Academic Tracks

Infectious disease physicians today require multiple skill sets. Our program seeks to train fellows to become exceptional physicians and academic leaders. From day one, we tailor the fellowship to meet the long term career goal of the fellows and convene a mentoring team that follows the fellow’s progress over the course of the fellowship.

Three doctors in protective gear training

Global Health Track

Think Globally, Act Locally
- Local global health experience (2 week elective)
Monthly Free Clinic in Tijuana, Mexico
- IHC: longitudinal experience
International Morning Report (monthly)
Local Clinical Experiences:
- Pediatric Infetious Disease service at Pediatric Hospital in Tijuana, Mexico
- ID Travel Clinic (Balboa)
- HIV Clinic (UCSD)
- TB Clinic (Public Health)
- Public Health (SD)
- Indian Health Services (Community)
- Refugee Intake Clinic (Catholic Charities)
- Adult Infectious Disease Experiences (UCSD)
International sites (1 month elective):
- Guadalajara, Mexico
- Saipan
- Egypt
- Other sites (Mercy US Hospital Ship, Uganda, China, etc.)
- UCSD Adult Infectious Disease (Mozambique)
Canopy Medical Spanish
- Program will reimburse upon completion of course
Online Resources:
- GORGAS Cases
- California Health Alert Network (CAHAN)
- Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED)
- Emerging Infections Network (EIN)
Potential to partner with UCSD MPH program

Infection Control/AMS Track

Time on Infection Control Service
Time with Antimicrobial Stewardship Service
Experiences at UCSD
Sit on RCHSD Committees
Additional Coursework:
- SHEA/CDC Training Certificate Course in Healthcare Epidemiology
- SHEA/CDC Antibiotic Stewardship Training Course
- Program will reimburse upon completion of course

Medical Education Track

Opportunities for fellows interested in MedEd
Teaching service
- Resident, MS4, pharmacy students/residents
Faculty with MedEd leadership roles
Medical education elective
- 2 weeks, mirroring resident elective
Case Conference
Provide curriculum on how to teach
Can direct to other educational experiences
Educational Opportunities:
- Noon Conference (present annually)
- Professor’s Rounds (serve as subspecialty expert)
- Resident Block Education Program (ID session)
- UCSD SOM Educational Activities (varies, d/w Cannavino if interested)
- UCSD Adult ID Educational Conference/Lecture Series (Optional)
Potential to partner for Masters in Medical Education

Clinical and Lab Research Track

Identification of research mentor prior to or during first 3 months of fellowship
Research timeline
Research mentorship
Available research courses
Research meetings

Research Track

Research “curriculum”:
- Inventory of local recurrent research meetings:
  - UCSD & other local lab meetings
  - Pediatric Clinical Fellows Research Seminar Series*
  - Pediatric Grand Rounds
  - Pediatric Clinical Research Seminar Series
  - Pediatric Fellows and Trainees Research Short Talk Series
  - Pediatric Stats/Epi Methods Seminar Series
- Inventory of national research meetings:
  - Annual UCSD Department of Pediatrics Research Symposium
  - Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Annual Meeting
  - Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs (AMSPDC) Annual Meeting
  - AAP-ASCI-APSA Joint meeting (Association of American Physicians, American Society for Clinical Investigation, American Physician Scientists Association)
- Additional coursework:
  - UCSD CTRI-CREST
  - Other UCSD courses
  - Potential to partner with UCSD MAS program

Research Track - Timeline

First Year:
- 5 blocks of research time
- Goals
  - Identify Scholarship Oversight Committee
  - Identify research mentor and lab
  - Develop Fellow project
  - Submit to IRB
  - Encouraged to do 1-2 case reports

Second Year:
- 9 blocks of research time
- Goals:
  - Collect data
  - Encouraged to do 1-2 case reports
  - Present at Pediatric Clinical Fellows Research Seminar Series

Third Year:
- 9 blocks of research time
- Goals:
  - Finish data collection
  - Complete write-up
  - Submit for publication
  - Defend project to SOC in Spring of 3rd year
  - Submit to ABP
  - Encouraged to do 1-2 case reports
  - Present at Pediatric Clinical Fellows Research Seminar Series
  - Present at annual UCSD Department of Pediatrics Research Symposium

Research Track - Mentorship

Research mentorship
- Program Leadership
- Scholarship Oversight Committee
Checklist of progress
- Mirror PhD student pipeline
Monthly meetings with research mentor
Lab meetings