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The Chicago Infectious Disease Board Review
Sponsored for CME credit by Rush University Medical Center
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The Chicago Infectious Disease Board Review is a unique self-study program specifically designed to meet your continuing education needs in infectious disease and is now available on multimedia formats.
| CREDITS |
Earn up to 33 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ |
| CE RELEASE |
November 1, 2010 |
| CE EXPIRE |
October 31, 2013 |
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Media (Can't decide on a format?) |
Price |
Purchase |
| IDT742DD |
Video - DVD & MP4: Includes 13 DVDs and 2 MP4 digital discs with carrying case, 1 CD-ROM syllabus, and CME information. |
$1,595.00 |
| IDT742CD |
Audio - CD & MP3: Includes 31 audio CDs and 1 MP3 digital disc with carrying case, 1 CD-ROM syllabus, and CME information. |
$1,295.00 |
| IDT742AV |
Combo VIDEO/AUDIO Package: Includes 13 DVDs and 2 MP4 digital discs plus 31 audio CDs and 1 MP3 digital disc with carrying case, 1 CD-ROM syllabus, and CME information. |
$1,995.00 |
| IDT742ZW |
Additional User Package: Includes 1 CD-ROM syllabus and CME information (initial video and/or audio purchase required). |
$250.00 |
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| Special pricing for clinic-wide orders or for group subscriptions/purchases. Minimum order quantities apply for eligible discounts. For further information and pricing estimates, contact Rebecca Sims at 800-633-4743 x3039. For all other sales inquiries, call 1-800-633-4743. |
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Description
The Chicago Infectious Disease Board Review program is designed to prepare physicians-in-training and practicing physicians for the Infectious Disease Sub-specialty Examination of the American Board of Internal Medicine. The program is also intended for physicians who are interested in an intensive, broad-scope review of Infectious Disease topics.
- The nation’s premier infectious disease board review now exclusively available as a self study
- Combines lectures, slide presentations and cases
- An intensive board review presented by a faculty of internationally known experts
Topics & Speakers
- Tuberculosis and Nontuberculosis Mycobacteria
Audrey French, MD
- Invasive Fungal Infections Parts 1 and 2
Laurie A. Proia, MD
- Central Nervous System Infections
- Diarrhea and GI Syndromes
Larry J. Goodman, MD
- Nosocomial Infections
- Case Presentations 1 & 2
- Question and Answer Session
Robert A. Weinstein, MD
- Infections of Implanted Medical Devices
and Line Sepsis
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Evidence-Based Management of Septic Shock
Dennis Maki, MD
- HIV
- Opportunistic Infections
Kimberly Y. Smith, MD, MPH
- HIV and Antivirals (HIV, HSV)
Harold A. Kessler, MD
- Pharmacology and Q/A
- Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO)
- Pox and Bioterrorism
- Skin and Soft Tissue Infections and
Toxin Mediated Diseases
- Malaria and Toxoplasmosis
Gordon M. Trenholme, MD
- Transplant
Staci A. Fischer, MD
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- Leptospira, Lyme and Other Borrelia/Hemorrhagic Fevers, Other Zoonoses and Ectoparasites
Jeffrey Nelson, MD
- Clinical Microbiology Review/Diagnostic Microbiology
Mary Hayden, MD
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Myron S. Cohen, MD
- Immunizations
Beverly E. Sha, MD
- Osteomyelitis and Septic Arthritis
- Endocarditis
John Segreti, MD
- Upper Respiratory Infections and Lower Respiratory Infections
David Schwartz, MD
- Case Presentations
David Hines, MD
- Parasitic Infections
- Helminths
Kamal Singh, MD
- Respiratory Viral Infections
Michael Lin, MD, MPH
- Viral Hepatitis
Toyin Adeyemi, MD
- White Blood Cell Abnormalities and Immune Deficiencies
David Pitrak, MD
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Faculty
Course Directors |
Gordon M. Trenholme, MD
James R. Lowenstine Professor of Medicine
Director, Section of Infectious Diseases
Rush University Medical Center |
Robert A. Weinstein, MD
Chairman, Division of Infectious Diseases
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County
Professor of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center |
CME Course Director |
Harold A. Kessler, MD
Professor of Medicine and Immunology/Microbiology
Rush University Medical Center
Associate Director, Section of Infectious Diseases
Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education
Director, Office of Continuing Medical Education |
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Rush University Medical Center Faculty |
Toyin Adeyemi, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County
Audrey French, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County
Larry J. Goodman, MD
President & CEO
Professor of Medicine
Mary K. Hayden, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology
Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
David Hines, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Michael Lin, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Jeffrey Nelson, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Laurie A. Proia, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
David Schwartz, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County
John Segreti, MD
Professor of Medicine
Beverly E. Sha, MD
Professor of Medicine
Kamal Singh, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Clinical Microbiology
Kimberly Y. Smith, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine |
Guest Faculty |
Myron S. Cohen, MD
J Herbert Bate Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and
Immunology, and Public Health; Chief, Division of
Infectious Diseases, Director, UNC Center for Infectious
Diseases, University of North Carolina Med,
Chapel Hill, NC
Staci A. Fischer, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship
Brown Medical School, Providence, RI
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Dennis Maki, MD
Ovid O. Meyer Professor of Medicine; Head, Section of
Infectious Disease; Attending Physician, Center for Trauma
and Life Support University of Wisconsin School of
Medicine, Madison, WI
David Pitrak, MD
Professor of Medicine
Infectious Diseases & Global Health
Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago |
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this CME activity, the participant intends to incorporate the following objectives into their practice of medicine.
- Utilize appropriate microbiologic diagnostic procedures for the diagnosis of common and uncommon infectious diseases
- Maintain up-to-date immunization of my patients for all currently recommended adult immunizations
- Provide my patients traveling to foreign destinations with the United States Public Health Service recommended prophylactic medications and immunizations
- Initiate antiretroviral therapy in HIV infected patients based upon current recommendations of the Department of Health and Human Services
- Initiate treatment for suspected sexually transmitted diseases based upon the presenting symptoms and signs
- Initiate therapy for chronic HBV and HCV infection based upon current recommendations
- Isolate hospitalized patients suspected of having infection with a microbiologic agent of bioterrorism
- Treat community and health-care acquired pneumonia with the current IDSA Guidelines recommended antimicrobial agents
- Prescribe appropriate antimicrobial therapy for patients with suspected sepsis
- Utilize current recommended guidelines for the treatment of febrile transplant recipients
- Improve performance on the Infectious Disease certification/re-certification exam
Accreditation and Designation Statement
Rush University Medical Centeris accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Rush University Medical Center designates this enduring material for a maximum of 33 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Date of original release: November 1, 2010
Date of credit termination: October 31, 2013
CME credit is obtained upon successful completion of a self-assessment examination and activity evaluation. A $30 processing fee must accompany the completed exam and evaluation application.
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