Clinical Training | Emory School of Medicine

Clinical Training Highlights

Four teaching hospitals with unique patient populations offer unparalleled clinical diversity for training
Outstanding teaching attending physicians with broad clinical experience
Focused experience in clinical microbiology with teaching faculty from infectious diseases, clinical pathology, and public health
Opportunity to select among varied outpatient continuity clinic experiences with dedicated preceptors
Customizable inpatient and outpatient opportunities in Year 2 and beyond based on fellow interests and career goals
Attention to an appropriate balance of education and service, with pager coverage during required educational conferences, continuity clinic, and at least one day every weekend, non-teaching services to balance patient volumes, and caps on patient notes

The program requires a minimum of 12 months of supervised clinical rotations, the bulk of which are completed in Year 1 of fellowship.
Rotation		Year 1	Year 2 and beyond	Time commitment
Inpatient Rotations	EUH, EUHM, Grady, and VA General ID Consults	6-10 weeks	6-10 weeks tailored to interests and goals	1 day off/week and 1 golden weekend per 4-week rotation
Inpatient Rotations	EUH Transplant ID Consults	2-4 weeks	6-10 weeks tailored to interests and goals	1 day off/week and 1 golden weekend per 4-week rotation
Outpatient Experiences	Ambulatory ID	4 weeks		No pager coverage, no call, no weekends
Outpatient Experiences	Continuity Clinic	½ day per week	½ day per week	No pager coverage
Additional Training	Clinical Microbiology	4 weeks		No pager coverage, no call, no weekends
	Special Immunology Service	4 weeks		No pager coverage, no call, no weekends
	Research Month	4 weeks		No pager coverage, no call, no weekends