Recording: Fridays at the University Infectious Disease Day – May 12, 2023

MAY 12, 2023 – Infectious Disease Day, event recording

Agenda

820 Welcome

0830  Office Treatment of Syphilis – Yoav Keynan, MD. PhD

0920 A Review of Antiviral Treatments for SARS-CoV-2 – Eric Bow, MD., MSc., D.Bacteriol., FRCPC

1010  Cumulative Pre-Travel Health Risk Assessment – Pierre Plourde, M.D., FRCPC

1130 Stretch Break

1200 Global Vaccines and Vaccinations: The Science vs The Anti-Science – Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, DSc (hon), FASTMH, FAAP

1250 Febrile Neutropenic Cancer Patients in the Community – Eric Bow, MD., MSc., D.Bacteriol., FRCPC

1320 Closing

IDD Agenda

Objectives

• Participants will understand the various stages of syphilis and be able to describe appropriate treatment (Medical Expert, Communicator)
• Participants will be updated on current treatments for SARS-CoV-2 and understand their uses and shortcomings (Medical Expert, Communicator)
• Participants will be able to initiate a general pre-travel assessment of their patients and be aware of resources to help where there are knowledge gaps (Collaborator, Medical Expert)
• Participants will learn where the anti-vaccine movement misleads patients in their quest for knowledge and how participants can give patients the resources to make informed decisions (Communicator, Collaborator, Health Advocate)
• Participants will become aware of how to prescribe responsibly so as to minimize the risk of antibacterial (and other) resistance (Collaborator, Medical Expert)

Registration

Physicians: $175
Other health professionals: $75
Residents/students: $30

This registration provides access to the session recording only, which will be available for viewing until August 31, 2023

Study Credits

This recorded activity is eligible for non-certified Mainpro+ credits and Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Section 2: Self-Learning credits. These are self-reporting through the respective Colleges.