Nucleoside Modified mRNA-LNP Therapeutics
Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, is the Roberts Family Professor in Vaccine Research and director of the Penn Institute for RNA Innovation in Medicine at the…
Course Category: Infectious Diseases
Rabies
Contact with infected bats is the most common cause of human rabies deaths in the US, but dog rabies remains common worldwide. Learn about other…
Pediatric Osteoarticular Infections – OMI 2024
At the end of this session, learners will be able to review the epidemiology and pathophysiology of osteoarticular infections (OAIs) in children, recognize the symptoms…
Vaccine Hesitancy (Lockwood 2024)
At the end of this session, learners will be able to review the current state of vaccine hesitancy, explore answers to common vaccine concerns, and…
Fever in the Returning Traveler
Learning Objectives: Determine the work-up needed for a patient who has recently returned from international travel Learn what diagnoses not to miss, and how to…
Back with a Vengeance: Resurging Infectious Diseases in Pediatrics Post-COVID
In this session, current evidence and local epidemiology is discussed on reemerging infectious diseases in pediatrics, namely measles, pertussis, tuberculosis, and invasive group A Strep.…
Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP): HIV Prevention for Adolescents
As of 2020, 20% of new HIV diagnoses were among young people aged 13-24 years. Primary care pediatricians can play an important role in the…
Late Onset Bacterial Infections in the NICU: Pathogenesis, Prognosis, and Prevention
At the end of this session, learners will be able to define categories of late onset sepsis in the NICU including the epidemiology and microbiology…
Microbial Medicine
At the end of this session, learners will be able to understand the developing field of microbial medicine in infectious diseases, and how to use…
Vaccine Hesitancy (Downes 2023)
At the end of this session, learners will be able to discuss vaccine hesitancy in populations and how to combat hesitancy issues in order provide…