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Fellowship Program Curriculum

Sample Schedule

Each year, fellows complete a balanced mix of core and elective rotations designed to build strong clinical foundations while allowing flexibility to pursue individual career goals.

Typical Yearly Breakdown

General Infectious Diseases: 5–6 months

Transplant Infectious Diseases: 1–2 months

Ambulatory Infectious Diseases: 1 month

Clinical Microbiology: 1 month

Electives: Remaining months, tailored to the fellow’s interests and career path

Elective options include:

Transplant ID

Clinical Microbiology (advanced rotation)

Antimicrobial Stewardship

Infection Prevention

Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT)

Wound Care

Pediatric ID

Ambulatory ID

Research / Scholarly Activity

Tuberculosis Clinic (MSDH)

Viral Hepatitis Clinic

Medical Education (developing handouts, presentations, and teaching sessions)

International Rotation

Private Practice ID Clinic

Inpatient Experience

Fellows rotate on two general ID consult teams and a dedicated transplant ID service, gaining experience with a wide range of complex and high-acuity infections.

Consults span medical, surgical, transplant, and intensive care units.

Fellows work closely with residents, students, pharmacists, and attending physicians, developing progressive autonomy in patient management and teaching.

Outpatient Experience

Fellows participate in one half-day continuity clinics per week, following their own panel of patients under direct faculty supervision.
Clinic is located at Jackson Medical Mall, where fellows see general ID, HIV care, and post-hospital follow-up. During ambulatory rotation, fellows also rotate through the following specialty clinics:

Mississippi State Department of Health – HIV, STI, and TB clinics

UMMC Travel Clinic – pre- and post-travel consultations

Specialty clinics – viral hepatitis, TXID

Clinical Microbiology

Fellows spend one month in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, working directly with laboratory technologists and the Medical Director.

Exposure includes specimen processing, culture techniques, molecular diagnostics, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing.

The rotation emphasizes practical lab interpretation to improve bedside decision-making.

Didactics and Conferences

A structured conference series provides comprehensive coverage of clinical and foundational topics in infectious diseases.

ID Division Conference (Weekly): Fellows and Faculty present and discuss interesting or challenging cases, guidelines, journal articles, research.

Bugs & Drugs (Weekly): Review of core ID topics. All board-relevant topics are covered over a two-year period.

Fellowship Program Conferences

Fellows are encouraged and supported to attend national meetings such as IDSA, SHEA, CROI, and ICAAC, with opportunities to present scholarly work. The ID division provides funding for attendance (without requirement of presentation of scholarly activity) at one national conference during fellowship.

Research and Scholarly Projects

Fellows are encouraged to explore their curiosity and turn real-world clinical questions into meaningful research. With support from dedicated faculty mentors, fellows can get involved in everything from case reports and quality improvement projects to clinical and lab-based research.

You will have dedicated research time built into your schedule to focus on your projects, analyze data, and prepare presentations or publications.

Our division has a strong research network — including experienced research nurses, coordinators and lab facilities — to help you every step of the way.

Many fellows present their work at conferences or publish during training, gaining valuable experience that helps launch their academic or clinical careers.

The UMMC Infectious Diseases Fellowship offers a flexible, comprehensive, and mentorship-driven curriculum that balances clinical excellence with academic growth—preparing fellows for successful careers in clinical practice, public health or academic medicine.