Infectious Disease CME

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Expert Advice and Insightful Commentary

The MKSAP® 19 Audio Companion sheds light on the latest diagnostic approaches, management strategies, and treatment guidelines. In this comprehensive audio CME program, you’ll join host Donald L. Deye, MD, FACP, as he leads lively discussions with esteemed colleagues in 11 internal medicine subspecialties. Listen as experienced clinicians from some of the world’s finest medical institutions share patient stories, insightful views of recent clinical advances, and more.

Anytime, Anywhere Audio CME

With the MKSAP 19 Audio Companion, you get:

• All-new advice and commentary — a reliable, and entertaining way to learn current oncology trends, the latest approaches to diabetes treatment, COVID updates, new tactics for managing patients with COPD, and so much more
• An easy way to prep for your ABIM certification or MOC exam
• Flexible learning to fit your schedule — in your car, between appointments, while you work out
• Companion booklets — high-impact PDF learning aids to quickly review and retain key points (print booklets available for an additional charge)
• The opportunity to earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and ABIM MOC points
• Four FREE sets of extension questions — a $350 value that brings you incremental AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and MOC points

Audience

General internists and primary care physicians; subspecialists who need to remain up to date in internal medicine; residents preparing for the certifying examination in internal medicine; physicians preparing for the recertification examination. 

Learning Objectives

• Discuss the most clinically relevant patient care information in all subspecialties of Internal Medicine based on the medical literature of the last 3 to 5 years
• Describe clinical situations in which this new knowledge will improve the quality of care
• Diagnose disease states that are less common and sometimes overlooked and confusing
• Determine when to refer patients for surgery or care by subspecialists

Online Infectious Disease CME: Enhance Your Knowledge

The Brigham Board Review and Comprehensive Update in Infectious Diseases is an online video CME program focused on important practice improvement areas: management of HIV infection, immunizations, recent epidemics, infections in the immunocompromised host, antibiotic resistance, multi-resistant tuberculosis, treatment of sepsis, endocarditis, head and neck infections, and much more.

Directed by infectious disease master clinician James H. Maguire, MD, expert faculty present case-based lectures and in-depth discussions that shed light on the full range of issues related to infectious diseases, providing continuing medical education that will help you to:

• 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

Streptococcus (S.) pneumoniae is a common bacterium and one of the leading causes of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), causing 27% of cases worldwide and 15% of U.S. cases – an important figure because CAP is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Not only is acute respiratory illness one of the top ten causes of death in the U.S., but it is associated with a 17% all-cause mortality rate 30 days after presentation and a 38% rate after one year. For those admitted to the ICU – accounting for nearly a quarter of those hospitalized with CAP the corresponding morality rates are 27% and 47%, respectively.

This extensive Clinical Guidelines and Updates CME Topical Collection offers a wide range of clinical practice updates in areas such as hospital medicine, infectious disease, primary care issues and much more.

Activity Description / Statement of Need:
In this online, self-learning activity:

Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) occurs at an estimated rate of five to ten per 1,000 hospital admissions and is the most common cause of hospital-acquired infection in the United States. It is defined as pneumonia that develops at least 48 hours after hospital admission and did not appear to be incubating at the time of admission. A significant subset of HAP that occurs most frequently in intensive care units (ICUs) is ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), which is defined as pneumonia that occurs more than 48 to 72 hours after tracheal intubation and is thought to affect approximately 10 to 20% of patients who receive mechanical ventilation for more than 48 hours. Altered mechanical defenses, such as impaired ciliary motion and mucus secretion, increase the susceptibility for acquiring pneumonia in intubated patients, with over 90% of pneumonia episodes that develop in ICUs occurring in patients who are intubated or mechanically ventilated.

Target Audience:
HCPs including: pulmonologists, infectious disease specialists, and intensivists; physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists specializing in infectious disease or critical care; and any other healthcare professionals with an interest in or clinically encounter patients with HAP or VAP.

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Pricing Options

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Target Audience: Physicians focusing on Infectious Diseases. 

Your MDCalc CME subscription includes 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, with up to 8.5 credits available in the Infectious Disease specialty.

Easily earn and redeem CME as you use review CME eligible calculator content. Over 1 million medical professionals use MDCalc’s over 550 tools daily to support clinical decision making at the bedside. Earn CME with the following HIV and Infectious Disease calculators:

• Bacterial Meningitis Score
• MuLBSTA Score
• Rule of 7s
• SCAP Score
• Shorr Score
• SIRS & Sepsis Criteria
• SMART-COP
• Stool Osmolar/Osmotic Gap
• Westley Croup Score

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The New York Medical Cannabis Program Required Course Bundle has been approved by the New York State Office of Cannabis Management and satisfies the New York educational requirements to become a practitioner with the New York Medical Cannabis Program.

This bundle introduces the reader to the endocannabinoid system and its interaction with the components of the cannabis plant, and addresses various aspects of medical marijuana, including administration, therapeutic use, drug metabolism, physiologic and cognitive effects, potential risks, and drug interactions.

The use of marijuana in obstetric patients, pediatric patients, adolescent patients and elderly patients is discussed in detail. Important considerations for patients with ischemic heart disease, hepatic disease, psychotic illness, and those with a history of drug dependence are provided.

The New York State Medical Cannabis Program Rules and Regulations are outlined in a state-specific course, as well.

The Ohio Healthcare Provider Medical Marijuana Course Bundle for Certification (or maintenance of the CTR) is certified by the Ohio State Medical Association and satisfies the CME requirements for the initial Ohio Certificate to Recommend (CTR) application or for maintenance of the CTR.

This bundle introduces the reader to the endocannabinoid system and its interaction with the components of the cannabis plant, and addresses various aspects of medical marijuana, including administration, therapeutic use, drug metabolism, physiologic and cognitive effects, potential risks, and drug interactions.

The use of marijuana in obstetric patients, pediatric patients, adolescent patients and elderly patients is discussed in detail. Important considerations for patients with ischemic heart disease, hepatic disease, psychotic illness, and those with a history of drug dependence are provided.

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The Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Program Required Course Bundle has been approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and satisfies the Pennsylvania educational requirements to become a practitioner with the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Program.

This bundle introduces the reader to the endocannabinoid system and its interaction with the components of the cannabis plant, and addresses various aspects of medical marijuana, including administration, therapeutic use, drug metabolism, physiologic and cognitive effects, potential risks, and drug interactions.

The use of marijuana in obstetric patients, pediatric patients, adolescent patients and elderly patients is discussed in detail. Important considerations for patients with ischemic heart disease, hepatic disease, psychotic illness, and those with a history of drug dependence are provided.

This course bundle also addresses the use of cannabidiol (CBD) in clinical care, and the information will assist clinicians in effectively treating and counseling CBD consumers. The physiological effects of CBD, CBD drug interactions, CBD’s side effects, and the conditions for which CBD has been shown by evidence-based clinical studies to be efficacious are all discussed in this course bundle.

The Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Program rules and regulations are outlined in a state-specific course, as well.