MER (Medical Education Resources) is hosting an “Infectious Diseases for Primary Care” conference that offers 12 credit hours, scheduled for April 11-13, 2025, at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. This conference is approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) for a maximum of 12 hours of Category
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program, participants should be better able to:
- Recognize risk factors, diagnostic indicators and clinical features for osteomyelitis and joint infections
- Recommend appropriate immunizations based on patient specific risk factors
- Discuss the approach to a febrile patients with potentially life-threatening diseases in both hospital and clinic-associated settings
- Diagnose and manage genitourinary infections
- Discuss emerging infectious diseases including resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases, zoonoses, and diseases related to animal exposures
- Evaluate the severity of diarrhea and evaluate the need for treatment
- List common causative pathogens for various respiratory tract infections
- Identify patients at risk for healthcare-associated infections
- Review epidemiology and microbiology of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI)
- Describe the epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of common CNS infectious disease syndromes
- List goals of an antimicrobial stewardship program and strategies for antimicrobial treatment
- Describe evaluation strategies for infections in immunocompromised hosts
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