MEL 8310: Infectious Diseases and International Medicine MCC 15-16

Contact:

Dr. John Greene
John.Greene@moffitt.org

Facilities include patient populations with bacteremias, urinary tract infections, pneumonias and HIV related issues.  (If there is an interest specifically in Bone Marrow Transplant Infectious Diseases, see MEL 8362.)  All of the sites for ID are run utilizing a team approach directed by an Infectious Diseases attending on service and a variety of potential team members including but not limited to an Infectious Diseases fellow and other trainees.  In addition to participating in bedside consultative rounds evaluating patients, there are regular didactic teachings.  Traditionally students participate in teaching their peers by researching and presenting a mini topic to the group during one of the teaching sessions.  The student’s progress during the elective rotation will be assessed during bedside and teaching rounds by the attending.  Monthly microbiology interdisciplinary rounds are shared by James A. Haley and Moffitt Cancer Center’s ID services. Moffitt Cancer Center's specialty population consists of oncology and hematological units and an orthopedic oncology unit.

Objectives

1. Provide fundamental information concerning techniques employed in diagnosing infectious diseases
2. Obtain an appreciation for the natural history of infectious disease so as to better understand whether therapy is affecting the course of disease in a given patient
3. Comprehend the process of selection of appropriate antimicrobial therapy

Evaluation

Midway through the elective a formal evaluation process results in generation of written comments that are communicated to the student so that he/she can appreciate how his/her performance has been to that point. Daily, critical review of presentation of patient data will be incorporated in teaching rounds to provide guidance for the student to strengthen skills in those areas.