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Infectious Disease

Celebrity Cruises' Equinox

10-Night Eastern Mediterranean Cruise Conference from Rome, Italy
July 8 - 18, 2011

All social events are complimentary for guests traveling with conferee and whose cabins are booked in the meeting group.
BIAS FREE CME - No Commercial Support was provided for this CME activity.
14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
14 Contact Hours
Course Fee Physicians $695
All Others - Course Fee $450
Course Fee Cancellation Policy
30 days or more - None; 7-29 days - 50%; less than 7 days - 100%

Faculty

John Sinnott, MD, FACP - Director, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine; Professor of Medicine, Surgery and Obstetrics/Gynecology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

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ID Specialists, Primary Care Physicians, Internists, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners

To update practitioners on new antimicrobials and the current recommendations for managing commonly encountered or emerging diseases, travel medicine and potential biowarfare exposure. Following attendance at this educational activity, participants should be able to:
• Review rules of travel
• Recognize common travel syndromes
• Identify value of Malarial prophylaxis
• Relate that lifestyle, social interactions, travel and food processing all contribute to the emergence of new pathogens
• Deduce that the emergence of new pathogens can to some extent be prevented by attention to ecology and antibiotic prescription
• Update the practicing healthcare provider with the history of influenza
• Update the practicing healthcare provider with the presentation of influenza
• Describe the pathophysiology of influenza
• Identify common pathogens encountered in influenza
• Summarize pandemic prevention strategies as well as public health and personal guidelines for the prevention of disease transmission
• Describe the presentation of pneumonia and SARS
• Explain the pathophysiology of pneumonia and SARS
• Identify common pathogens encountered in pneumonia
• Relate how to manage the patient with pneumonia both as an inpatient and outpatient basis
• Recognize the historical significance in our understanding of nosocomial infections in the reduction of mortality
• Explain the epidemiology of nosocomial infections
• Review the management of common nosocomial infections
• Distinguish smallpox from other rashes
• Recognize inhalation anthrax
• Review the nature of biologic weapons

Accreditation: Continuing Education, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Designation: Continuing Education, Inc. designates this educational activity for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Conference Sessions generally take place during the days at Sea (depends on program and itinerary) so that conflict with any Ports of Call or evening entertainment is minimized.

(A Convenient Calendar to Check Your Dates)

DATE	PORT OF CALL	ARRIVE	DEPART
Fri Jul 8	Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy	-	5:00pm
Sat Jul 9	Sicily (Messina), Italy	10:00am	7:00pm
Sun Jul 10	At Sea Cruising Lectures 9:00am - 12:00pm, 1:00pm – 5:00pm	-	-
Mon Jul 11	Athens (Piraeus), Greece	7:00am	6:00pm
Tue Jul 12	Ephesus (Kusadasi), Turkey	7:00am	6:00pm
Wed Jul 13	Rhodes, Greece	8:00am	6:00pm
Thu Jul 14	Mykonos, Greece	7:00am	6:00pm
Fri Jul 15	Santorini, Greece	7:00am	6:00pm
Sat Jul 16	At Sea Cruising Lectures 9:00am - 12:00pm, 1:00pm – 5:00pm	-	-
Sun Jul 17	Naples/Capri, Italy	7:00am	6:30pm
Mon Jul 18	Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy	4:30am	-

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