Target Audience

This activity is specifically designed for clinicians, healthcare providers, and AMR stewards to address AMR at the hospital.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the module, learners should be able to:

  • Apply a structured approach to CAP evaluation and management.

  • Select appropriate empiric therapy and treatment duration.

  • Use risk stratification and diagnostics to guide care decisions.

Module Outline

This module will take approximately 1 hour to complete.

  • Introduction to Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Clinical Framing

  • Clinical Manifestations, Diagnostic Evaluations, and Microbiology

  • Empiric Treatment of Community Acquired Pneumonia

  • Shorter Antimicrobial Duration in CAP: Evidence and Interpretation

  • Clinical Pathways and Stewardship Principals in CAP Management

  • Advanced Concepts in CAP Management

  • A Practical Framework for CAP Assessment and Management

  • Clinical Vignette Integration

Course Directors

Dr. Carl Boodman, MD, FRCPC, DTM&H, CTropMed® is a Canadian infectious diseases physician, a medical microbiologist and a PhD Candidate at the Institute of Tropical Medicine/ University of Antwerp (Belgium). He is a Clinical Investigator Program Candidate at the University of Manitoba (Canada) and a member of the International Diagnostics Network.


Dr. Nitin Gupta, MBBS, MD, DM, DTM&H, CTropMed, DipRCPath, AAHIVS, PGPE, FRSPH, CIC, MTM - Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India Coordinator, Centre for Tropical Febrile Illness, MAHE, Manipal, India.

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