MEDICINE 455C
Clinical Infectious Disease in Brief
Reinaldo Perez
Description from DukeHub
This rotation provides a brief introduction to the role of a clinical infectious diseases consultant with a focus on infectious diseases diagnostics and antibiotic use. The course is structured around 2 weeks on the Inpatient Infectious Diseases Consult Service (DUH or VA). Your learning will occur from direct care of patients supplemented by independent study, infectious diseases grand rounds, journal club, and case conference presentations. Students that have taken the second year, two-week Clinical Infectious Disease Selective, Medicine 231C are not eligible to enroll in this course. Students that take this 2-week elective may not enroll in the 4-week Medicine 440C elective. For more information and/or to obtain a permission number, please contact Haley Sullivan, (contact listed in DukeHub). Permission is required for enrollment. Credit: 2. Enrollment max 2. Course Director: Reinaldo Perez, MD
Skills
- clinicalSchool of Medicine clinical course
AI-resilient: 3 of 5
- Yes: Physical, lab or field work · clinical rotation
- Yes: Live work with people · "clinical"
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "diagnostics"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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