Interested candidates should contact Gary Cox, Program Director for ID by email ( gary.cox@duke.edu ) or phone (919-681-5055). We accept applications through the ERAS system, and participate in the NRMP.

 

Deadline for receipt of applications is the first week in January, and selected candidates will be invited to attend one of two day-long programs at Duke to familiarize applicants with the ID Training Program and to allow faculty to become acquainted with the applicants.

 

To fulfill the requirements for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for training in infectious diseases as just listed and to maintain satisfactory accreditation of the training program, this Division expects the following specific elements of each trainee in the Duke program:

 

Completion of one year of clinical subspecialty rotations, with documentation by attending faculty that the trainee has developed competence in each of the objectives of the rotation. Satisfactory completion of supervised experience in:

 

Inpatient consults

Outpatient clinics

Infection control

Antibiotic use

 

Attendance and active participation in a majority of scheduled conferences:

 

Interdisciplinary Infectious Diseases Conference

Department and Division research conferences

Journal Club

Infectious Diseases Weekly Case Conference

 

Completion of an approved research project, with presentation of the results at a Division, Departmental, or national meeting. Each trainee is encouraged to submit requests for extramural funding from the NIH, CDC, VA, and private foundations for support of their fellowships and for all fellows in the clinical year receive monthly evaluations, and all fellows in the research years receive twice-yearly reviews by both their research mentors and by the Program Director/Division Chief.