CONFERENCES/CORE CURRICULUM

Teaching conferences

Fellows are expected to present at the weekly Case Management conference as well as the monthly Journal Club and M & M. as well as attend the weekly ID Core conference,  Chest conference, and Medicine Grand Rounds.

Core Curriculum:

These conferences are held once each week on the following topics:

1. The febrile patient
2. URI
3. Pleuropulmonary Infections
4. Urinary Tract Infections
5. Intra-Abdominal Infection
6. Cardiovascular Infection
7. Central Nervous System Infection
8. Skin and Soft Tissue Infection
9. Infections Related to Trauma(including bites and burns)
10. GI Infections and food poisoning
11. Bone and Joint Infections (including Prosthetic device and joint infections)
12. Infections of Reproductive Organs
13. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
14. Infections of the Eye
15. Viral hepatitis
16. Sepsis Syndromes
17. Nosocomial Infections
18. HIV Infections and its Complications
19. Infections in Neuropenic Hosts
20. Infections in Patients with Leukemia and Lymphoma
21. Infections in Marrow Transplant Patients
22. Infections in Solid Organ Transplants
23. Infections in Geriatric Patients
24. Infections in Travelers
25. Infections in Parenteral Drug Users
26. Antimicrobial Therapy – (7 sub topics)
27. Bioterrorism
28. Catheter Related Infections
29. Emerging infectious diseases and pathogens
30. Fungal Infections (7 sub topics)
31. Anaerobic infections
32. Anthrax
33. Helicobacter pylori
34. herpes viruses
35. Immunizations
36. infection control
37. influenza
38. lyme disease
39. malaria
40. parasites
41. parvovirus
42. rabies
43. SARS
44. Septic Shock
45. Small Pox
46. Zoonosis