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AAP News Vol. 28 No. 6 June 2007, p. 46
© 2007 American Academy of Pediatrics
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Brush up on pediatric infectious diseases with PREP:ID
Join colleagues for a long weekend in the Windy City and a comprehensive
review and update of pediatric infectious diseases at PREP:ID, July 24-29 at
the Marriott Chicago Downtown Magnificent Mile.
New for 2007, following lectures/question-and-answer sessions are hot topic
presentations in which faculty present information on new and important issues
related to select topics. Other educational formats include plenary
lectures/question-and-answer sessions that will address at least half of the
content specifications in the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) Subboard of
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Content Outline with 100% of the ABP content
covered in syllabus materials.
Also presented will be case vignettes and an Infectious Diseases in
Clinical Practice track that includes case presentations and panel
discussions.
Course topics and faculty include:
- Congenital Infections, Neonatal Infections and Case Vignettes,
with Pablo J. Sanchez, M.D., FAAP, professor of pediatrics, University of
Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas;
- Gastrointestinal Infections I, II and III and Hot Topics,
with James P. Nataro, M.D., Ph.D., FAAP, professor of pediatrics, medicine,
microbiology and biochemistry, head of the Division of Infectious Diseases and
Tropical Pediatrics and associate director, Center for Vaccine Development at
University of Maryland School of Medicine;
- Bacterial Pneumonia, Other Bacterial Lower Respiratory Tract
Infections and Hot Topics, with Christopher J. Harrison, M.D.,
FAAP, professor of pediatrics, University of Missouri at Kansas City School of
Medicine;
- Skin and Soft Tissue Infections, Eye Infections, Cool Bugs and
Hot Topics, with Morven S. Edwards, M.D., FAAP, professor of
pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston;
- Issues in Management of Urinary Tract Infections, with Mary Anne
Jackson, M.D., FIDSA, FAAP, professor of pediatrics at University of Missouri
at Kansas City School of Medicine; and
- Parasitology I & II, Tropical Diseases I & II and Case
Vignettes, with Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., FAAP, professor and chair of
microbiology and tropical medicine, George Washington University Medical
Center, Washington, D.C.
Course directors are Penelope H. Dennehy, M.D., FAAP, professor of
pediatrics at Brown Medical School, and Meg Fisher, M.D., FAAP, medical
director of Children's Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center.
Participants can earn up to 35.25 AMA PRA Category 1 credits for the entire
course, 19 credits for the morning course, July 25-29, or 19.25 credits for
the weekend course, July 27-29.
