Conference on Bioterrorism and EID - Saturday, Feb 18, 2006

[CAL/AAEM News Service]

Conference on Bioterrorism and Emerging Infectious Diseases: Infectious Disease Threats
in the 21st Century

Source: UC Irvine
Date: January 7, 2006


Conference Date: Saturday, February 18, 2006

Course Location: The Beckman Center, 100 Academy, Irvine, CA 92612


Course Description:

Physicians working in densely populated areas such as Orange County must be
prepared to face growing threats from bioterrorism and newly emerging infections.
The reality of such threats is underscored by the recent outbreak of avian influenza,
a virus with the potential to cause a devastating, world-wide pandemic.

Therefore, the Division of Infectious Diseases of the University of California,
Irvine (UCI) School of Medicine has organized the inaugural year of this
conference. The need for this program was identified by the organizing committee
(Donald Forthal, MD and Alan Barbour, MD, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCI School of
Medicine, Kristi L. Koenig, MD, FACEP, Department of Emergency Medicine, UCI and Fadi
Essmaeel, MD, the Homeland Security Director for Orange County
Congressman Dana Rohrabacher), as a result of questions and comments from local
physicians. 

This comprehensive continuing education conference will provide state-of the- art
education to emergency and primary care physicians so they can effectively
identify and respond to an intentional or non-intentional infectious disease outbreak.

The agenda for the program was designed to give pertinent information on the
background of bioterrorism, on how to identify relevant infectious diseases, on
what new infections are on the horizon, and how to respond to patients and interact
with public health authorities in the event of bioterror or an emerging infectious
disease outbreak. 


Course Objectives: 

At the completion of this activity the participant should be able to
- Recognize important epidemiological and clinical features of infectious diseases that
pose threats to public health
- Discuss the challenges to prevention and control of intentional and non-intentional
infectious disease outbreaks
- Develop a response plan that includes contacting the proper local authority
- Define current approaches to treating and managing emerging infectious diseases
- Identify the role of the primary care physician in responding to intentional and
non-intentional serious infectious disease outbreaks


Target Audience

Primary care and emergency physicians and other healthcare providers 
should plan to attend.


For more information, please see the attached conference brochure.



Cyrus Shahpar & Brian Potts 
Managing Editors, CAL/AAEM News Service
University of California, Irvine

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