Overview
The goal of our training program is to provide pediatric infectious disease trainees with the appropriate clinical and research experience to ensure their success in an academic and/or hospital based practice of pediatric infectious diseases. This includes one year of clinical training with appropriate laboratory and didactic teaching provided for the trainee to gain a comprehensive understanding of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions necessary to manage the entire spectrum of pediatric infections. The two years of research experience provide the trainees with experience as primary investigators in at least one clinical and one laboratory-based research project with highly qualified investigators in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, which will result in at least one major publication in a well-established peer-reviewed journal. This research experience will provide the trainee a basis for understanding the principles of scientific inquiry, responsibility for the conduct of laboratory and clinical research activities, data analysis, and the ability to write scientific papers and grants. The goals of the teaching program have been discussed among the faculty within the Division of Infectious Diseases and have been formulated as a working document encompassing the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Service Line. At the beginning of their training period, the pediatric infectious disease residents are given a document outlining the responsibilities of the teaching staff, the laboratory and other ancillary staff, and the pediatric infectious disease residents as well as a document outlining the educational goals of the training program. Included in this document is a list of the lecture topics which are included in the subspecialty residents didactic teaching sessions during their three year training. In addition, trainees are informed of the special requirements for residency training in pediatric infectious disease as described in the Graduate Medical Education Directory.
