Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Objectives On completion of this subject, students will have a sound understanding of the clinical presentation of common infectious diseases and how to approach their diagnosis through sound history taking and physical examination at the bedside; practical aspects of specimen collection from patients; the interpretation of microbiological laboratory data; management principles of common infections; the commonly used antimicrobial agents, their indications, toxicities and laboratory monitoring; the management of infectious problems in specific groups in the community including migrants, refugees, returned travellers, organ transplanted patients and HIV-infected persons; the prevention of infections through immunisation, chemoproplylaxis and hospital infection control.
Synopsis Two weeks combined lecture and clinical tutorial program at Fairfield Hospital; problem-based clinical seminars; radiology tutorials; emergency infectious disease clinical clerking on a roster basis. Major clinical and lecture topics covered: HIV-related problems, fever and imported infections, rashes, respiratory infections, jaundice, diarrhoeal syndromes, CNS infections, tuberculosis, zoonoses, tetanus, Guillain-Barre syndrome and infections in the immunicompromised host.
Assessment MCQ paper