Infectious diseases is a broad field that encompasses the evaluation and management of acute infectious processes as well as the management of patients with chronic infectious processes such as human immunodeficiency virus. Infectious disease specialists play a role in public health, hospital infection control programs/policies and are the champions of antibiotic stewardship. Students should gain comfort and competence in recognizing the common clinical manifestations of and the approach to patients with infectious diseases. Patients in both the inpatient and outpatient setting may have a variety of diseases, including meningitis, encephalitis, cellulitis, endocarditis, fever of unknown origin, mycotic infection (histoplasma, blastomycosis, coccidiomycosis), gastroenteritis, infectious diarrhea, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, HIV/AIDS, opportunistic infections, mycobacterial infections, pneumonia, osteomyelitis, UTIs, sepsis. Additional opportunities for further education in screening and prophylaxis/immunizations for infections, basics of diagnostic testing and interpretation of cultures, antibiotic sensitivity/selection and stewardship, and HAART may be provided. The student will attend weekly Grand Rounds and Internal Medicine block conference.