Course Description
The Intensive Course on Infectious Diseases in Primary Care (US) Program is designed to provide clinicians and health care professionals with a thorough understanding of various infectious diseases commonly encountered from outpatient clinics to emergency departments to hospitals. Through eight self-paced, comprehensive online modules and a two day in-person conference, health care professionals will develop the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively address, manage, and prevent infectious diseases, while promoting optimal patient outcomes. The Program will cover a range of topics, including HIV, latent tuberculosis, skin and soft tissue infections, community-acquired pneumonia, vaccine updates, antibiotic usage and stewardship, and sexually transmitted infections. Interactive case studies and clinical decision-making exercises will facilitate the application of acquired knowledge in real-world scenarios.
May 31 – June 1, 2024
Scott-Bates Commons
Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus
10 East 33rd Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21218
Format: In-person (2 days, no virtual option) and 8 self-paced, comprehensive online modules (14 hours of content).
Online modules open April 1, 2024, and must be completed by June 30, 2024.
Cost: $750
Register before April 1 to receive the early bird rate of $650!
Note, individuals registering for this course do not need to register separately for the Primer on Infectious Diseases Online Course. All material from the online course will be made available to those registering for this expanded course.
Upon successful completion of this course, learners will receive up to 25.50 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and a Certificate of Completion from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Online Curriculum
Module 2: Mycobacteria
Intro to TB for PCPs (15 minutes)
Maunank Shah, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
LTBI Diagnosis (15 minutes)
Maunank Shah, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
LTBI Treatment and Monitoring for PCPs (15 minutes)
Jeffrey Tornheim, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
What’s Hot in TB: Preparing for the Future (15 minutes)
Maunank Shah, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
NTM Diseases in Immunocompetent Patients (30 minutes)
Chris Lippincott, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor and Clinical Director, Center for Nontuberculosis Mycobacteria and Bronchiectasis, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
NTM Diseases in Immunocompromised Patients (30 minutes)
Elisa Ignatius, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Module 3: Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Cellulitis (non-purulent, purulent) Diagnosis and Treatment (15 minutes)
Danica Rockney, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Health
Diabetic Foot Ulcer (15 minutes)
Marcos Schecter, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Emory University
Human and Animal Bites (15 minutes)
Danica Rockney, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Health
Viral Skin Infections: HSV, VZV, Molluscum (15 minutes)
Danica Rockney, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Health
Parasitic Skin Infections: Scabies and Pediculosis (15 minutes)
Danica Rockney, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Health
Fungal Skin Infections: Dermatophytosis and Candidiasis (15 minutes)
Danica Rockney, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Health
Module 4: Lower Respiratory Infections
Community Acquired Pneumonia Review (20 minutes)
Michael Melia, MD, Associate Professor and Director, ID Fellowship Program, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
CAP Assessment (15 minutes)
Michael Melia, MD, Associate Professor and Director, ID Fellowship Program, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Antibiotic Selection and Management: Guideline-Based ABX Therapy, TX Duration, Monitoring (15 minutes)
Michael Melia, MD, Associate Professor and Director, ID Fellowship Program, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Viral LRTI: Influenza, RSV (20 minutes)
Paul Auwaerter, MD, MBA, Professor and Clinical Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Viral LRTI: COVID (20 minutes)
Paul Auwaerter, MD, MBA, Professor and Clinical Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Viral URI: HPMV, Rhino, Other Coronaviruses, Adenovirus (15 minutes)
Michael Melia, MD, Associate Professor and Director, ID Fellowship Program, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Module 5: Vaccine Updates
Vaccine Basics: Immunization Schedule, Types of Vaccines (30 minutes)
Anna Durbin, MD, Professor of International Health and Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University
Childhood Vaccines: Updates (15 minutes)
Anna Sick-Samuels, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Updates in Adult Immunization Recommendations (20 minutes)
Anna Durbin, MD, Professor of International Health and Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University
Vaccine Hesitancy (15 minutes)
Rupali Limaye, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Module 6: Antibiotic Stewardship and Antimicrobial Resistance
Antibiotic Resistance: Epidemiology (15 minutes)
Dariusz Hareza, MD, Third Year Post Doctoral Fellow, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Antibiotic Resistance: Mechanisms (15 minutes)
Trish Simner, PhD, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Antibiotic Stewardship: Basic Principles (10 minutes)
Sara Keller, MD, MPH, MSPH, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Management and Diagnosis of ESBL/MDRO (20 minutes)
Pranita Tamma, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
New or Emerging Antibiotics (15 minutes)
Kate Dzintars, PharmD, BCPS, AQ-ID, Associate Pharmacy Director, Adult Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Department of Antimicrobial Stewardship, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Module 7: Sexually Transmitted Infections
Epidemiology and Prevention: Overview (15 minutes)
Matthew Hamill, MBChB, PhD, MPH, MSc, Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Sexual Health and the Approach to the Patient (Taking a Sexual History) (10 minutes)
Susan Tuddenham, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Common STI Syndromes (35 minutes)
Urethritis, Cervicitis, Proctitis (10 minutes)
Susan Tuddenham, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Genital Ulcer Disease (10 minutes)
Khalil Ghanem, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Vaginitis: Trich, Vulvovaginal Candidiasis Bacterial Vaginosis (15 minutes)
Susan Tuddenham, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Organism Spotlight (60 minutes)
Syphilis Natural History and Clinical (10 minutes)
Khalil Ghanem, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Syphilis Management (10 minutes)
Khalil Ghanem, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Gonorrhea (10 minutes)
Susan Tuddenham, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Chlamydia/LGV (10 minutes)
Susan Tuddenham, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Mycoplasma Genitalium (10 minutes)
Susan Tuddenham, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
HSV Diagnosis, Treatment, Prophylaxis, and Resistance (10 minutes)
Khalil Ghanem, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
STI Prevention (20 minutes)
Screening Recommendations (10 minutes)
Matthew Hamill, MBChB, PhD, MPH, MSc, Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Barrier Methods, Partner Management, DoxyPEP (10 minutes)
Matthew Hamill, MBChB, PhD, MPH, MSc, Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Module 8: Vector-borne Infections
Malaria I (20 minutes)
Photini Sinnis, MD, Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Director, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Malaria II (20 minutes)
Photini Sinnis, MD, Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Director, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Leishmaniasis (20 minutes)
Photini Sinnis, MD, Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Director, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Trypanasomes (20 minutes)
Photini Sinnis, MD, Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Director, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Chikungunya (15 minutes)
Anna Durbin, MD, Professor of International Health and Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University
Dengue (15 minutes)
Anna Durbin, MD, Professor of International Health and Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University
Zika (15 minutes)
Anna Durbin, MD, Professor of International Health and Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University
U.S. In-Person Agenda
DAY 1
7:00 am – 8:00 am: Registration & Coffee
8:00 am – 8:15 am: Conference Welcome
Maunank Shah, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Michael Melia, MD, Associate Professor and Director, ID Fellowship Program, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
8:15 am – 8:45 am: What’s Hot: New ID Guidelines
Maunank Shah, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Primer on Common Bacterial Infections
8:45 am – 9:30 am: ID Emergencies
Chris Lippincott, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor and Clinical Director, Center for Nontuberculosis Mycobacteria and Bronchiectasis, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
9:30 am – 10:15 am: Case-based: Infections in Immunosuppressed Hosts
William Werbel, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
10:15 am – 10:30 am: Break
10:30 am – 11:15 am: Antibiotic Allergies
Santiago Alvarez Arango, MD, Assistant Professor, Co-Director Johns Hopkins Center of Excellence for Anaphylaxis, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
11:00 am – 12:00 pm: UTI Cases: Recurrent & Complicated
Michael Melia, MD, Associate Professor and Director, ID Fellowship Program, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm: Lunch and Expert Q&A
1:15 pm – 2:00 pm: Antibiotic Usage in Elderly
Morgan Katz, MD, MHS, Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Virology, Parasites, and Other Important Clinical Syndromes for Primary Care Clinicians
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Hepatitis C: New Diagnostics, Initial Management, Treatment
Mark Sulkowski, MD, Professor, Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Trials, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm: Refreshment Break
3:15 pm – 4:00 pm: Fever in the Returning Traveler
Noreen Hynes, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Director, Geographic Medicine Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
4:00 pm – 4:45 pm: Sexually Transmitted Infections
Matthew Hamill, MBChB, PhD, MPH, MSc, Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
4:45 pm – 5:00 pm: Summary & Wrap Up
Maunank Shah, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
5:00 pm: ADJOURN
DAY 2
8:00 am – 9:00 am: Coffee
Microbiology and More for Primary Care Physicians
9:00 am – 9:45 am: Microbiology Update: New Diagnostics
Karen Carroll, MD, Professor, and Director, Division of Medical Microbiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
9:45 am – 10:30 am: Self-testing & Emerging POC Diagnostics
Yuka Manabe, MD, Professor, Director, Center for Innovative Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
10:30 am – 10:45 am: Break
10:45 am – 11:45 am: ID Potpourri/Curbsides
Michael Melia, MD, Associate Professor and Director, ID Fellowship Program, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
11:30 am –12:15 pm: Microbiome & Health: Impact of Antibiotics, Association with Health
Cynthia Sears, MD, Bloomberg-Kimmel Professor of Cancer Immunotherapy, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm: Lunch
1:15 pm – 2:00 pm: C. diff Colitis Case & Discussion
Cynthia Sears, MD, Bloomberg-Kimmel Professor of Cancer Immunotherapy, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Closing Lecture
TBD
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm: Wrap Up
3:15 pm: ADJOURN