Clinical Infectious Disease
ME 513M.11
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Description
This course will provide students with experience in clinical infectious diseases in an academic community hospital setting. Students will gain experience in the evaluation of patients presenting with a wide range of infectious issues, including community-acquired and nosocomial infections, travel-related infections and infections associated with immunosuppressed patients. This course will place emphasis on the approach to a patient presenting with an infectious issue, incorporating the associated epidemiology and host susceptibility in order to generate a differential diagnosis and treatment plan. Students will gain an understanding of the principles of antimicrobial therapy through patient based learning. Students will also have the opportunity to evaluate patients in the outpatient setting, including outpatient infectious diseases consultations as well as experience in the Travel Medicine Clinic. Students will carry out inpatient consultations under the direct supervision of attending infectious diseases physicians. Students will participate and be expected to give one presentation at the bi-weekly Infectious Diseases conference. Students will also meet at least weekly with the course director to review pertinent issues in clinical infectious diseases.
Not Available for Cross Registration
Open to Domestic Visiting Students
Open to International Visiting Students
