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ID Rotations, Clinics, and Conferences

ID Rotations and Conferences

Inpatient Rotations

First year

  • 26 weeks of Temple General Infectious Diseases inpatient consult service
  • 10 weeks of Transplant Infectious Diseases inpatient consult service
  • 2 weeks of Microbiology
  • 10 weeks of research, conferences and outpatient clinics
  • 4 weeks paid time off (including vacation, personal days, CME and sick time)

Second year

  • 12 weeksof Temple General Infectious Diseases inpatient consult service
  • 4 weeks of Fox Chase Cancer Center/Jeanes BMT
  • 4 weeks of Transplant Infectious Diseases inpatient consult service
  • 2 weeks of TB clinic at the Philadelphia Health Department (2 afternoons /wk) and the National Jewish TB course
  • 26 weeks of research, conferences and outpatient clinics
  • 4 weeks paid time off (including vacation, personal days, CME and sick time)

The General ID consult service is the main ID teaching service at temple. It is divided into two separate teams. ID 1 and 2 are 2 fellows and 1 attending and ID3 is 1 fellow and 1 attending, 4th year medical students, medical residents and pharmacy students. Occasionally podiatry residents and PA students join the fun. The 2 fellows see new consults and follow up patients during the day. Formal rounds to review all new consults occurs every day at 2pm. Each fellow averages 3-4 new consults per day and has 8-10 follow up patients. The 2 fellows on the ID1 and 2 service take overnight call and split weekends where they cover both the ID and transplant ID services. ID3 does not take weekend call but does take Wednesday call. Weekend call involves reviewing charts of all follow-up patients and adjusting care as needed. In addition, the fellow on call sees 3-6 new consults per weekend day.

The Transplant ID service is comprised of 1 attending and 1 fellow and a 4th year medical student. Patients on this service include solid organ transplant recipients (lung, heart, kidney, kidney/pancreas, and liver), pre transplant evaluations and patients with ventricular assist devices (VADs). The fellow sees new consults and follow-ups during the day and rounds usually start at 1:30pm. The fellow on transplant has no night or weekend call. The service averages 2-3 consults and about 8-10 follow up patients per day.

First year fellows have a dedicated rotation to introduce them to the Microbiology lab within their first 2 months of fellowship. During this time, they meet the laboratory staff and learn how various tests and cultures are performed. The Fox Chase/Jeanes rotation is an oncologic ID and BMT experience for 2nd year fellows. In the mornings (for 2 weeks), you will round with the Jeanes BMT service. In the afternoon you will see consults and follow-up patients with one of the Temple ID attendings. The TB rotation is a 2nd year rotation as well and involves seeing TB patients at the Philadelphia Department of Health with the head of the City’s TB program. You spend 2 afternoons per week for 3 weeks in the TB clinic.  To ensure a robust experience we also fund the fellows to take the National Jewish TB course.

Clinics

HIV clinic is a continuity clinic where you will see HIV, HCV, STI and PrEP patients. You will be assigned a Monday or Thursday clinic and will have 2 ID physicians and an ID pharmacist that precept you. The number of patients on your HIV schedule is adjusted when you are on an inpatient rotation.  In ID clinic you will see outpatient consults and follow-ups. You will have rotating preceptors and will only staff the clinic when you are not on inpatient services. Travel clinic is a pre-travel counseling experience where you will assess what immunizations and counseling is required for each traveler. Returning travelers with symptoms of infection will be seen in this clinic as well. You will have rotating preceptors for travel clinic.

  • ½ day HIV continuity clinic for all fellows (Monday and Thursday AM) - Drs. Bettiker, Samuel and Schultz
  • 1 half day travel clinic covered by off service fellows (Friday AM) - All faculty
  • 3 half-day infectious diseases clinics covered by off service fellows (Wednesday AM and PM; Thursday PM) - All faculty

Conferences

Summer series by faculty covering basic ID principles - Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday @ noon

Monday

  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM - Antibiotic lecture by senior fellow to med students

Tuesday

  • 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM - HIV review (Drs Bettiker, Schultz and Samuel)
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM  - Educational conference 

Wednesday

  • 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM - Antibiotic stewardship (Dr. Mueller) and Transplant ID (Drs. Mishkin, Burnell and Clauss)
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM - Journal Club/M &M/Fellow lecture/Microbiology Lecture

Thursday

  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM - Antibiotic lecture by senior fellow to medical students
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM – Research Conference or other didactic lecture

Friday

  • 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM - Board Review (Dr. Samuel)
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM - Specialty Management Conference
  • 12:00 PM-1:00 PM- ID family lunch