This weekly lecture series is provided by pediatric infectious diseases faculty, senior pediatric infectious disease fellows, and other Stanford University faculty. Over the course of the three year fellowship, the series covers all of the fundamental aspect of pediatric infectious diseases, meeting the requirements for the American Board of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Content. Aspects of patient care that are unique to our patient population are also discussed. In addition, reviews of the various career opportunities available to infectious diseases physicians are presented by experts in these career roles.

A weekly lecture series provided by the adult infectious diseases faculty which rounds out the fellows’ knowledge base by providing formal training in infectious diseases less commonly encountered in pediatrics.

Each week the Division comes together to discuss challenging inpatient and outpatient infectious disease cases, presented by the fellows. This meeting attending physicians, fellows, APPs, residents, medical students and pharmacy staff in attendance, fostering robust discussion and sharing of ideas. A section of the meeting is also dedicated to sharing important learning topics and cases from other members of the division, including presentation from our pharmacists and pharmacy residents about important literature, updates from our collaborative Pediatric Infectious Diseases Program for Immunocompromised Hosts (PIDPIC), and other members of our Peds ID community.

Weekly laboratory rounds with the Stanford University Microbiology and Virology directors, Adult ID faculty and fellows, and pathology residents, highlighting interesting laboratory findings and methodology coupled with clinical cases and didactic pearls.

The pediatric infectious disease fellows participate in weekly informal discussions about current patients on the inpatient immunocompromised host ID service. Discussing these patients in a smaller group setting facilitates both more nuanced understanding of each patient and deeper dives into the complexities of immunocompromised ID.

Each year the fellows take the Subspecialty In-Training Exam (SITE). Results of the exam are used to inform changes to the curriculum to focus on knowledge gaps identified. Fellows are encouraged to take the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Boards as soon as possible upon graduation from the program. First time pass rates for fellows graduating from our program are higher than the national average.

The second didactic focus revolves around “hands-on” patient care. During clinical rounds, all aspects of the patients followed by the clinical service are reviewed. In the course of the fellow’s training, each will have informal discussions and literature review of all aspects of infectious disease care.