MED 4550 Infectious Disease Clinic & Consults
Working closely with other members of the consult service, clerks will have responsibility for providing initial consultation as well as daily follow-up on their assigned patients. In addition, clerks will see both new and follow-up patients in the outpatient clinic. Emphasis is placed on understanding basic pathogenic mechanisms as they relate to patient care and management, principles of antibiotic usage, HIV, and clinical microbiology. Goals: At the end of this elective, senior students will be able create differential diagnoses for common signs and symptoms suggested of an infectious etiology, interpret common diagnostic testing (both laboratory and imaging), develop management plans for their assigned patients, and ultimately develop a rational approach to caring for similar patients in the future (prior to referring patients to an internist or infectious diseases physician). Unique Objectives: Correctly interpret laboratory results, microbial cultures, and radiographic procedures to optimize care on their assigned patients. Develop a rationale use of available antibiotics considering drug cost, side effect profiles, and individual patient data. Attain fund of knowledge and skills to enable the students to work-up and care for patients with fevers who are immunocompromised or hospitalized, properly evaluate fevers in both the outpatient and inpatient settings, and develop a basic understanding of the use of antiviral agents in the setting of HIV
Offered
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) - MD; Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston (JBSA) - TX; Veteran Affairs Medical Center (DCVA) - Washington, D.C.; Naval Medical Center, San Diego (NMCSD) - CA; Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) - VA; Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord (TCM) - WA; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - MD; International: Landstuhl Regional Medical Center - Germany