Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine

Internship Department Introduction

The major communicable diseases in our division include HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and dengue fever. We also have cared patients with pneumonia, urinary tract infection, intra-abdominal infection, infective endocarditis, osteomyelitis and other infectious diseases. 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 of a medical center where are many multiple drug resistant organisms.

Internship Learning Objective and Training Program Outline

1. 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.
2. Advanced program: Through discussion with clinician, case managers and patients (HIV and tuberculosis), the students are going to learn the setup of patient education program (printed or electronic pamphlet, posters et al.). We are going to guide the students to focus on a project that interested them. The project could be a research project, or establishing an educational program.

  Internship Activities and Schedule