Infectious Diseases Conference by Continuing Education, Inc

Infectious Diseases Conference is organized by Continuing Education, Inc and will be held during May 20 - 28, 2018 at 8-Day Cuba Cruise, Miami, Florida, United States of America.

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

Conference Objectives are :
• Update Adult Vaccines
? List vaccine preventable infections and their burden of disease
? List appropriate vaccines for adults
? List strategies to increase uptake of adult vaccines
• Antimicrobial Stewardship
? List the benefits of stewardship for individual patients and the healthcare system
? List interventions of effective stewardship
• Update Respiratory Tract Infections
? List common pathogens of RTIs
? List appropriate management of RTIs
• Update UTIs
? Differentiate asymptomatic bacteriuria from symptomatic UTIs
? List appropriate antimicrobials for UTIs
• Update STDs
? List appropriate diagnosis and therapy for common SRds
• Emerging Infections
? Define and list recent emerging infections
? Know how to manage a patient with Zika virus infection
• Infectious Disease Pearls
? Review management of common examples of Infectious Diseases
• New Antimicrobial agents
? Review new antimicrobial agents approved within the last two years and update pertinent label changes for selected agents
• Antimicrobial prophylaxis for prevention of Infective endocarditis
? Review current guidelines for the use of antimicrobial prophylaxis in patients at risk for endocarditis
• Infectious issues in patients receiving TNF inhibitors
? List infections associated with TNF inhibitors
? Review appropriateness of vaccination in immunecompromised hosts
• Infections associated with international travel
? Review commonly encountered infections associated with travel, including, Dengue, Chikungunya
? Discuss strategies for pre-trip planning and post-trip evaluation
• Skin and soft tissue infections
? Discuss common pathogens associated with skin and soft tissue infections
? Review types of skin infections, necrotizing infections
• Update HIV and HCV for the Primary Care (1.0)
? Discuss recommendations for HIV testing, treatment, concerns for primary care, post-exposure prophylaxis
? Review new treatment options for patients with Hepatitis C infection
• Infectious Disease image and word association
? Emphasize buzzwords and images suggestive of infectious disease processes
• C difficile diarrhea
? Review a hypothetical case of c difficile and common challenges associated with treatment and testing.

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