Clinical/Clinician-Educator Track
Clinical/Clinician-Educator Track: to prepare fellows for a career as an ID consultant and educator either in a private or academic setting:
- Elective rotations in addition to those of the standard curriculum include those listed as electives under “Clinical Activities”
- Antimicrobial Stewardship/Hospital Epidemiology electives, including participation in Infection Prevention Workgroup Meetings
- IDSA Membership and during the second year, attendance at IDWeek
- SHEA membership, if desired
- Nomination to participate in IDSA Clinical Fellows Meeting or other clinical meeting of fellows’ choice
- Participation in Department of Medicine Fellows as Clinician Educator Program (FACE), year 2, if desired
- Tropical medicine opportunity (Brazil, India, Thailand)
- Internal Medicine Resident ID curriculum teaching sessions, year 2
- Participation in UIHC Quality Leadership Academy
Healthcare/Hospital Epidemiology and Clinical Investigation Track
Healthcare/Hospital Epidemiology and Clinical Investigation Track: to prepare fellows as ID consultants with special emphasis in Hospital Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship and/or Clinical Investigation, especially at an academic medical center.
Components and opportunities include:
- SHEA, IDSA membership
- Attendance at SHEA meeting or 2nd meeting of fellow’s choice related to Hospital Epidemiology/Infection Prevention
- Attendance at IDWeek during year 2
- Additional rotations in Antimicrobial Stewardship and Hospital Epidemiology (beyond the standard first year rotation) and attendance at hospital-wide Infection Prevention workgroup meetings; involvement in outbreak investigations and other work of the Programs of Hospital Epidemiology at UIHC and the Iowa City VA
- Participation in University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics focused work groups to reduce healthcare-associated infections
- Scholarly projects in Hospital Epidemiology, Healthcare Delivery, Quality Improvement, or Computational Epidemiology (see research page)
- If academic career planned, paths to MPH or Masters of Science in Clinical Investigation during 3rd and 4th years
- Nomination for VA Quality Scholars Program, according to career goals
- Nomination to VA’s 2-year Health Services Research fellowship, according to career goals
- Participation in IDSA’s Emerging Infections Network surveys and publications
- Participation in UI Hospitals & Clinics Lean Improvement Model for Healthcare course, year 2
- Participation in UIHC Quality Leadership Academy
Physician Scientist Track
Physician Scientist Track: to prepare fellows for careers in ID-related investigative laboratory science.
Primarily for those with prior basic science experience. In addition to the basic curriculum:
- Membership in specialty society pertinent to area of chosen research
- Laboratory research project. Mentors/projects are available, both from within the ID division and from other divisions and departments (e.g. Microbiology, Immunology, Pulmonary Medicine, etc.). Areas of focus within the ID division include:
- Inflammation and innate immunity [see faculty at Inflammation Program]
- Virology (Dr. Jack Stapleton and Dr. Jeff Meier)
- Parasitology (Dr. Mary Wilson), including collaborative projects with Tropical Medicine Institute in Natal, Brazil (Selma Jeronimo, MD, PhD)
- Vaccinology [see Vaccine Education and Research Unit]
- Other labs directed by Carver College of Medicine research faculty or University of Iowa departments
- Support for 3rd and 4th year of fellowship with primary research focus through several mechanisms
- Infectious Disease Training Grant (T32)
- Parasitism Training Grant
- Immunology Training Grant
Scientific meeting during 2nd or 3rd year