Summer Internship Department Introduction
The major communicable diseases in our division include HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, dengue fever, and so on. We also have patients with pneumonia, urinary tract infection, intra-abdominal infection, infective endocarditis, osteomyelitis and other common infectious diseases in our ward. There are 32 ordinary beds and 15 beds in negative-pressure isolation ward. There are 7 attending physicians in our division. In addition to clinical practice, we are in charge of infection control.

Summer Internship Learning Objective and Training Program Outline
I. Basic program: Integration of lecture, clinical ward run and field investigation to gain knowledge of epidemiological and clinical characteristics of common infectious diseases in Taiwan: HIV/AIDS, pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis and unique tropical infectious diseases in Taiwan; such as dengue fever, scrub typhus, Q fever and murine typhus.
II. Advanced program: Through discussion with clinician, case managers and patients (HIV and tuberculosis) the students would learn the setup of patient education program (printed or electronic pamphlet, poster et al.)；The student review papers about HIV/AIDS patients most meet problems in law and compare difference in foreign country(USA, Canada) and Taiwan. The other student review papers about HIV/AIDS patients most meet problems in insurance and compare difference in foreign country(USA, Canada) and Taiwan.

Summer Internship Activities and Schedule