The academic year is divided into 13 four-week block rotations. Fellows spend an average of five blocks rotating through the Kansas City VA Medical Center and Research Medical Center each year. The rest of clinical training is through research/electives and the inpatient consultative service at The University of Kansas Hospital.

Throughout both years of training, each fellow will maintain a half-day per week continuity clinic with a faculty supervisor at the University of Kansas Hospital. This provides opportunities to see outpatient ambulatory infectious diseases consults, OPAT and continuously follow patients with HIV. Fellows also learn to work with the health-care team, including nurses, pharmacists and social service case managers. 

Example Fellow Schedule

(fellows rotate on 4-week blocks, each tailored to specific fellow needs and interests)

Call

• KU Call: 1-2 weekends/month; average of 1-week pager call/month at KU
• Non-KU Call: Saturday AM rounds at Research Medical; home pagers call at KCVA, no routine weekend rounds at KCVA.