MDR 836: ACE: Infectious Diseases

This elective provides a learning experience in the clinical discipline of Infectious Diseases, a discipline that stresses accurate definition of disease and establishment of an etiologic diagnosis through clinical assessment and microbiologic testing. Treatment can be rationally selected when the etiologic diagnosis is correctly identified. Appropriate initiation and discontinuation of antimicrobials are key activities on the ID service. Performing these steps under guidance of a physician with ID specialty training provides the essence of this clinical experience. This elective provides a unique opportunity to see a broad range of infectious diseases.