PEDI 8430V — Pediatric Infectious Disease
Pediatric Infectious Diseases elective is designed for the learner to acquire a skill set to make clinical decisions about diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for different infectious diseases of children based on patient information, clinical assessment, interpretation of diagnostic studies, and up-to-date scientific evidence. To acquire skills in different clinical settings, the students will have both outpatient and inpatient experiences in this elective. In addition, the students will be exposed to basic principles of infection control and antimicrobial stewardship during the elective. The learner will be encouraged and expected to function more independently over the elective, formulating plan of care following appropriate assessment.