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Fellowship experience
Schedule/Rotations
Forty-six weeks of the fellowship training occurs at University of Iowa Health Care within the Department of Pathology’s Division of Medical Microbiology. Fellows also complete six weeks of rotations at the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa that includes a two-week parasitology rotation and four one-week rotations in bacteriology/bioterrorism, virology/serology, mycology/mycobacteriology, and molecular diagnostics.
Education/Conferences
Numerous conferences are available. The required conferences are listed below.
- Microbiology Clinical Pathology lecture series - Oct.-Dec. - 7:30 am
- Pathology Grand Rounds – Noon, Weekly
- Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds - 2 pm, Weekly
- Friday Morning Case Conference - 7:30 am, Weekly
- Microbiology Case Conference – Noon, Monthly
- Institutional Infection Control Committee meeting – Noon, 3rd Tue. each month
Research/Investigators
Pathology has historically been defined by the intersection of laboratory science and clinical medicine. Each new advancement in science that has had an impact on diagnostic medicine has spawned a new area of "laboratory medicine", from the application of light microscopy to immunohistochemistry, from serology to flow cytometry, and molecular genetics. In order for a pathology department to lead, and not just follow, it must create and maintain "germinal centers" of those sciences related to human biology and pathobiology. This difficult and fragile process is called "research". It is the strength of our Pathology Department that this process has happened in the past. We are fully committed to its continuation.
Program accreditation
The Medical Microbiology Fellowship at UI Health Care is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Information specific to program requirements for a pathology training program may be found at the ACGME’s Pathology Residency Review Committee.