This acclaimed course provides a comprehensive ID update for front-line primary care clinicians. Led by Harvard Medical School's leading ID faculty and clinicians, this program provides guidance to improve the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of infectious diseases. Participants learn the practice implications of important new innovations and ensure that their ability to address ID challenges is fully current.

Focus areas in the course curriculum include:

• Vaccines in 2023 and beyond: what’s new and what’s coming
• New diagnostics and treatments for respiratory tract infections
• Strategies for avoiding antibiotic overuse
• Lyme disease: controversies and solutions
• How to counsel reluctant patients about vaccine benefits
• Can’t-miss diagnoses: infectious disease emergencies
• Treatment of highly resistant infections
• Protecting our patients with weakened immune systems
• COVID-19 updates for primary care practice, adapted for current disease activity and variants
• New or emerging infections, such as Mpox: recognition, diagnosis, management, and prevention
• Evaluation and treatment of latent tuberculosis
• Infection control in the office setting
• Updates on emerging infections
• New guidelines for management of urinary, gastrointestinal, respiratory, and soft tissue infections