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Fellowship Program Curriculum

Sample Schedule

Each year, fellows complete a balanced mix of core and elective rotations designed to build strong clinical foundations while allowing flexibility to pursue individual career goals.

Typical Yearly Breakdown

• General Infectious Diseases: 5–6 months
• Transplant Infectious Diseases: 1–2 months
• Ambulatory Infectious Diseases: 1 month
• Clinical Microbiology: 1 month
• Electives: Remaining months, tailored to the fellow’s interests and career path

Elective options include:

• Transplant ID
• Clinical Microbiology (advanced rotation)
• Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Infection Prevention
• Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT)
• Wound Care
• Pediatric ID
• Ambulatory ID
• Research / Scholarly Activity
• Tuberculosis Clinic (MSDH)
• Viral Hepatitis Clinic
• Medical Education (developing handouts, presentations, and teaching sessions)
• International Rotation
• Private Practice ID Clinic

Inpatient Experience

Fellows rotate on two general ID consult teams and a dedicated transplant ID service, gaining experience with a wide range of complex and high-acuity infections.

• Consults span medical, surgical, transplant, and intensive care units.
• Fellows work closely with residents, students, pharmacists, and attending physicians, developing progressive autonomy in patient management and teaching.

Outpatient Experience

Fellows participate in one half-day continuity clinics per week, following their own panel of patients under direct faculty supervision.
Clinic is located at Jackson Medical Mall, where fellows see general ID, HIV care, and post-hospital follow-up. During ambulatory rotation, fellows also rotate through the following specialty clinics:

• Mississippi State Department of Health – HIV, STI, and TB clinics
• UMMC Travel Clinic – pre- and post-travel consultations
• Specialty clinics –viral hepatitis, TXID

Clinical Microbiology

Fellows spend one month in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, working directly with laboratory technologists and the Medical Director.

• Exposure includes specimen processing, culture techniques, molecular diagnostics, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing.
• The rotation emphasizes practical lab interpretation to improve bedside decision-making.

Didactics and Conferences

A structured conference series provides comprehensive coverage of clinical and foundational topics in infectious diseases.

• ID Division Conference (Weekly): Fellows and Faculty present and discuss interesting or challenging cases, guidelines, journal articles, research.
• Bugs & Drugs (Weekly): Review of core ID topics. All board-relevant topics are covered over a two-year period.