This course is designed to critically challenge contemporary guidelines and practice in the realm of infectious diseases. Specific topics include pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics, antimicrobial stewardship, antimicrobial resistance, and infections such as head and neck infections, urinary tract infections (UTIs), pneumonia, bone and joint infections, endocarditis, fungal infections, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This course is not intended as an antimicrobial review for the NAPLEX. Rather than traditional lectures, faculty will facilitate student-led discussions on designated topics. Furthermore, students will work as groups to document interventions on patient cases and record individual student-to-preceptor presentations of each case. Students will have the opportunity to develop critical thinking skills and appreciate the complexity of clinical infectious diseases.

This course is designed to critically challenge contemporary guidelines and practice in the realm of infectious diseases. Specific topics include pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics, antimicrobial stewardship, antimicrobial resistance, and infections such as head and neck infections, urinary tract infections (UTIs), pneumonia, bone and joint infections, endocarditis, fungal infections, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This course is not intended as an antimicrobial review for the NAPLEX. Rather than traditional lectures, faculty will facilitate student-led discussions on designated topics. Furthermore, students will work as groups to document interventions on patient cases and record individual student-to-preceptor presentations of each case. Students will have the opportunity to develop critical thinking skills and appreciate the complexity of clinical infectious diseases.