ABIM Infectious Disease Prep Course (ID)

What you will learn

• By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
• Explain the ABIM Infectious Disease exam scope and organize preparation across broad board-relevant domains without assuming unpublished weighting details.
• Master high-yield organism-based, syndrome-based, diagnostic, antimicrobial, immunocompromised host, HIV/viral, mycobacterial, travel/tropical, STI, healthcare epidemiology, and infection prevention concepts tested in adult infectious disease practice.
• Apply physician-level clinical reasoning in board-style scenarios: identify the syndrome/task, extract host and exposure clues, interpret microbiology and diagnostic data, choose the most appropriate next step, and verify against plausible alternatives.
• Select, interpret, and critique infectious disease tests appropriately, including culture, susceptibility, serology, antigen, molecular diagnostics, imaging, biopsy, and procedural sampling; distinguish colonization from infection and contamination from true pathogen.
• Choose empiric and targeted antimicrobial therapy using syndrome severity, host factors, resistance risk, source control needs, adverse effects, interactions, stewardship principles, and when applicable, local susceptibility considerations.
• Diagnose and manage high-yield adult infectious syndromes, including bloodstream and endovascular infection, endocarditis, CNS infection, respiratory infection, intra-abdominal infection, skin/soft tissue infection, bone/joint infection, GU infection, device-related infection, and healthcare-associa
• Risk-stratify and manage infections in immunocompromised hosts, including transplant recipients, patients with malignancy or neutropenia, advanced HIV, and those receiving steroids, biologics, or other immunomodulators.