Teaching Sessions
FirstCallID teaching sessions are short, focused talks designed for medical trainees, early-career clinicians, and anyone looking to sharpen their ID thinking. Each session is about 15 minutes, practical, and real-world-focused.
Ways to Use These Sessions
These short teaching talks are designed to be flexible and practical—just like the real-world ID problems they cover. Here are a few ways learners and educators are using them:
- On the fly — Before a call shift, consult, or teaching moment
- Pre-rotation prep — To refresh ID thinking before joining a new service
- Small group discussions — As prompts or starting points for case-based teaching
- Exam review — To consolidate high-yield material for internal medicine or ID boards
- Reflective learning — After challenging cases, to revisit key clinical questions
Each session is ~15 minutes, focused, and meant to help you think—not memorize. Watch what’s useful, skip what’s not, and come back when you need a reset.
A practical guide to conducting an infectious diseases consultation, focusing on efficient clinical assessment and key evaluation steps.
An in-depth look at the initial clinical approach to S. aureus bacteremia—how to assess, evaluate, and start management with confidence.
Here, we walk through a practical approach to evaluating post-operative fever. Learn how to structure your assessment, identify key diagnostic considerations, and avoid common pitfalls in both infectious and non-infectious causes.
A focused approach to evaluating hospitalized patients living with HIV — from key history and physical exam tips to managing ARVs, OIs, and linking to outpatient care.
A practical framework for evaluating febrile or symptomatic patients after international travel—focusing on history-taking, investigations, and high-risk diagnoses not to miss.
A practical approach to cellulitis and SSTIs—how to evaluate, when to worry, and what to do when antibiotics fail.
A practical approach to diagnosing and managing PJI, including how classification (early, delayed, late) guides surgical strategy and antibiotic planning. Emphasizes thoughtful collaboration with orthopedic teams to align goals and optimize care.
An ID-focused framework for evaluating adults with diarrhea — emphasizing the most discerning history questions and a practical, rational approach to investigations.
A general approach to diabetes-related foot infections – focused on the key aspects of evaluation and how to frame each case to allow for optimal empiric management.
A guide to the assessment of patients with Gram-negative bloodstream infections, outlining the potential sources of infection (and how to identify the most likely source in specific patient).
In this session, we break down the approach to non-resolving pneumonia, covering key diagnostic steps, common pitfalls, and practical management strategies for complex cases.
This session outlines a structured approach to the initial evaluation and management of chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia, emphasizing key history, examination, and empiric therapy decisions.
A practical guide to tackling fever of unknown origin, blending structured reasoning with the insight to know when to take calculated risks. For cases that test your diagnostic instincts.
A framework for evaluating suspected CNS infection in the real world, including meningitis, encephalitis, and brain abscess. This session focuses on early syndrome definition, relevant contextual clues, non-infectious mimics, and the key initial investigations that shape the first steps in care.
A concise walk-through of how to assess and manage recurrent urinary tract infections (rUTIs). Covers key elements of history, symptom patterns, exam, investigations (including imaging, PVR, and culture interpretation), and how to distinguish recurrent bacterial cystitis from other causes of LUTS.