Clinical training curriculum

In addition to discussion of clinical cases, fellows will receive formal didactic training covering a broad range of issues in pediatric infectious diseases, including:

Infectious endocarditis. Culture-negative endocarditis. Prosthetic valve endocarditis. Fungal endocarditis. Complications of endocarditis.
Cystic Fibrosis ID issues. Burkholderia and atypical mycobacterial infections. Resistant pseudomonas infections.
Anti-fungal agents. Pharmacology, uses of different agents in different scenarios.
Anti-microbial prophylaxis. Rationale for antimicrobial prophylaxis and choice of antimicrobials in endocarditis, rheumatic fever, urinary tract infections, sickle cell anemia.
Catheter infections
Tick-borne infections
Vaccines. Rationale for use of vaccines, and historical perspective. Adverse reactions.
Fungemia in non-BMT patients.
Infection control policy development. Fellows will be given a clinical scenario which calls for an infection control policy (e.g. cohorting in RSV season), and will be led through process of developing these policies.
VP shunt infections. Medical management, fungal shunt infections, indications for shunt removal, intrathecal antibiotics.
Cost-containment and quality improvement. How policies related to cost-containment and quality control are developed and implemented.
Public Health and quarantine issues. How infectious diseases expertise is brought to bear in the public health department.
Viral infections in BMT patients. Herpesviruses, parainfluenza, RSV.
Fungal infections in BMT patients. Aspergillus, candida.
Tuberculosis. Gastrointestinal TB, tuberculous osteomyelitis, tuberculous meningitis, and complicated pulmonary tuberculosis. Indications for steroid usage.
Surgical infections. Necrotizing fasciitis, complicated post-operative wound infections, infections post- dirty bowel surgery.
Herpes Simplex virus infections. Neonatal HSV. HSV encephalitis. Diagnosis and management.
Management of the pre-treated infant. Ill infants, high-risk infants who have been pre-treated, adequately or inadequately.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Diagnosis and management of common STD's in the U.S. and the developing world. Additional didactic lectures/board review is provided in conjunction with the Internal Medicine training program at the University of Washington.