Medicine Elective Course Description
| Course Name: | Infectious Disease |
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| Course Number: | ME-423 |
| Elective Type: | B1 |
| Coordinator(s): |
Thomas Treadwell M.D. thomas.treadwell@mwmc.com |
| Department: | Medicine |
| Sites Available: | MetroWest Medical Center |
| Months Offered: | E1, M1 – M10 |
| Number of Students / Month: | 1 |
| Prerequisites: | Completion of 3rd year Medicine clerkship |
| Elective Description: This 4th year student elective will consist of work-ups of patients with a variety of Infectious Diseases, working in a busy HIV clinic and exposure to basic epidemiology and clinical microbiology, and participation in the Infectious Diseases subspecialty conferences of the House Office Training Program. There will also be didactic teaching sessions on the pathophysiology of major infectious disease syndromes and the use of antimicrobial agents. | |
| Note: NA | |
| Location: MetroWest Medical Center, 115 Lincoln St., Framingham, MA | |
| Website: http://www.umassmed.edu/medicine/ | |