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About the course

The Primer on Infectious Diseases in Primary Care Online Course 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, health care professionals will develop the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively address, manage, and prevent infectious diseases, while promoting optimal patient outcomes. Upon successful completion, learners will receive a Certificate of Completion from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. This course is NOT for a degree or for Johns Hopkins University credit.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

  • Primary care clinicians
  • Emergency medicine physicians
  • Family practitioners
  • Internists
  • Public health practitioners

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

Module 1

HIV and HIVAssist(120 minutes)

  • Intro to HIV:Update on US Epidemiology, Care Cascade, Role of PCP (15 minutes)
  • HIV Diagnostics and Initial Testing Recommendations (20 minutes)
  • Prevention: Basics of PrEP, Including LAI, PEP (20 minutes)
  • Initial ART Selection (15 minutes)
  • Managing Treatment Failure (15 minutes)
  • Treatment Optimization/Simplification and Long-Acting Injectables (15 minutes)
  • Introduction to HIVAssist (20 minutes)
Module 2

Mycobacteria (120 minutes)

  • Intro to TB for PCPs (15 minutes)
  • LTBI Diagnosis (15 minutes)
  • LTBI Treatment and Monitoring for PCPs (15 minutes)
  • What's Hot in TB: Preparing for the Future (15 minutes)
  • NTM Diseases in Immunocompetent Patients (30 minutes)
  • NTM Diseases in Immunocompromised Patients (30 minutes)
Module 3

Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (85 minutes)

  • Cellulitis (non-purulent, purulent) Diagnosis and Treatment (15 minutes)
  • Diabetic Foot Ulcer (15 minutes)
  • Human and Animal Bites (15 minutes)
  • Viral Skin Infections: HSV, VZV, Molluscum (15 minutes)
  • Parasitic Skin Infections: Scabies and Pediculosis (15 minutes)
  • Fungal Skin Infections: Dermatophytosis and Candidiasis (15 minutes)
Module 4

Lower Respiratory Infections (105 minutes)

  • Community Acquired Pneumonia Review (20 minutes)
  • CAP Assessment (15 minutes)
  • Antibiotic Selection and Management: Guideline-Based ABX Therapy, TX Duration,Monitoring (15 minutes)
  • Viral LRTI: Influenza, RSV (20 minutes)
  • Viral LRTI: COVID (20 minutes)
  • Viral URI: HPMV, Rhino, Other Coronaviruses, Adenovirus
Module 5

Vaccine Updates (80 minutes)

  • Vaccine Basics: Immunization Schedule, Types of Vaccines (30 minutes)
  • Childhood Vaccines: Updates (15 minutes)
  • Updates in Adult Immunization Recommendations (20 minutes)
  • Vaccine Hesitancy (15 minutes)
Module 6

Antibiotic Stewardship and Antimicrobial Resistance (75 minutes)

  • Antibiotic Resistance: Epidemiology (15 minutes)
  • Antibiotic Resistance: Mechanisms (15 minutes)
  • Antibiotic Stewardship: Basic Principles (10 minutes)
  • Management and Diagnosis of ESBL/MDRO (20 minutes)
  • New or Emerging Antibiotics (15 minutes)

Sexually Transmitted Infections (140 minutes)

  • Epidemiology and Prevention: Overview (15 minutes)
  • Sexual Health and the Approach to the Patient (Taking a Sexual History) (10 minutes)
Common STI Syndromes (35 minutes)
  • Urethritis, Cervicitis, Proctitis (10 minutes) Disease (STD)
  • Genital Ulcer Disease (10 minutes)
  • Vaginitis: Trich, Vulvovaginal Candidiasis Bacterial Vaginosis (15 minutes)
Organism Spotlight (60 minutes)
  • Syphilis Natural History and Clinical (10 minutes)
  • Syphilis Management (10 minutes)
  • Gonorrhea (10 minutes)
  • Mycoplasma Genitalium (10 minutes)
  • Chlamydia/LGV (10 minutes)
  • HSV Diagnosis, Treatment, Prophylaxis, and Resistance (10 minutes)
Module 7

Sexually Transmitted Infections,cont.

STI Prevention (20 minutes)
  • Screening Recommendations (10 minutes)
  • Barrier Methods, Partner Management, DoxyPEP (10 minutes)
Module 8

Vector-borne Infections (125 minutes)

  • Malaria I (20 minutes)
  • Malaria II (20 minutes)
  • Leishmaniasis (20 minutes)
  • Trypanasomes (20 minutes)
  • Chikungunya (15 minutes)
  • Dengue (15 minutes)
  • Zika (15 minutes)

REGISTRATION

You will receive a confirmation by email from Instructure. If you have not received it within 24 hoursof registering, email the Johns Hopkins University Office of Online Education ([email protected]) to confirm your registration. The Johns Hopkins University reserves the right to cancel or postpone any activity due to unforeseen circumstances. In the event of a cancellation, the University will refund the registration fee but is not responsible for travel expenses. Additionally, the University reserves the right to change the venue toa comparable venue. Under such circumstances, registrants will be notified as soon as possible.

NOTE: If you are registering for the in-person course in Delhi, India, or Baltimore, Maryland, you will automatically be conferred access to the online curriculum. You do not need to register separately for this online course.

Johns Hopkins Speakers

  • Paul Auwaerter, MD, MBA
    Clinical Director, Division of Infectious Diseases Professor of Medicine
  • Anna Durbin, MD
    Associate Professor of Medicine
  • Kate Dzintars,PharmD,BCPS,AQ-ID
    Associate Pharmacy Director
    Adult Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
  • Khalil Ghanem, MD,PhD
    Deputy Director of Education
    Department of Medicine & Bayview Medical Center Professor of Medicine
  • Matthew Hamill, MBChB, PhD, MPH, MSC
    Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Darek Hareza,MD
    Infectious Diseases Fellow
  • Elisa Ignatius,MD,Msc
    Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Joyce Jones,MD,MS
    Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Sara Keller,MD,MPH,MSPH
    Associate Professor of Medicine
  • Sonya Krishnan,MD,MHS
    Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Rupali Limaye,PhD
    Associate Professor of Medicine
  • Chris Lippincott,MD,MPH
    Clinical Director,Center for NTM & Bronchiectasis Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Michael Melia,MD
    Associate Professor of Medicine
  • Maunank Shah,MD,PhD
    Professor of Medicine
  • Anna Sick-Samuels,MD,MPH
    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
  • Trish Simner,PhD,MSc
    Associate Professor of Pathology
  • Photini Sinnis,MD
    Deputy Director, Malaria Research Institute Professor of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
  • Pranita Tamma,MD,MPH
    Associate Professor of Pediatrics
  • Jeff Tornheim,MD,MPH
    Associate Professor of Medicine
  • Susan Tuddenham,MD,MPH
    Associate Professor of Medicine
  • Ethel Weld,MD,PhD
    Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Danica Rockney,MD
    Clinical Assistant Professor
    Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan
  • Marcos Schecter,MD
    Associate Professor
    Emory University School of Medicine

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