Harvard Infectious Diseases in Primary Care 2025

Infectious Diseases in Primary Care Foundations

• Comprehensive infectious disease update for front-line clinicians
• Practical diagnosis and treatment strategies for outpatient care
• Approach to common and challenging ID problems in primary care
• When to treat, when to test, and when to refer
• Real-world answers to high-yield clinical questions
• Challenging outpatient infectious disease case discussions

Vaccines, Prevention & Patient Counseling

• What’s new in vaccines for 2025
• Vaccines on the horizon
• Pneumococcal vaccine updates
• Travel vaccines and pre-travel counseling
• How to counsel vaccine-hesitant patients effectively
• Vaccine safety conversations in outpatient practice
• Preventive strategies for high-risk populations

Respiratory Infections, COVID-19 & Influenza

• Respiratory infections: new diagnostics and therapies
• COVID-19 in 2025
• Influenza guidance for evolving variants
• Approach to atypical pneumonia
• Outpatient respiratory infection decision-making
• Post-COVID and persistent symptom considerations
• When respiratory infections require escalation or referral

Antibiotic Stewardship & Resistant Infections

• Antibiotic stewardship in primary care
• Avoiding antimicrobial overuse
• Managing complex infections without unnecessary broad-spectrum therapy
• Multidrug-resistant infections and practical treatment options
• Approach to antibiotic allergy
• Local resistance patterns and prescribing decisions
• Reducing inappropriate fluoroquinolone and broad-spectrum use

Urinary, GI and Soft Tissue Infections

• Updated guidance for urinary tract infections
• Recurrent UTI management
• Resistant UTI treatment strategies
• Initial and recurrent C. difficile infection
• H. pylori management updates
• Gastrointestinal infection decision-making
• Skin and soft tissue infections in outpatient and urgent care settings

HIV Prevention, STIs & Sexual Health

• Which patients should receive PrEP for HIV
• How to initiate PrEP in primary care
• STI testing updates
• Sexual health counseling in outpatient practice
• Prevention strategies for high-risk patients
• Practical workflows for screening, treatment, and follow-up

Latent TB, Lyme Disease & Travel Medicine

• Latent TB testing made simple
• Latent TB treatment approaches
• Lyme disease: evidence-based approaches to controversy and confusion
• Travel medicine updates for primary care
• Which travelers need which vaccines and when
• Post-travel fever workup
• Pre-travel counseling and risk reduction

Immunocompromised Patients & ID Emergencies

• Caring for immunocompromised patients in primary care
• What every primary care clinician should know about high-risk hosts
• ID emergencies every PCP should recognize
• Can’t-miss infectious disease diagnoses
• When urgent referral or hospital evaluation is needed
• Managing recurrent infections in older and immunocompromised adults

Emerging Threats & Public Health Updates

• H5N1 updates
• Mpox updates
• Measles and recrudescent infections
• Other emerging infectious threats
• Outpatient infection control best practices
• Lessons from the front lines of public health
• Microbiology lab questions every PCP should understand

It is ideal for primary care physicians, family physicians, internists, urgent care clinicians, NPs, PAs, residents, fellows, pharmacists, clinic leaders, and outpatient healthcare professionals managing infectious diseases.

The package includes 34 recorded videos and 30 PDF files, with a total size of 57.64 GB.

The course covers vaccines, vaccine counseling, respiratory infections, COVID-19, influenza, antibiotic stewardship, Lyme disease, ID emergencies, multidrug-resistant infections, immunocompromised patients, H5N1, mpox, measles, latent TB, infection control, urinary infections, GI infections, respiratory infections, soft tissue infections, recurrent C. difficile, PrEP for HIV, travel vaccines, H. pylori, and STI testing.

Yes. The course is designed specifically for primary care and urgent care clinicians, with practical strategies for diagnosis, treatment, prevention, counseling, and antimicrobial decision-making.

No. This course package does not include CME points.

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