Infectious Diseases

• to deal with common infections to deal with common infections in day-to-day practice, both in the outpatient and inpatient setting
• to care for the vast majority of infectious disease problems
• to stabilize and appropriately “cover” those infectious disease problems on uncertain etiology
• to learn to act as the “gate keeper” for more unusual infections that must be evaluated for referral to an infectious diseases specialist
• to understand pharmacology and usage of antimicrobial armamentarium for bacterial, viral and fungal infections
• to improve knowledge about practical usage of rapid diagnostic techniques for bacteria, mycobacteria, fungi and viruses
• to obtain a working understanding of complex medical, legal and sociologic issues related to HIV infection

• inpatient infectious diseases consultations
• outpatient office practice for infectious disease
• attend sexually transmitted diseases county health clinic twice
• attend tuberculosis control county clinic once
• attend HIV clinic on Monday afternoons each week while on infectious disease
• Laboratory experience in:
  - Microbiology
  - Virology
  - Microbiology laboratory – Dr. Kevin Tu
  - Virology laboratory – Linda Minnich, director
• resident will work with one ID faculty for the month rotation. Usually, the resident will see and evaluate the patient first, presenting the case to the attending faculty.
• Call schedule will depend upon the ID faculty with which the resident is working.  Specific discussion times were set aside to cover all major antibiotics, antiviral and antifungal agents, as time allows.  Specific infectious disease processes critical to the ongoing career plans of each resident will be addressed (ie. endocarditis for the aspiring cardiologist).
• for a complete topic list see Graduate Education in Internal Medicine Resource Guide to Curriculum Development: Report of the Federated Council for Internal Medicine Task Force on the Internal Medicine Residency Curriculum (a copy is kept in the Residency Coordinator's office)

• Each resident undergoes one-on-one evaluation while working  with his or her assigned faculty preceptor. This allows for direct feedback during the course of the month, which may be coupled with exit interview where special problems have been identified.  A written evaluation is submitted to the Department of Medicine, which gives the opportunity for additional comment at the end of the rotation.
• Score from Infectious Diseases WebCT Quiz

• Reading list of antimicrobial agents and other pertinent articles.
  This may depend somewhat on the case mix of patients at that time.
• ID section of MKSAP may be used
• Computer teaching programs
• Pocket Sanford Guide
• UpToDate®