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Improve your outpatient infection management with this CME/CE course. Learn to select the right empiric antibiotics, determine optimal therapy duration, and communicate effectively with patients about antibiotic usage. Enhance your clinical skills through engaging case-based videos and role plays. Enroll today to refine your antibiotic prescribing practices!
This CME/CE course offers a practical approach to managing common outpatient infections. Through didactic videos, patient role plays, and interactive case-based videos, you’ll learn how to effectively treat infections while adhering to national guidelines. The course emphasizes selecting the most appropriate empiric antibiotic and determining the correct duration of therapy.
Video role plays will also demonstrate communication skills to discuss appropriate antibiotic usage with patients, enhancing both treatment and patient understanding.
Who Should Take This Course
Who is Eligible for CME/CE Credits and Certificates
Stanford Center for Continuing Medical Education offers accredited continuing education for interprofessional healthcare team members, especially clinicians (i.e., physicians, nurses, physician assistants, etc.). Be sure to check the accreditation and credit designation stated on the activity page to view the credit type and amount awarded for your profession.
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Designation
American Medical Association (AMA)
Stanford Medicine designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 1.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accreditation Council of Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
Stanford Medicine designates this knowledge-based activity for a maximum of 1.75 hours. Credit will be provided to NABP CPE Monitor within 60 days after the activity completion.
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Clinical Professor of Medicine • Stanford University School of Medicine – Infectious Disease
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine • Stanford University School of Medicine - Infectious Diseases
Associate Director, Infection Control Program • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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Who can take this course?
Unfortunately, learners residing in one or more of the following countries or regions will not be able to register for this course: Iran, Cuba and the Crimea region of Ukraine. While edX has sought licenses from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to offer our courses to learners in these countries and regions, the licenses we have received are not broad enough to allow us to offer this course in all locations. edX truly regrets that U.S. sanctions prevent us from offering all of our courses to everyone, no matter where they live.