MED 3105 Infectious Diseases Selective
The infectious diseases selective occurs over four weeks, exposing students to a broad range of pathologies. In the outpatient setting, the rotation exposes students to the diagnosis and treatment of HIV, the prevention of HIV (PrEP), and other disease entities based on availability, possibly including hepatitis B, hepatitis C, tuberculosis (latent or rarely active), other atypical mycobacterial infections, resistant infections, vector-borne diseases, etc. The student will also have the opportunity to see inpatient consultations, with likely exposure to, osteomyelitis, bacteremia, severe pneumonia, as well as other resistant or complicated infections. Students may also gain exposure to other infectious disease areas such as laboratory medicine and infection control, and hospital epidemiology. Time spent with microbiologists facilitates learning skills of gram stain and culture plate interpretation. Students will present an infectious disease topic of their choice to the staff at the end of the rotation.
Offered
Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord (TCM) – WA; Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) – HI; William Beaumont Army Medical Center (WBAMC) – TX (must have completed IM clerkship to be eligible).