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ID Training

A structured Infectious Diseases curriculum for Internal Medicine and Family Medicine residents. Each module pairs learning objectives and key concepts with guidelines, pearls, relevant IDHub cases, and self-assessment questions.

12 modules12 categories

Resident-level ID review organized as short clinical chapters: the question at the bedside, the microbiology behind it, the evidence to read, and the self-check questions that make the reasoning stick.

Antimicrobial Therapy & Resistance

Gram stain from an IDHub antimicrobial mechanisms case
Plate 01 · Drug targets
Core~42 min

Antimicrobials: mechanisms of action

A class-by-class antibacterial mechanism atlas: drug targets, PBP concepts, pharmacodynamics, site limitations, toxicities, and bedside anchors.

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Gram stain from an IDHub resistant gram-negative infection case
Plate 02 · Resistance
Core~32 min

Antimicrobial resistance mechanisms

A Mandell-style framework for how bacteria evade antimicrobial activity: genetic acquisition, drug inactivation, target changes, bypass, permeability, efflux, biofilm, and clinical resistance phenotypes.

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Antimicrobial & Diagnostic Stewardship

Agar plate image from an IDHub bacteremia case
Plate 01 · Stewardship
Core~12 min

Antimicrobial stewardship & spectrum

Stewardship is choosing the right drug, dose, route, and duration — and knowing when not to treat at all. It improves outcomes, limits resistance, reduces C. difficile, and is a core competency for every Internal Medicine resident.

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Plate 02 · Testing wisely
Core~24 min

Diagnostic stewardship

How to choose, interpret, and sometimes avoid infectious diseases tests so results improve care rather than create antibiotic momentum.

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Basic Microbiology

Blood agar plate from an IDHub microbiology case
Plate 01 · Taxonomy
Core~26 min

Basic microbiology for ID consults

A practical bridge between organism taxonomy and bedside interpretation: specimen quality, Gram stain patterns, culture results, colonization, blood cultures, and susceptibility reports.

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Respiratory Infections

Chest radiograph from an IDHub pneumonia case
Plate 01 · Lung parenchyma
Core~18 min

Community-acquired pneumonia

One of the most common admission diagnoses in Internal Medicine. Mastering severity stratification (CURB-65, PSI), empiric therapy, the admission decision, and complication recognition is core to early residency.

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Cardiovascular Infections

Echocardiography image from an IDHub endocarditis case
Plate 01 · Valve infection
Intermediate~20 min

Infective endocarditis

A diagnostic and management challenge where early recognition, pre-antibiotic blood cultures, and timely echocardiography drive outcome. Use the 2023 ISCVID Duke criteria — endocarditis must be on every IM resident's differential for unexplained bacteremia.

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Skin, Soft Tissue, Bone & Joint Infections

Foot osteomyelitis image from an IDHub diabetic foot infection case
Plate 01 · Skin and bone
Core~17 min

Skin and soft tissue infection

Skin and soft tissue infection is one of the most common infections IM residents manage. The first branch point is purulent vs non-purulent: abscesses are treated with incision and drainage (antibiotics add little for uncomplicated abscess), while non-purulent cellulitis is typically streptococcal and responds to a beta-lactam. Recognizing necrotizing infection is a surgical emergency that cannot wait.

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Genitourinary Infections

Laboratory image from an IDHub resistant Pseudomonas case
Plate 01 · Gram-negative disease
Core~18 min

Urinary tract infection

Urinary tract infection is among the most common reasons IM residents prescribe antibiotics — and one of the most common places they are overprescribed. Mastering the distinctions between acute uncomplicated cystitis, pyelonephritis, complicated UTI, catheter-associated infection, and asymptomatic bacteriuria is essential to using antibiotics well and avoiding harm.

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HIV & Sexually Transmitted Infections

Chest radiograph from an IDHub HIV and latent tuberculosis case
Plate 01 · Viral care
Core~22 min

HIV infection & opportunistic complications

HIV is now a chronic, manageable disease, and every Internal Medicine resident must know how to diagnose acute and chronic infection, start or confirm first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART), recognize the opportunistic infections that still present late, and counsel on U=U and PrEP. ART is recommended for everyone living with HIV regardless of CD4 count.

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Clinical image from an IDHub secondary syphilis case
Plate 02 · Sexual health
Core~26 min

HIV PrEP, syphilis, and sexually transmitted infections

A resident-focused approach to PrEP, syphilis staging and treatment, and common STI diagnostic and management decisions.

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Vector-Borne & Zoonotic Infections

Peripheral smear image from an IDHub ehrlichiosis case
Plate 01 · Vector-borne
Core~28 min

Tick-borne diseases

A practical approach to Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, RMSF, and babesiosis, with emphasis on early empiric treatment and diagnostic pitfalls.

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