MEL 8365: Outpatient Care of the HIV Infected Patient

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Last updated: Dec 18, 2013
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1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11BCC 7144
BCC 7184		1@HCHDFT, 44 hr wk2,4

 

Drs. Douglas Holt and Charurut Somboonwit, Jose Montero, Beata Casanas, and Todd Wills, Sally Alrabaa

 

This elective will provide the student with a broad overview of the care of HIV-infected patients in an outpatient setting. The student will attend HIV clinic at the Hillsborough County Health Department daily and will participate directly in the evaluation of clinic patients. The student will formulate a plan of care for patients and present the plan to the attending physician. The problems encountered in clinic will be used to illustrate the principles of outpatient HIV care. In addition, the student will attend weekly lectures in which common opportunistic infections and HIV therapeutics will be discussed. The student will also have the option of spending some afternoons rounding on clinic patients who have been hospitalized at Tampa General Hospital, and may observe the HIV Clinical Research Division.

Evaluation

The student's evaluation will be based on daily contributions during clinic and participation in weekly lectures.