<aside> 📢 Greetings, ID Medical Educators! Welcome to the 3rd edition of the ID MedEdDigest!

Thank you to all who attended this year’s IDSA IDWeek Medical Education Community of Practice Reception on October 19th. If you were able to attend, we would love to get your feedback on this year’s event as well as requests for topics for next year through this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9WTCNCQ

You can also follow the link below to additional resources on our two breakout topics:

1. Teaching various levels of learners on Clinical Rounds (Discussion moderated by Dr. Ryan Maves and Dr. Payal Patel, Panelists: Dr. Jehan Budak, Dr. Prathit Kulkarni, and Dr. Varun Phadke)
2. Writing and Evaluating Letters of Recommendation (Facilitated by Dr. Shweta Anjan and Dr. James (Brad) Cutrell)

IDWeek Working Group Resources

Enjoy these and other resources as you browse this and previous editions of the Digest and the MedEdCOP website!

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Featured Educator

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Featured MedEd Article

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IDChalkTalk of the Month

Wondering how to get your team up to speed on the latest about prosthetic joint infections? Nico Cortes-Penfield - the IDMedEdCOP’s Featured Educator of the Month - has you covered. Find a fantastic chalk talk here!

PJI Management

Learning Objectives

• List the characteristics of prosthetic joint infectious frequently managed with debridement and implant retention (versus single or two-stage exchange)
• Describe the steps and durations of antimicrobial treatment for prosthetic joint infections based on the surgical management approach
• Define chronic antimicrobial suppression and the infection and host factors that should inform whether to employ it after prosthetic joint infection

This Month in FOAM

Are you obsessed with Mycobacterium abscessus?  Check out some of these free online resources to review the diagnosis and management of nontuberculous mycobacterial infections!

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• Hear from the experts and take a listen to one of these podcasts:
  • American Society of Microbiology podcast Editors in Conversation episode on Management of M. abscessus infections with Drs. Kelly Dooley, Charles Daly, and Thomas Dick
  • SIDP Breakpoints Podcast episode Abscessus and fortuitum and avium, Oh My!: Updates and Controversies in NTM Management with Drs. Wendi Drummond, Jeff Pearson, and Rachel Britt