Clinical training

Mayo Clinic's Infectious Diseases Fellowship in Jacksonville, Florida, provides a well-rounded educational experience through a careful balance of didactic instruction and direct patient care. The training program is two years long with two infectious diseases fellows each year.

The program provides a comprehensive knowledge base that prepares them to independently care for patients with infectious diseases caused by various pathogens. The well-organized, effective curriculum also provides direct clinical experience and progressive responsibility for patient management.

Fellows receive training in the management of infections in highly complex medical conditions, including:

• Solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplants
• Orthopedic, neurosurgical, cancer, cardiothoracic, urologic, and gastrointestinal surgeries
• Device/prosthesis related infections including LVADs
• Critical illness and intensive care including ECMO

The program also provides dedicated outpatient clinical training in:

• General infectious diseases and outpatient parental antimicrobial therapy
• Mycobacterial infections
• HIV infections
• Travel medicine and global health
• Non-tuberculosis mycobacterial infections
• HIV infection
• Travel medicine and global health

Rotation includes two inpatient hospital services and three outpatient clinics, in addition to antimicrobial stewardship rotations.

Call frequency

Mayo Clinic is fully compliant with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education requirements. We promote a healthy and balanced quality of life in our fellowship, ensuring you optimize your training experience while pursuing individual interests outside of work and attend to family responsibilities. At a minimum, you'll enjoy three weekends off each month. The weekend hospital call schedule (1:4 to 1:6) is shared between the fellows and advanced practice providers, paired with a supervising infectious diseases faculty.

Evaluation

Performance of all fellows is monitored carefully during the entire course of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship. You're formally evaluated using a number of sources, including multisource evaluations, Simulation Center, and in-training examinations, which are reviewed by the program director as well as the clinical competency committee. You'll also evaluate the faculty to ensure that their educational needs are being met.

The Infectious Diseases Fellowship undergoes an internal evaluation each year by Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education. Faculty development is monitored, and all faculty members are encouraged to participate in development programs that enhance their ability to teach, mentor, and provide feedback.