This elective consists of consultation rounds with the infectious disease attending, fellow and medical resident at MUHA providing extensive exposure to the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases precipitating hospital admission or occurring during hospitalization for non-infectious problems. The student will work up inpatients for presentation to the infectious diseases attending. The progress of inpatients will be monitored closely. Clinical experience is supplemented and extended by case conferences, Journal Club and a didactic lecture series. The didactic series is an 8 lecture series repeated each month by all faculty and fellows and provides an introduction to the practice of infectious diseases.
HIV infection is not a part of this course. Please discuss with course director for possible opportunities to be involved in HIV care.
Course Objectives
Diagnosis and assess common community and hospital acquired infections Learn basic aspects of antimicrobial treatment of proven and suspected infectious diseases Learn the rational use of anti-infective therapeutic agents
Instructional Methodology(approximate number of hours per week)
Please report to Cindy Brush in 210-IOP by 8 a.m. on the first day of service for a short orientation. The Student Coordinator, Mary Ann Snell, will be emailing you a written schedule in advance.
You will be assigned to the Consult service and will receive your grade from the attending on service that month.
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Diagnosis and assess common community and hospital acquired infections