For an NP workshop assignment on infectious diseases
Infectious Disease Resources
Start with the assignment answer at the top: exactly 2 specialty resources, one guideline website and one phone/tablet app, checked against the rule that they must not be general references. Everything after that section is extra backup for building the PowerPoint, not part of the 2 you submit.
Both are infectious-disease specialty resources, the same pattern as using a specialty society website like ADA.org for diabetes or a specialty society app like Geriatrics from the American Geriatrics Society.
1. Website: IDSA Practice GuidelinesInfectious Diseases Society of America at idsociety.org. Free. Current, GRADE-based guidelines A to Z.
2. App: Sanford Guide AntimicrobialPhone and tablet app by Antimicrobial Therapy, Inc. Infectious diseases only: drug, dose, and duration in seconds.
Not counted: general referencesUpToDate, Medscape, and Epocrates do not meet this assignment rule. See why below.
The assignment
Your 2 resources for current guidelines and quick clinical referencing
The assignment asks for 2 resources for this system, infectious diseases: 1) a specialty guideline website, such as ADA.org for diabetes, with an explicit rule not to use UpToDate or other general references, and 2) a specialty phone or tablet app, such as Geriatrics from the American Geriatric Society. These 2 picks follow that exact pattern. Each one below includes a real clinical issue you can name as the example you looked up.
Site: idsociety.org · Publisher: Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the specialty society for infectious diseases
IDSA clinical practice guidelines are developed by expert panels who systematically review the evidence and use the GRADE process to make recommendations for specific clinical circumstances. This is the ID equivalent of ADA.org for diabetes: the specialty society's own current guidelines, not a general textbook.
Example clinical issues to look up here:
Community-acquired pneumonia in adults (2019 guideline): which antibiotic, inpatient vs. outpatient
Complicated urinary tract infection (2025 guideline): empiric choice and when to switch from IV to oral
MRSA infections (2011 guideline): when vancomycin or another MRSA-active drug is needed
Clostridioides difficile infection (2021 focused update): first-line treatment and recurrence
How to use it in under a minute: Open the A to Z list, tap the condition, read the recommendation summary first, then check the drug and duration table before you decide.
Why this counts: It is a current guideline source published by the infectious disease specialty society itself. It is not UpToDate and it is not a general reference.
Citation for your slide: Infectious Diseases Society of America. All Practice Guidelines, A to Z. idsociety.org/practice-guideline/all-practice-guidelines/
App: Sanford Guide Antimicrobial (Sanford Guide Antimicrobial Therapy) · Publisher: Antimicrobial Therapy, Inc. · Devices: Phone and tablet, iPhone, iPad, and Android
Cost: Free to download, with an auto-renewing in-app subscription of $39.99 for one year for full access (price varies by country). Built for health care professionals and trainees to make infectious disease treatment decisions quickly.
What it covers:
Clinical syndromes organized by anatomic system and site of infection
Pathogens: bacterial, fungal, mycobacterial, parasitic, and viral, with activity and spectra
Anti-infective agents: dosing, adverse effects, activity, pharmacology, and interactions, plus dosing tables and calculators
Expanded HIV/AIDS and hepatitis information and preventive therapy
Example clinical issues to look up here: Community-acquired pneumonia, look up the syndrome to get first-line drug, dose, and duration in seconds. Or look up a complicated UTI or an MRSA skin infection by syndrome, then confirm coverage by pathogen.
How to use it at the point of care: Search by syndrome, by pathogen, or by drug, whichever you have in front of you, then check dose and duration before prescribing.
Why this counts: It is an infectious-disease-only app from a specialty publisher, the ID equivalent of the American Geriatrics Society's Geriatrics app for geriatrics. It is not a general drug or general medical reference.
Citation for your slide: Antimicrobial Therapy, Inc. Sanford Guide Antimicrobial (mobile app).
For infectious diseases, I selected two specialty resources for current guidelines and quick clinical referencing. 1) Website: IDSA Practice Guidelines, A to Z, from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (idsociety.org/practice-guideline/all-practice-guidelines/). IDSA guidelines are developed by expert panels using systematic evidence review and the GRADE process. I would use this site to look up clinical issues such as community-acquired pneumonia in adults, complicated urinary tract infection, MRSA infection, and Clostridioides difficile infection, to confirm the recommended treatment and duration. 2) Phone/tablet app: Sanford Guide Antimicrobial, by Antimicrobial Therapy, Inc. This infectious-disease-only app organizes treatment by syndrome, pathogen, and anti-infective agent, with dosing, interactions, and calculators. I would use it at the point of care to look up, for example, community-acquired pneumonia and confirm the first-line drug, dose, and duration in seconds. Both resources are specialty infectious disease resources, not general references.
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Rule check: what does NOT count for this assignment
The assignment specifically says not to use UpToDate or other general references. That rules out the tools below as your 2 submitted resources, even though clinicians use them for other things. They are no longer featured as picks on this page.
UpToDate: does not countA general clinical reference across all specialties, and the one the assignment names directly. Do not submit it.
Medscape: does not countA general medical reference and news app across all specialties, not an infectious disease specialty resource.
Epocrates: does not countA general drug reference for all conditions, not an infectious disease guideline or specialty app.
Everything below this section is backup only for building the workshop PowerPoint: slide sources, deck ideas, one extra specialty backup app (Johns Hopkins ABX Guide), the CDC Vaccine Schedules app for vaccine questions, and other guideline pages to cite in the deck. None of those replace the 2 resources above.
No resources match that search. Try a broader word like vaccine, antibiotic, or guideline.
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PowerPoint-ready slides and decks
Start here for the workshop itself. These are made to be reused in your own deck. Always cross-check any third-party deck against CDC or IDSA before you present it.
Ready-to-use PowerPoint slide shows with captions for each clinical photograph, built by CDC for providers and educators. The fastest way to get accurate clinical images into a deck without hunting for photos.
ChancroidHPV / condylomaGonorrheaHerpesSyphilisLice and scabiesMolluscumLGVGranuloma inguinale
Best for your deck: Clinical presentation slides. Add your own case stem before the photo, then reveal the diagnosis.
CDC's training hub for STI prevention, with links into CDC TRAIN, a free service with more than 1,000 courses from CDC programs and partners, including STI, hepatitis, HIV, and infection control topics. Many modules are slide-based and work well as presentation source material.
Best for your deck: Background and epidemiology content, plus free CE if you complete modules for yourself.
A free, CDC-funded curriculum from the University of Washington STD Prevention Training Center. Lessons cover epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, management, and prevention, and integrate the most recent STI Treatment Guidelines. It offers free CME, CNE, CE, and pharmacology CE for advanced practice nurses.
Best for your deck: Steal the structure. Each lesson maps cleanly to 3 to 5 slides: what it is, how it presents, how to test, how to treat.
Large libraries of free, downloadable infectious disease and communicable disease decks, including NP-level material. Useful for layout ideas, case formats, and a first draft outline.
Important: Quality varies a lot. Treat these as a starting template only, and verify every drug, dose, and recommendation against IDSA or CDC before it goes in front of a class.
Search inside SlideShare for your exact topic, for example "community-acquired pneumonia NP" or "UTI guidelines," then rebuild the slides in your own words with current sources.
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3 PowerPoint ideas — pick one and follow its outline
You do not need to invent a structure. Each option below is a complete deck: what it is, who it works best for, and a slide-by-slide outline you can build today. Pick the one that fits your assignment, then pull photos, doses, and facts from the other sections on this page.
Option A · Most interactive
The Case-Based Workshop
Start with a patient, let the audience decide, then teach from their answers. Feels like a real workshop, not a lecture — great if you have to present live or lead discussion.
Pick this if: Your rubric rewards participation, cases, or questions, or you just do not want to talk at slides for 20 minutes straight.
Slide 1Title + one hook case. “32-year-old with fever, cough, and…” — no diagnosis yet.
Slide 2What would you do first? Poll / show of hands: test, treat, or both?
Slides 3–4The reveal. Exam, labs, and a CDC clinical photo. Name the infection.
Slides 5–6How you confirm it. Best test, what not to miss, common mimics.
Slide 9Second mini-case. Same infection, one twist: allergy, pregnancy, or resistance.
Slide 10Take-homes + when NOT to treat. 3 bullets the class should remember.
Slide 11References. Use the copy-ready list at the bottom of this page.
Build it from: One National STD Curriculum or UW IDEA lesson for the cases, CDC Clinical Slides for photos, IDSA for treatment.
Option B · Cleanest & safest
One Infection, Start to Finish
Pick ONE infection — for example community-acquired pneumonia, UTI, or an STI — and cover it properly. Narrow, organized, and the easiest to make look polished and well-cited.
Pick this if: Your topic was assigned, your time is short, or you want the lowest-risk deck that clearly hits every rubric box.
Slide 1Title + why it matters. One stat: how common it is / who it affects.
Slide 2What it is. Cause / pathogen in plain language, 1 simple diagram or photo.
Slide 3Who gets it. Risk factors and who you worry about most.
Slide 4How it presents. Classic signs and symptoms — this is your CDC photo slide.
Slide 5How you diagnose it. Exam, labs, imaging or swab — in order.
Slides 6–7Treatment table. First-line, alternative, duration. Cite the guideline + year at the bottom.
Slide 8Prevention. Vaccine, screening, or counseling point if one applies.
Slide 9Red flags & follow-up. When to escalate, admit, or recheck.
Slide 10Summary + references. 3 take-homes, then the reference slide.
Build it from: One IDSA guideline as your spine, Sanford for doses, CDC Pink Book / disease page for background.
Option C · Most impressive
When NOT to Give an Antibiotic
A stewardship angle: common infections where the right answer is often to test first, wait, narrow, or not prescribe at all. Stands out because most decks only list what to give.
Pick this if: You can choose your own topic and want something memorable that shows clinical judgment, not just memorization.
Slide 1Title + the problem. Antibiotic overuse and resistance in one slide.
Slide 2The rule. Treat the patient and the evidence, not just a positive test or a worry.
Slides 3–4Example 1 — viral vs. bacterial. URI / bronchitis: what helps, what does not.
Slides 5–6Example 2 — test first. UTI / asymptomatic bacteria or strep: when a test changes the plan.
Slide 7Example 3 — narrow & shorten. Start broad only when needed, then de-escalate and stop on time.
Slide 8What to say to the patient. Exact counseling wording for “no antibiotic today.”
Slide 9Safety net. What to watch for, when to return, when you WOULD prescribe.
Slide 10Take-homes + references. CDC stewardship framing on the record.
Build it from: CDC Antibiotic Use & Stewardship for framing and stats, IDSA for each example, Sanford Guide for drug, dose, and interaction checks.
Still not sure which one?
Short on time? Go with B. Need audience participation? Go with A. Free choice of topic and want to stand out? Go with C. All three end the same way: one summary slide and the copy-ready reference slide at the bottom of this page — so whichever you pick, you are not starting from zero.
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Phone apps: the submitted app, plus backup only
Only one app on this page is part of the assignment answer: Sanford Guide Antimicrobial, Resource 2 at the top. The other two cards here are extra backup for the workshop and for vaccine questions. They are not part of the 2 you submit. General references that do not count for this assignment, UpToDate, Medscape, and Epocrates, have been removed from this list. Prices are the published store prices at the time this page was built, so confirm in the Play Store before subscribing.
The submitted app, detailed in full at the top of this page. The number one infectious disease app, by Antimicrobial Therapy, Inc. Search by syndrome, by pathogen, or by drug. Includes interactive antibacterial spectra, drug interactions, dosing calculators, and expanded HIV and hepatitis coverage.
Reach for it when: "What do I give, how much, and for how long?"
Official CDC app with child and adolescent schedules from birth through 18, the catch-up schedule for 4 months through 18 years, the adult schedule by age and by medical condition, plus contraindications, precautions, and footnotes. Updates automatically.
Reach for it when: Any vaccine timing, catch-up, or "can they get this one?" question.
Organized by diagnosis, pathogen, and drug, with dosing, spectrum, resistance, adverse reactions, and interactions. Monthly updates. A strong second source when Sanford feels dense, and it bundles with Hopkins HIV, Diabetes, and Psychiatry guides.
Reach for it when: You want the reasoning and management detail, not just the dose.
UpToDate, Medscape, and Epocrates were previously listed here. They are general references across all specialties, and this assignment specifically says not to use UpToDate or other general references as the 2 submitted resources, so they are not featured as app picks on this page anymore. See the rule check at the top.
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Guidelines and websites to cite in the deck
The first card here is the submitted website, IDSA, Resource 1 at the top. The rest are supporting sources for slide content only, not part of the 2 you submit. If a fact is on a slide, it should trace back to one of these.
The Infectious Diseases Society of America A to Z guideline list, developed with systematic evidence review and GRADE ratings. Includes community-acquired pneumonia, complicated UTI (2025), C. difficile, MRSA, influenza, Lyme disease, infectious diarrhea, candidiasis, aspergillosis, and antimicrobial stewardship.
Cite this for: Treatment recommendations and durations on your slides.
CDC's travel medicine resource page for healthcare professionals. It points to the Yellow Book (Health Information for International Travel, 2026 edition) for country-by-country vaccines and malaria prophylaxis, and to the Pink Book, Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, for vaccine and disease chapters.
Cite this for: Travel medicine and any vaccine-preventable disease background.
The federal HIV guidelines from the HHS Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents, hosted on ClinicalInfo from the NIH Office of AIDS Research. Covers what to start, lab monitoring, drug resistance testing, and opportunistic infection prevention and treatment.
Cite this for: Anything HIV, including initial regimen tables.
Practical, print-ready immunization materials for healthcare professionals: Vaccine Information Statements in dozens of languages, standing orders, screening checklists, administration guidance, and Ask the Experts, with more than 1,300 answered clinical vaccine questions.
Cite this for: Clinic workflow slides, standing orders, and handouts you can print for the workshop.
CDC's report and data on antibiotic use in the United States, with the Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship for hospitals, outpatient care, long-term care, and small hospitals. Strong material for the "when NOT to give an antibiotic" theme that exams and workshops love.
Cite this for: Stewardship statistics and your closing slide on appropriate prescribing.
CDC's hub for STI prevention courses, the National Network of STD Clinical Prevention Training Centers, and viral hepatitis training resources. The page to bookmark alongside the STI Treatment Guidelines themselves.
Cite this for: STI screening, treatment, and partner services content.
Once you have picked one of the 3 deck ideas in section 2, use this workflow to turn the resources above into a clean, defensible workshop deck.
Outline from a curriculum, not from scratchTake one National STD Curriculum lesson or one IDSA guideline and list its headings. Those headings become your slide titles.
Drop in CDC clinical photosDownload the matching CDC STI Clinical Slides deck and pull the 2 to 4 photos you need. Keep the CDC caption and credit on the slide.
Verify every dose in Sanford or HopkinsCheck drug, dose, route, and duration in the app right before the slide is final. Guidelines update, memory does not.
Add one case per sectionOne short case stem, one question, one answer slide. Cases are what make a workshop feel like a workshop instead of a lecture.
Put the stewardship point on the recordFor each infection, add when you would NOT treat, or when you would stop or narrow therapy. Pull the framing from CDC stewardship.
End with a real reference slideUse the copy-ready list below. It shows your sources are guidelines, not a random deck you found online.
Slide hygiene that graders notice
One idea per slide, large font, and no walls of text. Put the guideline name and year in small type at the bottom of any slide that states a recommendation, for example "IDSA Complicated UTI Guideline, 2025." If you reuse a CDC photo, leave the CDC credit on it. If you borrowed a slide layout from SlideShare, rewrite the content in your own words and cite the guideline, not the deck.
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Copy-ready reference slide
Tap copy, paste it into a notes doc or straight onto your last slide, then delete any you did not actually use.
References and resources
Formatted for a final PowerPoint slide. Items 1 and 2 are the 2 assignment resources. Items 3 onward are additional sources used for the deck only. All links open the official source. No general references (such as UpToDate) are included.
Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents. Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Adults and Adolescents with HIV. ClinicalInfo, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. clinicalinfo.hiv.gov
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Yellow Book: Health Information for International Travel, 2026 edition, and Travel Medicine Resources for Healthcare Professionals. cdc.gov/yellow-book
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Antibiotic Use and Stewardship in the United States. cdc.gov/antibiotic-use
Immunize.org. Clinical resources, Vaccine Information Statements, and Ask the Experts. immunize.org
Johns Hopkins Medicine. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide (mobile app). Unbound Medicine. Backup app only, not a submitted assignment resource.