Description

Course Description : Infectious Diseases as a specialty has gained a lot of importance in the field of internal medicine. It has an integral role to play in management of different diseases which are labeled as infectious. Knowledge in microbiology has progressed enormously and many sophisticated and expensive diagnostic techniques are widely available. New treatment options are introduced while numerous microbial species demonstrate increasing resistance to antimicrobial agents. At primary and secondary level care, there has been lack of exposure to infectious diseases although many of these tropical diseases are prevalent at that level. The tropical diseases mainly the acute undifferentiated febrile illnesses where clinical differentiation is lacking requires a syndromic approach and appropriate diagnostic  tests to make further treatment plan of the patients. Therefore this course is aimed to equip the physicians working in secondary/tertiary care settings to diagnose, investigate and make appropriate treatment plans for patients with various Infectious Diseases..

Course Module:

• Malaria, Typhoid, Dengue and Scrub typhus
• Gastrointestinal Infections
• Urinary tract infections
• Respiratory tract infections
• CNS infections
• Skin and soft tissue infections
• Tuberculosis
• HIV Infection and STI
• Vaccination and Immunization (Adult and Children)
• Ideal Laboratory set up for a secondary care hospital
• Hospital Infection Control, Biomedical waste management, Anti microbial stewardship and Quality Indices in hospital Infection control and antimicrobial stewardship

Eligibility Criteria:

Medical graduate (MBBS) with at least 3 years of Experience as primary care physician/clinical

Certificate – You will receive a “Fellowship in General Infectious Diseases” (Online) after successful completion of this course.