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The Chicago Infectious Disease Board Review

Rush University Medical Center
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—30 hours of video
  • An intensive board review presented by a faculty of internationally known experts

 
CREDITS Earn up to 30 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
CE RELEASE November 1, 2008
CE EXPIRE October 31, 2011
 
Item No Media (Can't decide on a format?) Price Purchase
647DD
Video - DVD: Includes 14 full-color video DVDs with carrying case, a comprehensive course syllabus on CD-ROM, self-assessment examination and activity evaluation.
$1,595.00
6474P
: Includes 2 full-color MP4 data discs, carrying case, comprehensive program syllabus on CD-ROM, self-assessment examination and activity evaluation.
$1,595.00
647CD
Audio - CD: Includes 28 digitally-mastered audio CDs, carrying case, comprehensive program syllabus on CD-ROM, self-assessment examination and activity evaluation.
$1,295.00
6473P
: Includes 1 MP3 Audio DVD, carrying case, comprehensive program syllabus on CD-ROM, self-assessment examination and activity evaluation.
$1,295.00
647DC
Combo DVD/CD Package: Includes 14 video DVDs and 28 audio CDs, carrying case, comprehensive program syllabus on CD-ROM, self-assessment examination and activity evaluation.
$1,995.00
647D3
Combo DVD/MP3 Package: Includes 14 video DVDs and 1 MP3 audio DVD, carrying case, comprehensive program syllabus on CD-ROM, self-assessment examination and activity evaluation.
$1,995.00
6474C
Combo MP4/CD Package: Includes 2 full-color MP4 data discs, 28 audio CDs, carrying case, comprehensive program syllabus on CD-ROM, self-assessment examination and activity evaluation.
$1,995.00
64743
Combo MP4/MP3 Package: Includes 2 full-color MP4 data discs, 1 MP3 data disc, carrying case, comprehensive program syllabus on CD-ROM, self-assessment examination and activity evaluation.
$1,995.00
647AUP
Additional User Package: Includes comprehensive program syllabus on CD-ROM, self-assessment examination and activity evaluation).
$250.00
 
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 Kyle Jackson at 1-800-952-0690 x3075.
 

Topics & Speakers


  • Upper Respiratory Infections and Lower
    Respiratory Infections

    David Schwartz, MD
  • Leptospira, Lyme and Other Borrelia/Hemorrhagic
    Fevers,
    Other Zoonoses and Ectoparasites
    Jeffrey Nelson, MD
  • Viral Hepatitis
    Toyin Adeyemi, MD
  • Tuberculosis and NontuberculosisMycobacteria
    Audrey French, MD
  • Influenza
    Stephanie Black, MD
  • Fungal Diseases
  • Overview of Ocular Infections
    Laurie A. Proia, MD
  • Immunizations
    Beverly E. Sha, MD
  • HIV and OI’s
    Kimberly Y. Smith, MD, MPH
  • White Blood Cell Abnormalities and
    Immune Deficiencies

    Allan R. Tenorio, MD
  • SARS
    Kamal Singh, MD
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
    Myron Cohen, MD
  • DiagnosticMicrobiology Case Presentations:
    Antibiotic Resistance

    Mary K. Hayden, MD
  • Central Nervous System Infections
  • Diarrhea and GI Syndromes
    Larry J. Goodman, MD
  • Protozoal Infections
  • Tissue Roundworms
  • Gut Roundworms
  • Flat and SegmentedWorms
  • Cestodes
    Thomas Moore, MD
  • Anaerobic Infections and Toxin-Mediated Syndromes and Skin and Soft Tissue
  • Pox
  • Malaria and Babesiosis
  • Fevers of Unknown Origin
  • Question and Answer Session
    Gordon M. Trenholme, MD
  • Osteomyelitis and Septic Arthritis
  • Endocarditis
    John Segreti, MD
  • Question and Answer Session
  • Nosocomial Infections with Case Presentations
    Robert A. Weinstein, MD
  • Case Presentations
    David Hines, MD
  • HIV and Antivirals (HIV, HSV, Influenza)
    Harold A. Kessler, MD
  • Infections of Prosthetic and Vascular Devices
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Sepsis
    Dennis Maki, MD
  • Infections in Transplant Recipients
    David Simon, MD, PhD

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
 

Rush University Medical Center Faculty

Toyin Adeyemi, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County

Stephanie Black, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Section of Infectious Diseases

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

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

David Simon, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Beverly E. Sha, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Kamal Singh, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Clinical Microbiology

Kimberly Y. Smith, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine

Allan R. Tenorio, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Guest Faculty

Myron 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

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

Thomas Moore, MD
Clinical Associate Professor; Associate Program Director
Department of Medicine, University of Kansas School of
Medicine-Wichita Campus, Wichita, KS


 
 

Learning Objectives


After viewing this activity, participants should be able to:
  • Identify the typical and atypical presentations of common infectious diseases
  • Review the clinical presentations, diagnostic criteria, and therapeutic options for uncommon infectious diseases
  • Evaluate recent therapeutic developments in infectious disease and identify their role in the armamentarium
  • Identify the clinical presentations of agents of bioterrorism
  • Review the clinical syndromes of emerging infectious diseases
  • Improve clinical capabilities by expanding an individual’s clinical database
  • Improve scores of participating physicians preparing for the Infectious Disease certification or recertification exam

 
 

Accreditation


Rush University Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
 

Designation


Rush University Medical Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 30 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Release date: November 1, 2008    •    Credits expire: October 31, 2011

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.