Course Listing

First Year:

• Seven months on the RWMC acute inpatient ID consult service
• Two months on the Rhode Island Hospital (RIH) acute inpatient ID consult service
• One month on Ambulatory Rotation (includes Micro Lab, TB Clinic, Travel Clinic)
• One month of Research Block
• One month of vacation

Second Year:

• Five months on the RWMC acute inpatient ID consult service
• One month on the RWMC Blood and Marrow Transplant service
• One month on the RIH acute inpatient ID consult service (includes Neurosurgery)
• One month on the RIH Solid Organ Transplant service
• One month on the Hasbro Childrens Hospital Pediatric Infectious Disease service
• One month on the Ambulatory Rotation (includes Micro Lab, TB Clinic, Travel Clinic)
• Two months of Research Block
• One month of vacation (taken during Ambulatory and Research Blocks)
• Participation in the 4-day CDC-sponsored Sexually Transmitted Diseases Intensive Course for ID Fellows
• Attendance at the annual joint meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) and the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC)

Infection Control

Fellows participate in quarterly Infection Control meetings and are included in discussions of active infection control issues at the weekly RWMC clinical case conference. All fellows complete the on-line IDSA and SHEA sponsored Infection Control and Epidemiology tutorial.

Conferences

• A weekly lunchtime Clinical Conference held in the RWMC Infectious Disease Library, where the fellow informally presents current cases.
• A weekly Infectious Disease Conference, jointly held with the Brown University Infectious Disease Faculty and Fellows, includes research topics, clinical vignettes presented by ID fellows, and presentations of clinical topics by faculty, guest lecturers and fellows.
• A monthly Journal Club
• A biweekly core curriculum lecture series conducted jointly with fellows and faculty of the Brown University ID fellowship program

Fellow's Research Project

Each fellow engages in an ongoing clinical and/or laboratory research project during the training period, leading to presentation at a national Infectious Disease conference and publication. Clinical research projects may be pursued with any of the Infectious Disease Faculty. Fellows with an interest in laboratory research may discuss opportunties for additional training in Dr. Skowron's NIH-funded HIV Immunology Laboratory.

Ambulatory Experiences

Fellows spend one-half day per week in the HIV/AIDS clinic, following patients longitudinally for the duration of their fellowship. An additional half-day per week can be spent in the General Infectious Disease Clinic, which provides follow-up for patients seen by the ID consult service in the hospital, as well as outpatient evaluations for acute and chronic infectious diseases. Each year one month is devoted to the outpatient rotation, which includes experience in microbiology, travel medicine, HIV/AIDS care and case management, and tuberculosis. Second year fellows attend the 4-day, CDC-sponsored intensive course in sexually transmitted diseases. Additional elective and conference opportunities are available in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Boston University School of Medicine.