Infectious Diseases and Sports Medicine by Continuing Education

Infectious Diseases and Sports Medicine is organized by Continuing Education and will be held during Apr 01 - 08, 2018 at 7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise Conference Round-trip Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event is Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners. Attorneys, Psychologists. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Topics:
• Lyme and other tick-borne diseases
• Recognize manifestations of common tick-borne illnesses- management using evidence based guidelines
• Infections in returning travelers
• Recognize the most common types of infectious encountered in returning travelers
• Diagnose and treat these conditions
• C difficile infection
• Understand evolving epidemiology
• Diagnosis and management of C difficile infection including relapses
• Diabetic foot infections
• Recognize the increasing prevalence, microbiology, and treatment of diabetic foot infections
• Effects of the human microbiome on human health and disease
• Appreciating role of bacterial flora on health and disease
• Emerging infectious diseases
• Appreciate how human activity and behavior puts us at risk for new or recurrent infectious diseases including zoonotic and vaccine-preventable illnesses
• Overcoming antimicrobial resistance
• Appreciate importance of antibiotic stewardship in protecting our existing antibiotic stockpile
• Understanding how prescribing behaviors can increase or decrease antimicrobial resistance

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.