire, MD

Parasitology
James H. Maguire, MD

Tick-borne Diseases
Daniel Solomon, MD

Zoonoses
Mary W. Montgomery, MD

Infectious Diarrhea
Mary W. Montgomery, MD

Tuberculosis
Eric J. Rubin, MD, PhD

Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria, Nocardiosis, Rhodococcus, and Actinomycosis
Jonathan Li, MD

Infectious Complications of Immunomodulators
Ann Woolley, MD

Transplant Infectious Diseases – General Principles
Lindsey R. Baden, MD

Transplant Infectious Diseases Boards Questions
Sophia Koo, MD

HIV: Testing and Initial Evaluation
Lisa A. Cosimi, MD

HIV: Opportunistic Infections and Board Review Questions
Lisa A. Cosimi, MD

Principles of Antiretroviral Therapy: When to Start and What to Start
Daniel R. Kuritzkes, MD

HIV: Clinical Cases and HIV Resistance Testing
Jonathan Li, MD

Viral Hepatitis
Arthur Y. Kim, MD

Sexually Transmitted Infections
Jacob H. Johnson, MD

Outpatient Infectious Disease – Board Review Questions
Brian T. Chan, MD

Skin Infection and Infection-Mimickers Part 1
Jason Frangos, MD

Skin Infection and Infection-Mimickers Part 2
Jason Frangos, MD

Cases: Non-Infectious Diseases that May Appear on the Boards – Part I
Holly E. Rawizza, MD

Cases: Non-Infectious Diseases that May Appear on the Boards – Part II
Holly E. Rawizza, MD

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19
Stephen Walsh, MD

Date of Original Release: April 15, 2021
Date Credits Expire: April 15, 2024
Estimated Time to Complete: 25.50 hours