SCAHEC ELECTIVE

MEDI D653

Infectious Diseases

Faculty: Gregory T. Valainis, M.D. - Course Director
Michelle C. Carney, M.D.
Stan Miller, M.D.
Debra L. Miller-Cox, M.D.

Institution: Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System

Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina

Duration: 2-4 weeks

Course Offered: Throughout academic year

Number of Students: 1 to 2 per rotation

Students Report To: Please contact Delilah Goode, Continuing Medical Education Office, Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, prior to the first day of the rotation   Phone: (864) 560-6748  Fax: (864) 560-6063 dgoode@srhs.com

*USC SOM Third Year Elective

The student will be instructed to participate in the evaluation of patients with a variety of infectious disease problems. Topic/cases will include basic infectious diseases (antibiotics, urinary tract infections, pneumonia, wound infections, bacteremias, central nervous system infections, etc.) to complex multisystem disorders (FUO, multiple organ failure, HIV). The rotation is hospital based, but outpatient clinics are held weekly reflecting the typical work of an ID Practitioner.

Objectives:

1. Understand rational for antimicrobial selection.
2. Become familiar with evaluating and treating HIV infection and other bloodborne viruses (HBV, HCV)
3. See a variety of nosocomial infections and their impact.
4. Interface with the microbiology lab and pathology.