Duke Requirements for ACGME Certification of Training

To fulfill the requirements for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for training in infectious diseases as just listed and to maintain satisfactory accreditation of the training program, this Division expects the following specific elements of each trainee in the Duke program:

Completion of one year of clinical subspecialty rotations, with documentation by attending faculty that the trainee has developed competence in each of the objectives of the rotation.
Satisfactory completion of supervised experience in:
1. Inpatient consults
2. Outpatient clinics
3. Infection control
4. Antibiotic use
Attendance and active participation in a majority of scheduled conferences:
1. Interdisciplinary Infectious Diseases Conference
2. Department and Division research conferences
3. Journal Club
4. Infectious Diseases Weekly Case Conference;
Completion of an approved research project, with presentation of the results at a Division, Departmental, or national meeting. Each trainee is encouraged to submit requests for extramural funding from the NIH, CDC, VA, and private foundations for support of their fellowships and for
All fellows in the clinical year receive monthly evaluations, and all fellows in the research years receive twice-yearly reviews by both their research mentors and by the Program Director/Division Chief.