IDBR 2025 (Lecture +PDF)

IDBR 2025 combines infectious disease lectures and PDF study materials for board preparation, with topics spanning antimicrobial therapy, HIV and immunocompromised hosts.

Question materials: The question-bank content in this listing is supplied as PDF study files with answers and explanations. An interactive publisher QBank account is not included.

The GWU Infectious Disease Board Review Course 2025 is a top-tier, all-in-one preparation bundle designed for physicians pursuing the infectious disease board certification. Featuring expertly crafted video lectures and a comprehensive question bank, this package offers both in-depth understanding and effective exam strategies—available entirely online to accommodate busy schedules.

What You Will Learn

• Core concepts and high-impact updates across the field of infectious diseases, including antimicrobial therapy, HIV/AIDS management, tropical medicine, endocarditis, opportunistic infections, and infection control

• Effective strategies and diagnostic frameworks for challenging syndromes—such as sepsis, fever of unknown origin, transplant-associated infections, and antimicrobial resistance

• Evidence-based best practices and guidelines for patient-centered care in both inpatient and outpatient settings

• Targeted board preparation with reinforced explanations through realistic, case-based multiple-choice questions

Event Details

• Format: Lecture files and PDF question materials for self-paced review

• Components: Includes high-yield lecture modules, a question bank with detailed explanations, and downloadable study materials tailored to infectious disease board content

• Access: Files are delivered through Google Drive; official course-platform enrollment is not included

Who Should Attend

Ideal for infectious disease fellows, physicians preparing for board certification or recertification, advanced practice providers, and other healthcare professionals seeking a structured, high-yield review in ID medicine.

Why Attend

These lecture and question materials support structured review of infectious disease board topics.

+ Topics:

Day 1 – Core Concepts & Immunocompromised Hosts

• Introduction & overview

• Microbiology essentials for the exam

• Principles of antimicrobial therapy: toxicities, PK/PD, drug–drug interactions

• Antibacterial drugs I – approach to resistant gram-negative bacilli

• Antiviral drugs

• Respiratory viral infections including influenza (immunocompetent & immunocompromised)

• SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19

• Immunizations: domestic, travel, occupational

• Infections in hematopoietic stem cell recipients

• Infections in the neutropenic cancer patient

• Daily question previews, polling, Q&A

Day 2 – Hepatitis, GI & Parasitic Infections

• Acute hepatitis

• Chronic hepatitis

• Clinical immunology & host defense

• CMV, EBV, HHV6, HHV8

• Antibacterial drugs II – gram-positive organisms

• GI infections Part I & II

• Helicobacter and Clostridioides

• Skin and soft tissue infections

• Protozoa of clinical relevance

• Worms you should know

• Daily question previews, polling, Q&A

Day 3 – Fungal, Mycobacterial & Zoonotic Diseases

• Deep mycoses (normal & abnormal hosts)

• Nocardiosis, Actinomycosis, Rhodococcus

• Tuberculosis (immunocompetent & immunosuppressed hosts)

• Lyme disease

• Ticks, mites, lice and transmitted diseases

• Zoonoses

• Pneumonia

• Sexually transmitted infections (genital ulcers; other syndromes)

• Syndromes in the ICU relevant to ID physicians

• Hospital epidemiology

• Daily question previews, polling, Q&A

Day 4 – HIV & Retroviruses

• HIV diagnosis

• HIV drug resistance

• Antiretroviral therapy (general & special populations)

• HIV-associated opportunistic infections I & II

• Non–AIDS-defining complications of HIV/AIDS

• Clinical manifestations of retroviral diseases and slow viruses

• Herpes simplex

• Bacterial & viral meningitis

• Pharyngitis syndromes (including Group A strep)

• Syndromes masquerading as infections

• Photo review session: board-style cases

• Daily question previews, polling, Q&A

Day 5 – Systemic & Device-Related Infections

• Endocarditis (native & prosthetic valves, pacers, VADs)

• Bone & joint infections

• Staphylococcus aureus infections

• Nontuberculous mycobacteria (normal & abnormal hosts)

• Infections in solid organ recipients

• Encephalitis (including West Nile virus & rabies)

• Penicillin allergies

• Antifungal drugs (core concepts)

• “Kitchen sink” syndromes not covered elsewhere

• Daily question previews, polling, Q&A

Online-Only (OL) Bonus Lectures

• How to prepare for certification & recertification (including LKA)

• Bootcamp: HIV

• Bootcamp: Transplant

• Statistics for the boards

• Antibacterial drugs not covered elsewhere

• Treating antimicrobial-resistant infections III

• HIV-associated opportunistic infections III

• Brain abscess, cavernous sinus thrombosis, subdural/epidural empyema

• Infections of the urinary tract (upper & lower)

• Epididymitis, orchitis, prostatitis

• Even more worms