Infectious Disease Fellowship

 

Year 1

The first year of fellowship consists of 12 one-month rotations. The first four months are a dedicated microbiology laboratory rotation, in order to accommodate preparation for Internal Medicine board examination. There are eight months of inpatient clinical rotation divided between Baylor Scott & White Health and Central Texas Veterans Health Care. The remaining three months are split between research and outpatient rotations.

Fellows have one half-day per week dedicated to their continuity clinic. This is the case for the entire two-year training period, except for away rotations.

Year 2

The second year of training consists of 12, one-month rotations. Four months are dedicated to inpatient care again divided between Baylor Scott & White and Central Texas Veterans Healthcare. There is a one-month rotation at MD Anderson for bone marrow transplant experience. The seven remaining months are determined by the fellows' interests.

Clinical outpatient rotations include:

Fellows continue their one half-day per week continuity clinic during the second year.

We have a variety of conferences conducted at noon. The two primary conferences are the weekly case management conference and core Didactic conference.

The other conferences include:

Fellows are expected to present at the weekly case management conference as well as the monthly journal club and M&M conference. They also attend the weekly ID core conference and medicine grand rounds.

Topics for core conference are distributed between the staff and fellows and are infectious disease board and clinically relevant.

All fellows are required to participate in a meaningful clinical research activity. Areas of active interest include:

Ample time and faculty supervision are provided for clinical research activities. Baylor Scott & White Research Institute also provides support for individuals interested in developing original research projects.