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Infectious Diseases Training Program

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Teaching Conferences

There are four regular infectious diseases teaching conferences each week.

  • Tuesday HIV clinic begins with an HIV-related lecture or case discussion on topics such as antiretroviral medications; opportunistic infections; immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome; neoplastic, neurologic, and metabolic complications of HIV/AIDS; coinfection with viral hepatitis; and preventive care issues such as vaccination.
  • Every Wednesday, journal club and core curriculum lectures occur on alternating weeks. The lectures are broadcast to the Washington DC VA Medical Center and the Washington Hospital Center, whose fellows and faculty give some of the talks.
  • Each Thursday, the weekly Infectious Disease Consultation Service management conference takes place with the participation of the infectious diseases and microbiology faculty, fellows, and colleagues of other departments (e.g., hospital epidemiology, nursing, critical care, hematology). The group discusses the  management of interesting, difficult, or controversial cases that are presented by the consult fellow.
  • Each Friday, fellows, faculty, and members of the microbiology laboratory attend an interactive noon case conference in which the Washington Hospital Center and Georgetown University Hospital fellowship programs also participate remotely. The three programs alternate weeks to present and discuss a wide variety of cases.

Because Wednesday and Friday conferences are broadcast, NIH fellows are able to participate in these conferences at three of their five rotation sites. In addition, fellows participate in conferences specific to their outside rotations, including both didactic and case-based sessions.

In addition to the above scheduled weekly conferences/lectures, there are weekly teaching conferences centered on topics relevant to the NIAID inpatient immunodeficiency ward, HIV clinic, and parasitology service. Additional clinical talks include the weekly NIAID Grand Rounds; the weekly NIH Clinical Center Grand Rounds; the monthly meeting of the Greater Washington Infectious Disease Society (GWIDS), in which all infectious diseases programs of the metropolitan Washington, DC, area rotate in presenting their more interesting cases; and citywide quarterly tropical medicine meetings. Numerous other conferences and didactic lectures are offered on a wide range of research and clinical subjects on a daily basis at NIH.

Last Updated January 21, 2009