Course Catalog

 
90-282 INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Department MEDICINE Campus Huntsville
Course Type(s) Elective Facility Private Physicians Office
Course Director PAREKHA YEDLA, MD Enrollment Limit 1
Contact LANITA CARTER, PhD Enrollment Minimum 1
Email lanitacarter@uabmc.edu Address UAB Huntsville Regional Medical Campus
301 Governors Dr SW, Suite 313A
Huntsville, AL 35801
Phone (256) 551-4432 Fax (256) 551-4451
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates		 1-2, 1-4, 3-4, 5-6, 5-8, 7-8, 9-10, 9-12, 11-12, 13-14, 13-16, 15-16, 18-19, 18-21, 20-21, 22-23, 22-25, 24-25, 28-29, 28-31, 30-31, 32-33, 32-35, 34-35, 36-37, 36-39, 38-39, 40-41, 40-43, 42-43, 45-46, 45-48, 47-48, 49-50, 49-52, 51-52
Prerequisites Successful completion of the core internal medicine and surgery clerkships and any clerkship which covers the content material of the requested elective or acting internship course (e.g. Pediatric Clerkship must be successfully completed prior to taking a Pediatric Elective or AI). 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Medicine, Surgery
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description The goal of this course is to give the senior level student an intensive experience in the diagnosis and management of infectious disease in the hospital setting. This rotation may also simulate what it might be like to be in private practice as an infectious disease specialist, including taking call, inpatient prerounding and rounding, observing and participating in procedures, and occasionally doing some office visits. The student will work closely with one private infectious disease doctor for the majority of the month. The student will be involved with the continued care of patients with acute and chronic infectious processes, as well as those who require consults related to infectious processes. The student should learn the essentials of infectious diseases during this month, with special emphasis on bacterial and viral infections such as pneumonia, sinusitis, cellulitis, meningitis, septicemia/SIRS, TB, influenza, hepatitis, encephalitis, HIV/AIDS, STD?s including syphilis, etc. Antibiotic pharmacology should also be learned more in depth during this month.
Where To Report Student will be e-mailed information about where and when to report.
Requirements The student will be responsible for at least 5-6 inpatients on average at all times including their day progress notes, however they observe significantly more patients than that on daily rounds with the attending physician. The student is expected to participate in the primary evaluation of at least 2 admissions or consults each day on average. The student will learn the role of a consultant (subspecialist) as opposed to a primary care physician. Work days will be Monday through Friday every week. Required reading to be determined by the preceptor.
Evaluation The student will be evaluated by the attending physician based upon the attending physician's observations of the student's performance, though process and interest level. They will be judged on knowledge, attitude, ability, level of documentation, communication skills, level of progression, attendance, and timeliness. The rotation is pass or fail. The preceptor should give written or verbal feedback to the student approximately halfway through the course and the student should feel free to ask for feedback more frequently.
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