The Brigham Board Review and Comprehensive Update in Infectious Diseases

Overview

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

Topics / Speakers

Overview of Clinical Microbiology – Bacteria and Mycobacteria - Sanjat Kanjilal, MD, MPH

Clinical Microbiology – Fungi, Viruses, and Parasites - Sanjat Kanjilal, MD, MPH

Antibiotics - I - Jennifer A. Johnson, MD

Antibiotics - II - David W. Kubiak, PharmD

Antifungal Therapy – Options and Indications - Ann Woolley, MD

Therapy of Herpes and Influenza Virus Infections - Martin S. Hirsch, MD

Congenital Immunodeficiencies of Clinical Importance in Adults - David E. Sloane, MD

Upper Respiratory Tract Infections - Miriam Baron Barshak, MD

Miscellaneous Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts - Amy C. Sherman, MD

Lower Respiratory Infections – Nosocomial and Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Bronchitis - Chanu Rhee, MD

Eye Infections - Marlene Durand, MD

Hot Topics in Infection Control - Michael Klompas, MD, MPH, FRCPC

Endocarditis - Adolf W. Karchmer, MD

Meningitis and Encephalitis - Todd B. Ellerin, MD

Head and Neck Infections - Regan Bergmark, MD, MPH, FACS, FARS

Bone and Joint Infections - James H. Maguire, MD

Adult Immunizations - Daniel Solomon, MD

Travel Medicine - James H. Maguire, MD

Parasitology - James H. Maguire, MD

Tick-borne Diseases - Daniel Solomon, MD

Hot Topics in Infectious Diseases – Current and Emerging Zoonoses - Mary W. Montgomery, MD

Infectious Diarrhea - Jacob H. Johnson, MD

Tuberculosis - Eric J. Rubin, MD, PhD

Management of Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria Disease - Ruvandhi Nathavitharana, MD, MPH

Infectious Complications of Immunomodulators - Ann Woolley, MD

Transplant Infectious Diseases – General Principles - Lindsey R. Baden, MD

Transplant Infectious Diseases Boards Questions - Jessica S. Little, MD

HIV – Diagnosis and Initial Evaluation - Lisa A. Cosimi, MD

CMV, EBV, and HHV 6-8 Infections - Kenneth M. Kaye, MD

Treatment and Prevention of HIV - Daniel R. Kuritzkes, MD

HIV – Clinical Cases and HIV Resistance Testing - Jonathan Z. Li, MD, MMSc

Viral Hepatitis - Arthur Y. Kim, MD

Sexually Transmitted Infections - Ellen Nagami, MD

Outpatient Infectious Disease – Board Review Questions - Brian T. Chan, MD

Skin Infection and Infection-Mimickers – Part 1 - Alexander Charrow, MD

Skin Infection and Infection-Mimickers – Part 2 - Alexander Charrow, MD

Cases – Non-Infectious Diseases that May Appear on the Boards – Part I - Holly E. Rawizza, MD, MPH

UTIs – Infections in Pregnancy - Sigal Yawetz, MD

COVID-19 Update - Stephen R. Walsh, MD

Faculty

Accreditation / Pass Guarantee

Accreditation

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

Designation

Oakstone Publishing designates this enduring material for a maximum of 22.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 22.75 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Date of Original Release: December 1, 2023
Date Credits Expire: November 30, 2026
Estimated Time to Complete: 22.75 hours

CME credit is awarded upon successful completion of a course evaluation and post-test.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Integrate and demonstrate increased overall knowledge of infectious diseases
• Identify and improve knowledge and clinical competence-based practice gaps in infectious diseases
• Correlate pathophysiology and pathobiologic principles with clinical presentations
• Describe optimal therapeutic strategies and their risks and benefits
• Apply the knowledge and strategies gained through participation in this activity to the board exam and daily practice

Intended Audience

This educational activity was designed for practicing infectious disease specialists, internists with an interest in infectious disease, and fellows and trainees who are preparing to become board certified, maintaining their certification, or who seek CME activities to improve patient care in the area of infectious disease.

Board Pass Guarantee

We Guarantee You'll Pass! Diligent course study and successful completion of the CME quiz provides the strongest likelihood of passing board certification or maintenance of certification exams. Oakstone is so confident of your success that we guarantee it. If you do not pass your exam on the first attempt, mail us a copy of your board failure notification, plus our system certificate reflecting your successful completion of the CME quizzes for the board review product purchased. You will receive a credit for the purchase price paid (less any discounts or premium), which you may apply to future purchases with Oakstone. Your exam record will be destroyed. Your board failure notification can be mailed to: Oakstone, P.O. Box 190165, Birmingham, AL 35219. If you have any questions on this policy, please feel free to contact Customer Service at 1-800-633-4743.

Quick Facts

Provider: Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Oakstone CME

Course Directors:

James H. Maguire, MD

Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Ann Woolley, MD

Instructor in Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Course Director, The Brigham Board Review Distance Learning Series:

Ajay K. Singh, MBBS, FRCP (UK), MBA

Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Credits: Earn a maximum of 22.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and 22.75 ABIM MOC points