Academic Curriculum

Required Conferences

Pediatric infectious diseases fellows, attendings, APRNs, pharmacists, and rotating residents and medical students attend divisional conferences.

ASP Journal Club

• Every other month journal club with article presentation and discussion led by ASP faculty.
  
  

Case Management Conference

• Weekly conference to discuss patients on the inpatient clinical consult service, interesting outpatient consults, and challenging cases.
  
  

Fellow Didactics 

• Weekly didactic conference presented by fellows, divisional faculty, or extra-divisional faculty on pediatric infectious diseases topics to prepare fellows for pediatric infectious diseases boards.

Immunocompromised Didactics

• Every other month didactic session focusing on the newest literature related to immunocompromised infectious diseases.
  
  

Journal Club

• Monthly journal club with article presentation and discussion by a fellow or faculty with a professionalism vignette at the end of every conference which encourages discussion
  
  

Kansas City Infectious Disease Society (KCIDS)

• Monthly case-based conference with both adult and pediatric infectious diseases presentations by faculty and fellows from various hospitals and universities from across the city.
  
  

Microbiology Plate Rounds

• Monthly conference with the microbiology laboratory team to review viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic pathogens from clinical service cases.
  
  

Research Conference

• Monthly conference with focused presentation by a fellow or faculty regarding ongoing research projects, which allows for brainstorming research ideas and to receive feedback for upcoming presentations.

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