ID Fellowship Tracks

The UC San Diego ID Fellowship Program has two ERAS/NRMP tracks to which applicants can apply: the clinician educator track (1049146-F1) and the research track (1049146-F0). Applicants can apply to one or both tracks. Applicants applying to the combined adult-pediatric ID Fellowship Program should apply only to the research track on the adult ID sife and they will also need to apply to the Pediatric ID Fellowship Program at UC San Diego/Rady Children's Hospital.

Clinician Educator Track

Applicants should apply to the clinician-educator track if they are intersted in a career focused on clinical care, medical education and teaching, and/or healthcare leadership (antimicrobial stewardship, infrection prevention, hospital epidemiology, microbiology, medical directorship, etc). Fellows in this track complete a total of 2 years of fellowship training. In the first year, fellows gain a wide breadth of clinical training, rotating at our 3 hospitals on all subspecialty consult services (general ID, solid organ transplant ID, oncologic ID, and HIV). Fellows also rotate in our various ID clinics, the microbiology labs, and through our antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention rotation during this year. In the second year, fellows pick a focused specialization and complete advanced clinical training in this area. They also conduct mentored research during the second year and have opportunities for training in medical education and teaching as well as programmatic leadership skill development in antimicrobial stewardship and/or infection prevention.

Sample Clinician Educator Track Schedule

Year 1

Rotations	Duration
ID Bootcamp*	2 weeks
General ID (Hillcrest, Jacobs, VA)**	18 weeks
HIV**	4-6 weeks
Oncologic ID**	4-6 weeks
Microbiology Lab*	2 weeks
ID Clinic*	4 weeks
Vacation/CME	4 weeks

*Non-call rotations (no weekends or overnights)
**Call rotations (overnight pager after month 4 of fellowship and 1 weekend day/week + 4 additional golden weekends/year)

Year 2

Rotations	Duration
Inpatient elective rotations	16 weeks
Outpatient clinic, research, teaching, leadership	32 weeks
Vacation/CME	4 weeks
Weekly HIV continuity clinic

Research Track

Applicants should apply to the research track if they are interested in a career involving research. Fellows in this track usually complete 2 or 3 additional years of research after their first year of clinical training (which mirrors th first clinical year described above for the clinician-educator track). We offer many research opportunities with mentors within and beyond the ID division including options for basic and translational research, clinical investigation, implementation science, epidemiology, and public and global health research. Our research program focus on three areas- HIV and Other Pandemics, Antimicrobial Resistance, and HIV and Substance Use. Fellows also have the opportunity to conduct research at institutions affiliated with UC San Diego such as The La Jolla Institute for Immunology and The Scripps Institute. The ID division also has a very active Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) and HIV Institute and boasts the first and largest Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics (IPATH) in North America.

Sample Research Track Schedule

Year 1

Rotations	Duration
ID Bootcamp*	2 weeks
General ID (Hillcrest, Jacobs, VA)**	18 weeks
HIV**	4-6 weeks
Oncologic ID**	4-6 weeks
Solid Organ Transplant ID**	4-6weeks
Microbiology Lab*	2 weeks
ID Clinic*	4 weeks
Vacation/CME	4 weeks

*Non-call rotations (no weekends or overnights)
**Call rotations (overnight pager after month 4 of fellowship and 1 weekend day/week + 4 additional golden weekends/year)

Year 2

Rotations	Duration
Inpatient elective rotations	16 weeks
Research	42 weeks
Vacation/CME	4 weeks
Weekly HIV continuity clinic

Year 3

Rotations	Duration
Inpatient elective rotations	4 weeks
Research	44 weeks
Vacation/CME	4 weeks
Weekly HIV continuity clinic (optional)

Combined Adult-Pediatric ID Fellowship Program

The combined adult-pediatric ID Fellowship Program is a 4-year training program that takes place at UC San Diego Health and Rady Children's Hospital through a collaboration between the adult and pediatric ID fellowship programs. Fellows in this program spend the first two years completing the majority of their clinical training (one year of adult clinical ID and one year of pediatric clinical ID). Applicants can start their clinical training either on the adult or the pediatric side. During the 3rd and 4th years of fellowship, fellows in the combined program spend the majority of their time conducting mentored research (mirroring the second and third years of research in the adult ID research track described above).

Sample Combined Adult-Pediatric ID Program Schedule

Year 1

Adult OR Pediatric ID Clinical Year

Year 2

Pediatric OR Adult ID Clinical Year

Years 3 and 4

Rotations	Duration
Research	42-44 weeks
Inpatient Rotations	4-6 weeks (mix of Adult and Pediatric ID)
Weekly Outpatient Clinic	Alternates between Peds ID and HIV continuity clinic
Oncologic ID**	4-6 weeks
Vacation/CME	4 weeks