Learning Objectives

The 2025 Making a Difference in Infectious Diseases Conference will feature 8 plenary sessions, 8 application-based workshops, a keynote address, and an interactive meet-the-professors session. Individual sessions will each address at least three specific learning objectives. The overall learning experience is designed to achieve the following global learning objectives:  

• Describe emerging technologies in digital health to improve communication and collaboration in the management of infectious diseases.  

• Discuss optimal laboratory testing technologies and approaches to provide patient-centered care of infectious diseases 

• Identify antimicrobial stewardship priorities and challenges in immunocompromised and surgical populations 

• Explain the application of PKPD principles in improving patient outcomes and determining antimicrobial breakpoints 

• Describe clinical data and potential place in therapy for antimicrobials new to the market and in the pipeline 

• Explain challenging gram-negative and gram-positive pathogens and the latest infection guideline treatments 

• Compare evidence and controversies for the oral antibiotic management of bloodstream infection 

• Summarize important recent literature and emerging topics in infectious diseases  pharmacotherapy  

• Discuss the importance of infection prevention strategies in improving patient outcome and experience.  

• Apply evidence-based approaches to implementation of antimicrobial stewardship strategies in clinical scenarios, including fungal infections, C. difficile, and the use of new antimicrobials. 

• Improve interprofessional antimicrobial stewardship team workflows for direct patient care, microbiology laboratory, and antibiotic use and resistance monitoring.