Defining the Landscape of Educational Experiences in Transplant Infectious Diseases: A National Survey of Infectious Diseases Fellows in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transplant infectious diseases (TID) is a growing area of expertise within infectious diseases (ID), but TID training is not standardized. Previous surveys of fellows identified opportunities to improve TID education resources but did not explore didactic, clinical, and nonclinical experiences comprehensively.

Methods

The American Society of Transplantation ID Community of Practice surveyed adult and pediatric fellows in US-based general ID or dedicated TID training programs to explore their didactic exposure, clinical experiences, and non-direct patient care activities in TID.

Results

A total of 234 fellows initiated the survey, and 195 (83%) (190 general ID and 19 TID fellows, including 125 adult, 76 pediatric, and 8 combined adult-pediatric fellows) comp

SUBMITTER: Phadke VK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11389608 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature