IDBR 2025 (Lecture +PDF)

 IDBR 2025 (Lecture +PDF)  WARNING: The QBank section has 6 question sections with over 500 questions, with answers and detailed explanations, handcrafted into word files and converted to PDF by  . Includes access links to 8 lectures 2025 Infectious Disease Board Review Course Primers and Study Guides 8 PDF

The GWU Infectious Disease Board Review Course 2025 is a top-tier, all-in-one preparation bundle designed for physicians pursuing the infectious disease board certification. Featuring expertly crafted video lectures and a comprehensive question bank, this package offers both in-depth understanding and effective exam strategies—available entirely online to accommodate busy schedules.

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What You Will Learn

• Core concepts and high-impact updates across the field of infectious diseases, including antimicrobial therapy, HIV/AIDS management, tropical medicine, endocarditis, opportunistic infections, and infection control

• Effective strategies and diagnostic frameworks for challenging syndromes—such as sepsis, fever of unknown origin, transplant-associated infections, and antimicrobial resistance

• Evidence-based best practices and guidelines for patient-centered care in both inpatient and outpatient settings

• Targeted board preparation with reinforced explanations through realistic, case-based multiple-choice questions

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Event Details

• Format: Fully on-demand online delivery combining expert video lectures with a robust, interactive question bank

• Components: Includes high-yield lecture modules, a question bank with detailed explanations, and downloadable study materials tailored to infectious disease board content

• Access: Available across devices 24/7, with flexible review timelines to suit your learning needs

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Who Should Attend

Ideal for infectious disease fellows, physicians preparing for board certification or recertification, advanced practice providers, and other healthcare professionals seeking a structured, high-yield review in ID medicine.

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Why Attend

This course is your most efficient and effective path to board success—combining comprehensive content, active learning, and flexible delivery.

 

+ Topics:

Day 1 – Core Concepts & Immunocompromised Hosts

• Introduction & overview

• Microbiology essentials for the exam

• Principles of antimicrobial therapy: toxicities, PK/PD, drug–drug interactions

• Antibacterial drugs I – approach to resistant gram-negative bacilli

• Antiviral drugs

• Respiratory viral infections including influenza (immunocompetent & immunocompromised)

• SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19

• Immunizations: domestic, travel, occupational

• Infections in hematopoietic stem cell recipients

• Infections in the neutropenic cancer patient

• Daily question previews, polling, Q&A

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Day 2 – Hepatitis, GI & Parasitic Infections

• Acute hepatitis

• Chronic hepatitis

• Clinical immunology & host defense

• CMV, EBV, HHV6, HHV8

• Antibacterial drugs II – gram-positive organisms

• GI infections Part I & II

• Helicobacter and Clostridioides

• Skin and soft tissue infections

• Protozoa of clinical relevance

• Worms you should know

• Daily question previews, polling, Q&A

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Day 3 – Fungal, Mycobacterial & Zoonotic Diseases

• Deep mycoses (normal & abnormal hosts)

• Nocardiosis, Actinomycosis, Rhodococcus

• Tuberculosis (immunocompetent & immunosuppressed hosts)

• Lyme disease

• Ticks, mites, lice and transmitted diseases

• Zoonoses

• Pneumonia

• Sexually transmitted infections (genital ulcers; other syndromes)

• Syndromes in the ICU relevant to ID physicians

• Hospital epidemiology

• Daily question previews, polling, Q&A

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Day 4 – HIV & Retroviruses

• HIV diagnosis

• HIV drug resistance

• Antiretroviral therapy (general & special populations)

• HIV-associated opportunistic infections I & II

• Non–AIDS-defining complications of HIV/AIDS

• Clinical manifestations of retroviral diseases and slow viruses

• Herpes simplex

• Bacterial & viral meningitis

• Pharyngitis syndromes (including Group A strep)

• Syndromes masquerading as infections

• Photo review session: board-style cases

• Daily question previews, polling, Q&A

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Day 5 – Systemic & Device-Related Infections

• Endocarditis (native & prosthetic valves, pacers, VADs)

• Bone & joint infections

• Staphylococcus aureus infections

• Nontuberculous mycobacteria (normal & abnormal hosts)

• Infections in solid organ recipients

• Encephalitis (including West Nile virus & rabies)

• Penicillin allergies

• Antifungal drugs (core concepts)

• “Kitchen sink” syndromes not covered elsewhere

• Daily question previews, polling, Q&A

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Online-Only (OL) Bonus Lectures

• How to prepare for certification & recertification (including LKA)

• Bootcamp: HIV

• Bootcamp: Transplant

• Statistics for the boards

• Antibacterial drugs not covered elsewhere

• Treating antimicrobial-resistant infections III

• HIV-associated opportunistic infections III

• Brain abscess, cavernous sinus thrombosis, subdural/epidural empyema

• Infections of the urinary tract (upper & lower)

• Epididymitis, orchitis, prostatitis

• Even more worms