Other Educational Programs and Partnerships

SHEA Endorsed Meetings

Implementing Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs:
A Workshop on Development, Maintenance and Measuring Success

October 20, 2010
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. 
A pre-meeting workshop to IDSA 2010
Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre

Co-organized by SHEA in cooperation with CDC

In-depth program on how to create, implement, or improve an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP).

• Decision and data points to guide design and implementation
• Strategies and methods for formulating and presenting a convincing business case rationale 
• Tools to measure impact and outcomes

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$250 registration

Fundamentals of Healthcare Epidemiology:
Essentials for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections

Eight-hour online educational offering adapted from the SHEA/CDC Training Course in Healthcare Epidemiology to provide healthcare providers with a foundation in healthcare epidemiology and infection prevention.

The course is approved by the California Department of Public Health to fulfill the 2008 California mandate that individuals acting as epidemiologists or chairing hospital infection control committees to obtain CME-accredited training in hospital epidemiology.

Registration:
- SHEA Members: $149
- Non-members: $199

This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM.

ESCMID-SHEA Comprehensive Course in Hospital Epidemiology

June 21-25, 2010
Thala Beach Lodge, Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia

*Registration for this course is full.

The ESCMID-SHEA course features international experts and covers infection control within the hospital setting and will be an intensive program that offers a hybrid of the standard and applied European programmes.

This intensive training programme aims at those working in infection control and hospital epidemiology and is approved by two prestigious international societies in the field of infectious diseases: the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID). The ESCMID/SHEA Training Course in Hospital Epidemiology was first established in 1999 and over the years evolved into the leading European course in its field.

14th Annual Fellows Course in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

July 7-9, 2010

The 14th Annual Fellows Course on Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, a three-day training course in Introductory Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control for Infectious Diseases, Pulmonary, and Critical Care fellows, physicians, residents and other practitioners, endorsed by SHEA and IDSA. 

• Brochure
• Agenda
• Online Registration
• Registration Form
• Campus Map
• Peabody Court Hotel, group rate of $93/night. A Johns Hopkins Shuttle will run between the hotel and the hopital. 

Online Fellows Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Course

The online IDSA/SHEA Infection Control Fellows Course was adapted from the Johns Hopkins 8th Annual Fellows Course on Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control held July 7-9, 2004.   The course is organized by the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and the University of Maryland, the University of Virginia, Brown University, Wake Forest University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Washington University, and endorsed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). The online version of the course was developed through collaboration between IDSA, SHEA, and Johns Hopkins University.

Other Educational Opportunities

Please note that SHEA's Calendar provides information and links to other organizations' meetings.