MED - 847 Externship: Infectious Disease

As externs on the Infectious Disease inpatient ward, students act as daily care providers for newly admitted patients with HIV/AIDS, most of whom have opportunistic infectious and/or malignancies requiring in-hospital diagnostic evaluation and therapy. Students participate in daily multidisciplinary team rounds that include an Infectious Disease attending, Medicine house staff, clinical pharmacist and physician assistants (PAs). Students also may spend one-half day per week in the outpatient HIV clinic under the supervision of an Infectious Disease physician. Didactic sessions include a weekly one-hour Infectious Disease conference conducted at the Core Center, a two-hour clinical Infectious Disease conference held at RUSH and 12 lectures on HIV-related topics. Exposure to the microbiology lab takes place during which the following topics are reviewed: HIV Testing, Blood Cultures, Mycobacterial Testing, Susceptibilities. Prerequisite: MED-703. Offered: fall, spring and summer. Retake Counts for Credit: No. Pass/No Pass Grading Allowed: No. Credit(s): 4