Curriculum Schedule
| Week of Month |
Format
|
Notes | |
| 1 | Case Conference | 16:30-18:00 | |
| 2 | Fellow’s Education Conference | 16:30-17:15 | Fellows rotate quarterly Off service fellows present (4/year) Attendings provide cases + prep Q’s |
| Case Conference | 17:15-18:00 | ||
| 3 | Case Conference | 16:30-18:00 | |
| 4 | Even Months: Journal Club | 16:30-17:00 |
Fellows rotate quarterly
Off service fellows present (4/year)
– Jounral Club (2/year)
– Case Presentation (2/year)
Attendings back-up for JC or case
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| Odd Months: Fellow’s Case Presentation | |||
| Case Conference | 17:00-18:00 | ||
| 5 (N=~5 per year) | Guest Speaker | 16:30-17:15 | Fellowship director to arrange speakers |
| Case Conference | 17:15-18:00 | ||
Curriculum: Fellow’s Education Conference
Fellow’s Education Conference:
- 2nd Thursday of each month (12/year)
- 45 minutes (16:30-17:15)
- Off-service fellows rotate quarterly (4/year/fellow)
- Topics rotate across 3 years (36 total)
- Some topics may repeat on annual basis
- Self-directed, yet precepted, board review series
- Rotor to assign Red Book chapters, Long textbook chapters, or other materials
- Fellow presents overview of knowledge acquired (~30 minutes)
- All fellows expected to read chapters prior to conference
- Attendings to provide illustrative cases
- ID PREP review questions at end
Rotating Curriculum
Journal Club:
- 4th Thursday of month (even months, 6 per year)
- Off-service fellows rotate quarterly (2/year/fellow)
- Pair with attending to select 1-2 articles
- Review article and address clinical implications
- Formal PowerPoint presentation to the group (including strengths/weaknesses/take home points)
- Field questions at the end
Fellow’s Case Presentation:
- 4th Thursday of month (odd months, 6 per year)
- Off-service fellows rotate quarterly (2/year/fellow)
- Pair with attending who followed patient
- In depth case presentation with review of the diagnosis (including primary literature)
- Formal PowerPoint presentation to the group
- Field questions at the end
Guest Speakers:
- 5th Thursday of month (~5 per year)
- 15 topics across 3 years
- Fellowship Director to arrange speakers
- Topics germane to ABP content, but outside typical clinical service
- May include Grand Round Speakers as well
Example topics:
- Immunology Overview
- Rheumatology Overview
- Oncology Overview
- Kawasaki’s Disease
- HIV
- Bacterial Pathogenesis
- Antimicrobial Stewardship/Infection Control
- Microbiome
- Public Health and ID
- Tropical Medicine
- Clinical Trial Research
- Vaccine Development
ID Meetings/Conferences
- Local Meetings at UC San Diego/Rady Children’s: Encourage attendance based on interests
- Infection Control Meeting
- Antimicrobial Stewardship Meetings
- International Morning Report (first Wednesday of month 7:30-8:30)
- AAP Chapter Meetings
- National Meetings: Program to support attendance (1/year)
- IDSA
- PIDS/St. Jude
- SHEA
- American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
- Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH)
- PAS
- AAP