80058335 - Course in Clinical Fungi

Monday, November 7, 2022, 8:30 AM - Saturday, November 12, 2022, 5:00 PM, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL


The 6-full day in-person CME and P.A.C.E. credited course will be covered by morning sessions for lectures and afternoon sessions for practical lab training. The course materials include the Atlas of Clinical Fungi and Larone’s Medically Important Fungi. The content of the course is designed to equip the attendees with the knowledge and practical laboratory skills to enhance and improve the diagnosis of fungal diseases. The intended participants are laboratory professionals and clinical trainees at all learning levels who are interested in diagnosis of fungal diseases. The topics include laboratory identification of mucormycetes, hyaline hyphomycetes, dematiaceous fungi, dermatophytes, dimorphic fungi, basidiomycetes and Yeast and yeast-like fungi. In addition, fungal histopathology, MALDI-TOF MS, sequencing based identification and phylogenetic analysis, antifungal susceptibility testing, and PK/PD of antifungals will be covered.

1. Describe fungal organisms that cause human diseases.
2. Discuss practical laboratory approaches to medically important fungal organisms.
3. Identify the clinical aspects of fungal diseases.
4. Recognize the coherence of the fungal kingdom beyond strings of nucleotides.

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Fungal Diagnostics Laboratory Consortium. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 44.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

OTHER CREDITS
Johns Hopkins Medicine is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program.

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Hotel Registration Cut Off Date: 10/23/2022

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Johns Hopkins University adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.