Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital Board Review

A comprehensive review of infectious diseases designed to improve the management and care of patients with common and uncommon infections. Ideal for MOC.

QUICK FACTS

Provider: Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Course Director:
Ajay K. Singh MBBS, FRCP (UK), MBA
Senior Associate Dean for Global and
Continuing Education
Director, Master in Medical Sciences in
Clinical Investigation (MMSCI) Program
Harvard Medical School
Director, Office of Postgraduate
Medical Education
Physician, Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

James H. Maguire, MD
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

 

Stay Current in a Rapidly Changing Specialty

This CME course is a wide-ranging review of the important topics in infectious diseases and keeps you abreast of the latest developments in the field. The Brigham Board Review in Infectious Diseases includes case-based lectures on topics like endocarditis, transplant infectious diseases, HIV-initial testing and evaluation, sexually transmitted infections, adult immunizations, travel medicine, and more. It will help you to:

• Prepare for the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Infectious Disease certification and recertification examinations
• Relate pathophysiology and pathobiologic principles with clinical presentations
• Evaluate the latest therapeutic approaches available, their risks and benefits
• Appraise the management of acute HIV infection, syphilis, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and sepsis

 

TOPICS

• Overview of Clinical Microbiology – Bacteria and Mycobacteria – Dan A. Milner Jr., MD

• Clinical Microbiology – Fungi and Viruses – Dan A. Milner Jr., MD

• Antibiotics – I – Jennifer A. Johnson, MD

• Antibiotics – II – Jennifer A. Johnson, MD

• Antifungal Therapy: Options and Indications- Francisco M. Marty, MD

• Therapy of Herpes and Influenza Virus Infections – 2016 – 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

• Community-Acquired Pneumonia – Joel T. Katz, MD

• Nosocomial Pneumonia and Other ICU Infections – Michael Klompas, MD, MPH, FRCPC

• Common Problems in Infection Control and Healthcare Epidemiology – Deborah S. Yokoe, MD

• Endocarditis – Adolf W. Karchmer, MD

• Meningitis and 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 – James H. Maguire, 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 – Sarah P. Hammond, 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 – Sigal Yawetz, MD

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

• Skin Infection and Infection-Mimickers Part 1 – Adam D. Lipworth, MD

• Skin Infection and Infection-Mimickers Part 2 – Adam D. Lipworth, MD

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

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

 

Learning Objectives

After viewing this activity, participants will demonstrate the ability to:

• Summarize and demonstrate increased overall knowledge of infectious disease topics
• Identify and improve knowledge and clinical competence-based practice gaps in infectious disease
• Compare 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 and trainees who seek certication/recertication and/or continued education (with CME credits) “specific” to the infectious disease subspecialty.

 

Date of Original Release: December 31, 2016
Date Credits Expire: December 31, 2019
Contact Hours: 26.25