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Basic Immunology in Medicine: Update 2013 – Recorded June 2013
Advanced Course in Basic and Clinical Immunology – Recorded February 2012
Clinical Trials – Recorded June 2012
Interventional Immunology – Recorded June 2011
Fee
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| Course | Member | Non-Member |
| Advanced Course in Basic and Clinical Immunology – Online | $0 | $225 |
| Basic Immunology in Medicine: Update 2013 – Online | $0 | $100 |
| Clinical Trials – Online | $0 | $100 |
| Interventional Immunology – Online | $0 | $100 |
Price includes video recordings of course lectures and their accompanying slide deck.
Refund Policy:
All online course purchases are final and non-refundable. Once the course is purchased/accessed, no refund will be granted regardless of the reason. If you have any questions, please contact us before making a purchase.
Course Materials
The online courses feature video recordings of course lectures and their accompanying slide deck.
Credit
FOCIS does not offer CME credit for online courses.
Overview of Each Online Course
Overview
Invited speakers are chosen based on their expertise in basic and clinical immunology, as well as their teaching skills. The lectures cover the major topics in cellular and molecular immunology, including innate immunity, B cells, T cells, dendritic cells, cytokines and mucosal immunity. Other lectures cover autoimmune, allergic and immunodeficiency diseases, as well as new advances in interventional and clinical immunology and the molecular and genetic basis of immune-mediated diseases.
Target Audience
The target audience includes:
- Clinical fellows in disciplines related to immunology, including rheumatology, allergy, infectious disease, oncology and transplantation
- Fellows doing basic research with an emphasis on human disease
- Scientists or other research and development personnel from biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies who are involved in developing new therapies for immunological disease
- Academic or community physicians who wish to enhance their understanding of immunology
Learning Objective
Upon completion of this course, the participant should be able to:
- Discuss the fundamental mechanisms underlying protective immune responses, and discuss the recent advances and emerging themes in immunology research.
- Describe the fundamental mechanisms underlying immunologic disease and associate these mechanisms with strategies for therapeutic modulation of the immune system.
- Appreciate the basic immunological principles underlying biotherapeutics, recognize the commonality among diverse organ-specific disease states and infer the mechanisms of therapeutic effect.
- Analyze the medical literature reporting immunologic advances pertinent to their patients, cite the rationale for use of new immunodiagnostic and immunotherapeutic modalities in their patients, and serve as thought leaders within their medical communities.
Presentations
The online course features video recordings of course lectures and their accompanying slide deck.
Day 1
- Antigen Processing and Presentation
- Leukocyte Migration
- T Cell Activation and Costimulation
- Cytokines and T Cell Subsets
Day 2
- B cell Activation and Regulation
- Tolerance and Immune Regulation
- NK and NKT Cells
- Mucosal Immunity
Day 3
- Autoimmunity
- Immunodeficiency
- Allergic Disease
- Transplantation
- New and Emerging Therapies
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Overview
This course reviews selected topics in basic immunology, with emphasis on recent advances and issues that are relevant to the pathogenesis and treatment of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases.
Target Audience
This course was designed for practicing clinicians, trainees, and individuals in biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies who are involved in the development of therapies for immunological diseases.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the participant should be able to:
- Describe the major advances in basic immunology that are most relevant to human diseases, and the unresolved issues and future challenges.
- Recognize the fundamental mechanisms underlying immunologic diseases and the commonality among diverse organ specific disease states.
- Identify the basic principles underlying therapeutic modulation of the immune system, and the mechanisms of action of the major classes of immune modulators.
- Critically evaluate the medical literature reporting advances pertinent to immune diseases and immunotherapies.
- Explain the rationale for use of new immunodiagnostic and immunotherapeutic modalities in patients.
Presentations
The online course features video recordings of course lectures and their accompanying slide deck.
- Introduction and Overview
- Innate Immunity
- Antigen Presentation and T Cell Activation
- CD4 T Cells and Cytokines
- CD8 T Cells, NK and NK-T Cells
- B cells and Antibodies
- Immunological Tolerance, Immune Regulation, Autoimmunity
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Overview
This is intended to be a basic course in clinic trial methodology, particularly as it relates to immunologic disease. It will review the key elements of clinical trials, including types of trials, designing feasible trials, statistical issues, and surrogate markers that might be used. It will discuss strategies for entering into the funding stream. A practicum will be offered to participants using a model scenario in order to work through the issues one faces in developing a clinical trial.
Target Audience
The course content is designed for junior attending physicians, company project managers and PhD scientists who wish to enter into translational research.
Presentation
The online course features video recordings of course lectures and their accompanying slide deck.
- Key Elements of Clinical Trials
- Types of Clinical Trials
- Designing Phase I and Phase II Clinical Trials
- Surrogate Markers in Immunology
- Practical Statistical Issues in Clinical Trial Management
- The Research Subject: Designing Feasible Trials
- Entering the Funding Stream: Writing and Getting Clinical Grants
- Practicum with Mentors – All Faculty
- Discussion of Studies Proposed
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Overview
The course is intended to familiarize practicing physicians with the scientific basis of novel immune therapies, their clinical applications, and possible side-effects and limitations.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the participant should be able to:
- Identify the scientific basis for choice of immunogically related therapeutic targets in various diseases, including organ specific and systemic autoimmunity, allergy, transplant rejection, cancer, and HIV.
- Explain the rationale and mechanism underlying the major pharmacologic approaches for interventional immunology in current practice including, anti-cytokine therapy, costimulatory blockade, lymphocyte depletion, adhesion-molecule blockade, and signaling/lymphocyte activation blockade.
- Evaluate the track record of the different therapeutic approaches in different specialties.
- Recognize the cross-disciplinary lessons that can be learned from the clinical experience with specific interventions including pharmacological issues, limitations in altering disease progression and complications due to immunosuppression (infections, neoplasias).
- Analyze how a physician should decide to use and choose therapies.
Presentations
The online course features video recordings of course lectures and their accompanying slide deck.
- New Agents in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Targeting the IL-1223 Th17 Pathway in Psoriasis
- Advances in the Pathogenesis of the Spondyloarthopathies Therapeutic Implications
- The Next Generation of TNF Inhibitors
- Targeting B Cells in SLE
- The Immunologic Basis of Multiple Sclerosis and New Therapeutic Targets
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