Clinical Infectious Disease

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Credits 0 to 10. 0 to 10 Other Hours. Logical approach to the diagnosis and management of patients suspected of having an infectious disease through direct participation in the consultative infectious diseases service of St. Joseph Hospital and College Station Medical Center as well as participation in the management of outpatient consults and outpatient primary care patient's clinic visits; use of ancillary radiological technology for the diagnosis and management of infectious diseases; establish a basic understanding of microbiological techniques as well as other laboratory techniques including pathology surgical specimens, in the diagnosis of infectious diseases through rounds in the clinical pathology laboratory of both hospitals; principles of antimicrobial therapy, including antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral, in the treatment of infectious diseases; principles regarding the interaction between consulting and consultant physicians including proper communication, hierarchy of physicians in the decision-making process, confidentiality issues, and conflict resolution.