Pediatrics

Catalog description

This course is designed to familiarize students with infectious diseases of pediatric patients. Students will learn the rational selection of antimicrobials and their appropriate uses and recognize the reasons for failure of antimicrobial therapy. Students will learn basic immunology and both active and passive immunization. Students will learn the pathogenesis of fever and to recognize the common pediatric pathogens causing meningitis, bacteremia, respiratory tract infections, enteric infections and urinary tract infections. Students will attend outpatient clinics, daily hospital rounds on in-patients and new consultations, and daily meetings to discuss infectious disease topics. *Recommendation: Candidates for Med/Peds residency should enroll in 2 weeks of this course and 2 weeks INMD 986, (Adult) Infectious Disease.