Post Meeting Cruise (with optional CME) for International College of Surgeons (Jun 18 - 25, 2017)

Post Meeting Cruise (with optional CME) for International College of Surgeons is organized by Continuing Education, Inc and would be held during Jun 18 - 25, 2017 at 7-Day Alaska Cruise Conference Round-trip Seattle, Seattle, Washington, United States Of America. The target audience for this medical meeting basically for Physicians, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants.

Objectives:

Update of Vaccines
• List vaccine preventable infections and their burden of disease and potential lives saved
• Know the schedule of adult vaccines
• Explain benefit/risk ratio of adult immunization
• List strategies to enhance uptake of adult vaccines

Antimicrobial Stewardship
• List objectives of antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASP)
• List benefits to patient and healthcare system
• List principles and interventions of effective ASP

Update of Respiratory Infections (RTIs)
• List most common pathogens of RTIs including sinusitis, pharyngitis, AECOPD and pneumonia
• List diagnostic approaches to RTs
• List appropriate empirical antimicrobial therapy of community-acquired RTIs as listed in updated guidelines

Update UTIs
• Differentiate uncomplicated from complicated UTIs
• List appropriate antimicrobial therapy of UTIs as listed in updated guideilnes

Update STDs (including HIV)
• List manifestations of common STDs
• List appropriate therapy of common STDs as listed in updated guidelines
• Know when to test for HIV.