Registration

Vincent T. Andriole ID Board Review Course

Date: Oct. 18 | Time: 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. ET

This workshop is designed for infectious diseases professionals preparing for the board exam or seeking a comprehensive update and review. The topics covered will include STIs, Mycobacteria (including TB), Fungal Infections, ID Therapeutics, Bacterial Syndromes, Infection Prevention, Transplant Infections, HIV, Parasitic Diseases, Viral Diseases, Vector-borne Infections, and more. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with case-based microbiologic and clinical ID questions using an audience response system.

Best Practices in Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs

Date: Oct. 18 | Time: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET

This course is a comprehensive and annually updated curriculum for those new to, old to or interested in learning more about antimicrobial stewardship. Topics include methods, controversies, advancements, and implementation. Adult and pediatric stewardship topics relevant to a variety of healthcare settings will be presented.

Diagnostic Stewardship: Achieving Excellence in Infectious Disease Diagnostics

Date: Oct. 18 | Time: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. ET

This workshop reviews in detail the concept of diagnostic stewardship based on the diagnostic pathway and the multiple points where interventions can occur to improve diagnosis, strategies for interventions, the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration, and key microbiologic diagnostic tests that should be considered for diagnostic stewardship.

The training focuses on how to build a diagnostic stewardship program that includes all healthcare workers involved in diagnostic stewardship interventions and all workers affected by any step of the diagnostic pathway.

Fellows’ Day

Date: Oct. 19 | Time: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET

This workshop is tailored for infectious diseases fellows and covers two key topics:

1. Infectious Diseases Image Case Presentation – A highly engaging and interactive session where fellows present cases, followed by discussions with fellow participants and a faculty panel.
2. Careers in Infectious Diseases – Small group discussions focused on exploring various career paths within infectious diseases. Each group will be led by a professional who has built a successful career in a different area of the field.

Pediatric Fellows’ Day

Date: Oct. 19 | Time: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. ET

This workshop is designed for pediatric fellows and academicians who wish to understand issues related to the effective transitioning from fellowship to faculty positions, explore various career paths in pediatric infectious diseases, and identify common and uncommon infections in children.

TB Workshop

Date: Oct. 19 | Time: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET

Recent changes in domestic and global public health funding and efforts have impacted responses to TB control in the U.S. and around the world. Learn from TB experts on how to navigate TB prevention and response efforts in a new political environment.

Expanding Your Influence to Improve Antibiotic Use in Outpatient Settings

Date: Oct. 19 | Time: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET

Inappropriate antibiotic use in outpatient settings is a considerable public health problem. Antibiotic stewardship teams are increasingly being asked to develop and implement stewardship programs for their medical center or health system’s outpatient clinics. The approaches to outpatient stewardship need to be tailored to these settings, including data gathering, interventions, behavioral modifications, and education, and meet the added challenges of changes to outpatient healthcare delivery. The primary objective of this didactic and active learning workshop is to give attendees effective tools that can be used to expand the world of stewardship into the outpatient arena.

Infectious Disease Clinical Bootcamp for APPs

Date: Oct. 19 | Time: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET

A four-hour session devoted to foundational and progressive clinical topics relevant to APPs entering and currently practicing in the ID workforce.

Pus, Slough and Drainage: Oh My! Hands-On Introduction to Wound Care for the ID Clinician

Date: Oct. 19 | Time: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET

This workshop is an introduction to wound care for the infectious diseases’ clinician. We will discuss the diagnosis, workup, and management of typical wounds encountered in practice, including diabetic foot ulcers, venous stasis ulcers, decubiti, and a special section on unusual wounds such as pyoderma gangrenosum and calciphylaxis. The participant will have a chance to “put it all together” with our interactive cases. We will also answer questions about how to incorporate wound care into your practice. Toward the end, we will have hands-on demonstrations of off-loading devices, compression devices, dressings, simulated wound debridement, and negative pressure wound therapy.

Generative AI in Infectious Diseases: A Hands-On Workshop for Clinical and Research Applications

Date: Oct. 19 | Time: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET

This workshop provides a practical introduction to generative AI in the context of infectious diseases (ID). Participants will learn about generative AI capabilities and applications in diverse ID settings. They will interact with a chatbot that retrieves evidence-based answers from IDSA guidelines, learn how to appropriately utilize generative AI in academic writing, engage in hands-on session to develop skills in prompt engineering for extracting antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention features from synthetic EHR notes, and discuss ethical considerations with a focus on transparency, bias, and responsible AI use in clinical and research settings.

A Bug Worth Catching: Enhancing Clinical Teaching in Infectious Diseases

Date: Oct. 19 | Time: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET

This workshop will equip participants with evidence-based strategies in key clinical teaching skills:

• Creating a Safe and Productive Learning Environment – Techniques to foster an atmosphere that promotes engagement and learning.
• Developing and Delivering Effective Chalk Talks – Guidance on preparing and presenting concise, impactful talks.
• Teaching in Busy Clinical Settings: Using one-minute preceptor and SNAPP to guide trainees in clinical decisions
• Providing Effective & Fair Feedback: Strategies to offer meaningful feedback and evaluate trainee performance fairly and effectively