Areas of Clinical Competence

Areas of Clinical Competence


  • Approach to the febrile patient

  • Fever of unknown origin

  • Upper respiratory infections

  • Pleuropulmonary and bronchial infections

  • Urinary tract infections

  • Peritonitis and intraabdominal infections

  • Cardiovascular infections

  • Central nervous system infections

  • Skin & soft tissue infections

  • Infections from bites, burns, trauma

  • Gastrointestinal infections

  • Bone & joint infections

  • Infections of reproductive organs

  • Sexually transmitted diseases

  • Infections of the eye

  • Viral hepatitis

  • Sepsis syndrome

  • Nosocomial infections

  • HIV & AIDS

  • Infections in the neutropenic host

  • Infections in bone marrow/stem cell transplants

  • Infections in solid organ transplants

  • Infections in geriatric patients

  • Infections in travelers

  • Infections in parenteral drug users

  • Antimicrobial action, pharmacokinetics, adverse reactions, indications, dosage

  • Hospital epidemiology

  • Fundamentals of immunology

  • Basic aspects of bacterial & viral pathogenesis

  • Immunization & prophylaxis

  • Immunologic therapeutics

  • Specimen collection

  • Culture techniques for bacteria, fungi, viruses, chlamydia, mycoplasma, mycobacteria

  • Molecular tools for diagnostics and epidemiologic investigations

  • Quality Assurance & Improvement

  • Ethical & medical/legal issues

  • Statistics & study design

  • Clinical approach to literature review