Infectious Disease Fellowship

Rotaciones

Year 1

The first year of fellowship consists of 13 four-week rotations. There are eight blocks of inpatient clinical rotation divided between Baylor Scott & White Health and Central Texas Veterans Health Care. The remaining four blocks are divided 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 13 four-week rotations. Four blocks are dedicated to inpatient care again divided between Baylor Scott & White and Central Texas Veterans Health Care. There is a block at The University of Texas MD Anderson Center for bone marrow transplant experience. The eight remaining blocks are determined by the fellows' interests.

Clinical outpatient rotations include:

• Wound care clinic
• Hepatitis clinic
• General outpatient infectious disease
• Outpatient antibiotic therapy clinic
• Medicina de viaje
• County STD clinic
• Control de infección

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

Conferences

Our conferences occur at noon, three days per week. Our core curriculum is divided over two years and presented by faculty and fellows.

The other conferences include:

• Club de diarios
• Weekly case conferences
• Morbidity and mortality
• Book club
• Fellows' time with PD/APD
• Interdepartmental case conferences
• International case conferences with collegues around the globe

Investigación

All fellows participate in meaningful clinical research and quality improvement initiatives. Areas of active interest include:

• Role of surfaces in prevention of healthcare-acquired infections
• Phage therapy for MDR infections
• Pharmaceutical trials including antifungal and antiviral agents
• Q fever

Ample time and faculty supervision are provided for clinical research activities at Baylor Scott & White – and Central Texas Veterans Health Care.