UCSF CME Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice:
Update on Inpatient and Outpatient Infectious Diseases 2021 - *Live Stream*

Overview:

Presented by the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, of the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, this course reviews clinically relevant topics in infectious diseases and provides updates on recent advances in diagnosis and treatment in order to meet the needs of the practicing clinician.

TARGET AUDIENCE
The course is designed to meet the needs of a variety of clinicians, including primary care physicians, family physicians, general practitioners, hospitalists, internists, nurse practitioners, pediatricians, clinical pharmacists, and other health professionals who are involved with infectious diseases in the inpatient or outpatient settings.

LIVE STREAM MEETING
This course will be offered as a live interactive virtual conference.  Login instructions along with the digital syllabus will be shared with attendees a week before the meeting.  Included in your registration fee is access to the course recordings on demand (available within a week after the conference) for any sessions that you miss, available for up to 30 days post-course.

Objectives:

Upon completion of the activity an attendee will be able to:

• Describe the key features of COVID-19, including epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostics, treatment, vaccines, and infection control;
• Apply knowledge and principles to diagnose, manage, and treat common infections encountered in clinical practice such as skin and soft tissue infections, respiratory tract infections, urinary tract infections, gastrointestinal infections, endocarditis, staphylococcal infections, nosocomial infections, sexually transmitted infections, and infections of the central nervous system;
• Identify and manage less common infections such as Lyme disease, infections in immunocompromised patients, and infections associated with travel;
• Incorporate into his or her practice the use of antimicrobial agents including an understanding of their efficacy and appropriate usage for prevention and treatment of bacterial, viral, and fungal common infections;
• Recognize and treat the more common dermatologic manifestations of infectious diseases.
• Apply the basic principles of antimicrobial stewardship to everyday clinical practice in the inpatient and outpatient setting.

Accreditation:

The University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 15.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This CME activity meets the requirements under California Assembly, Bill 1195, continuing education and cultural and linguistic competency.

Nurses
For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Physician Assistants
AAPA accepts category 1 credit from AOACCME, prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Pharmacy
The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and have been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.

Family Physicians
Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending.

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) MOC
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 15.75 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.

Course Outline:

Download the program (.pdf)

Chairs:

Jennifer Babik, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
University of California, San Francisco

Henry F. Chambers, III, MD
Professor of Medicine,
Division of Infectious Diseases
Director of Clinical
Research Services
University of California, San Francisco

Faculty:
(University of California, San Francisco unless indicated)

Emma Bainbridge, MD
Clinical Fellow, Division of Infectious Diseases

Bryn Boslett, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

Sarah Doernberg, MD, MAS
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Division of Infectious Diseases

Joanne N. Engel, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Infectious
Diseases; Professor of Medicine,
and Microbiology and Immunology;
Director, Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Defense Program

B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy;
Thomas A. Oliver Chair in Clinical Pharmacy

Vivek Jain, MD, MAS
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

Laura Pincus, MD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology

Brian S. Schwartz, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Division of Infectious Diseases

Lisa G. Winston, MD
Professor of Medicine,
Division of Infectious Diseases,
UCSF; Interim Vice Chief,
Medical Services and Hospital
Epidemiologist, Zuckerberg San Francisco General

Travel & Lodging:

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