REGISTRATION: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/v9fxJbS5QcWClMK_pMwtmA

CME CREDITS: MainPro+/MOC Section 1 credits: 1.0.

About the topic: In this TI Best Evidence Webinar, Dr. Davie Wong will address a historical practice that is often unwarranted, by reviewing evidence from RCTs and comparing the advantages and disadvantages of oral and IV antibiotics. He will suggest criteria to determine when oral therapy is appropriate and will answer questions about this topic.

About the speaker: Dr. Davie Wong is an infectious disease consultant at Royal Columbian Hospital and Eagle Ridge Hospital in Fraser Health. He has an office practice in a multidisciplinary clinic in Burnaby called Centrio Medical Specialists. He also provides care for HIV patients at Positive Health Services clinic in Surrey. He is a member of the regional antimicrobial stewardship committee. Davie is a clinical assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Disease at UBC. He obtained his medical degree and completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Manitoba, before coming to UBC to complete his infectious disease fellowship.