Infectious Diseases
Education & Assessment
The mission of the University of Washington IDEA Program is to deliver innovative, free, online education and training to diagnose, treat, and prevent infectious diseases.
Our curricula
Up-to-date UW IDEA curricula offer no-cost continuing education (CME, CNE, pharmacology CE for APNs, CE) and Certificates of Completion to health care professionals and trainees. The sites are fully funded by the federal government and free from commercial bias.
Learn how to diagnose, treat, and prevent HIV via six modules, medications section, tools and calculators, podcast, mini-lectures, and symptom guides.
Learn how to diagnose, treat and prevent STDs and STIs via lessons, question bank topics, podcast, image library and weekly quiz, and Mpox clinical guide.
Develop core proficiency in assessing, initiating, and monitoring HIV PrEP via lessons, clinician tool (app or web version), clinical guides, and mini-lectures.
Develop core proficiency to diagnose, treat, prevent, and cure HCV via HCV Test and Cure module, 6 other modules, medications section, tools and calculators, mini-lectures, clinical challenges, and HCV biology.
Learn how to diagnose, treat, and prevent HBV via lessons, medications and vaccines section, tools and calculators, mini-lectures, clinical challenges, and HBV primary care guidance developed by a national workgroup.
Why IDEA?
IDEA content, resources, and services are free and accessible 24/7 to help health care professionals and trainees learn how to diagnose, treat, and prevent infectious diseases.
Free CE and Certificates
On-demand CME/CNE/Pharmacology CE for APNs/CE and UW Certificates of Completion
Subject Matter Experts
Editors and contributors are experienced, working clinicians and/or medical school faculty.
No Pharma Bias or Funding
100% funded by the federal government and unbiased by commercial funding.
Instructional Design Expertise
Curricula are custom-designed for health care professionals and based on adult learning theory principles.
Up-to-date Content
Content updated in real-time as guidelines, knowledge, and practice changes over time.
Variety of Learning Mediums
Lessons are available as quick reference or self study and feature interactive exercises, images, and questions. A site may offer tools and calculators, mini-lectures, a podcast, clinical tools, and guides.
[this platform] has been the foundation of our California Department of Health-funded HCV in Primary Care initiative. Using the curriculum both for bedside teaching, reference, and individualized self-study, we have trained primary care physicians in HCV management and have vastly increased our treatment capacity. I have been particularly impressed with the speed with which new medications and guidelines have been incorporated on the website. HCV treatment has been a rapidly evolving field, and www.hepatitisc.uw.edu has kept pace with the latest advances.
Christian Ramers, MD, MPH
Director, Graduate Medical Education
Assistant Medical Director, Research & Special Populations
Family
Health Centers of San Diego
For our large scale, CDC-funded Test-and-Cure HCV initiative we used this platform to train providers and expand the number of active treaters across King County. The value was being able to ensure knowledge baselines across different institutions (community clinics, public hospitals, HMOs, public health departments) with a flexible delivery model.
John Scott, MD, MSc
Medical Director, Telehealth
Associate Director, Hepatitis and Liver Clinic
Harborview
Medical Center
For Learners
IDEA curricula provide an in-depth, interactive experience for health care professionals and trainees to enhance their knowledge and skills with no-cost CE.
One Account
An IDEA account works across all curricula.
Free CE
On-demand CME certificates, CNE certificates, and UW Certificates of Completion
Available on any device
Offers a tailored experience for computers, tablets, and smartphones
Consistent User Experience
Easily access content, features, individualized progress trackers, and learning groups
For Educators & Managers
IDEA curricula enable educators (e.g. faculty, residency and fellowship directors) and clinical or administrative staff at private and public health care entities to create free learning groups to invite members, assign content, and track progress.
Invite Members
Use an invitation URL, an add code, or e-mail
Customize Home Page for Learners
Add group description, instructions, and view recent activity
Access Progress
View group member progress and CE earned
Our Team
David Spach, MD
Editor-in-Chief
Bruce Maeder, BA
Director
Clinton Amand, MAC
Multimedia Specialist
Mary Annese, MPA
Copy Editor
Karin Bauer, MS, MA
Evaluator
Carlos Flores, MSIM
Senior Computing Specialist
Julia Freimund, BA
Program Manager
Peter Harrison, MPH
Program Manager
Todd Hull, BA
Curriculum Training Specialist
Ian Karanovich, MAcc
Fiscal Specialist
Andrew Karpenko, BS
Software Engineer
Tanaka Mada, MPH
Data Manager
John Young, BS, BA
Software Engineer