Components of Training

Procedural Skills
There are no procedural skill requirements essential to training.

Elective Training
A maximum of one year may be spent in related areas of clinical medicine, infectious diseases research or laboratory work.

Project or Case Reports
Trainees are required to submit a written project for each year of the advanced training. This may take several formats:

1. A single case report of an unusual problem accompanied by an in-depth literature review.
   
2. A review of a clearly defined clinical problem, using a series of cases to illustrate the problem, accompanied by an extensive review of the relevant literature.
   
3. A clinical or laboratory research project presented in a form suitable, or already submitted for publication.
   
4. A report and commentary of a substantial original work, either in progress or complete (e.g. thesis for a higher degree).

Preference is given for formats #2, #3 or #4. No more than two of the three required project reports should be as format #1. Project reports should be of a standard suitable for presentation at a meeting of a national or international society or publication in a peer reviewed journal.

Project reports should be submitted during each year of advanced physician training in infectious diseases. In particular, two project reports should have been submitted by completion of the second year of training. The project shall be forwarded to the CAT of the SAC via the College by 15 September each year. (Each report must include a cover sheet which you can download from here). The year cannot be accredited until a satisfactory project is received.

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Other Specific Requirements
Trainees are strongly encouraged to attend at least one annual scientific meeting of Australian Society of Infectious Diseases during the three years of training. This should be documented in the logbook.

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Research
This is encouraged although the SAC has no specific requirements.

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Training Posts
A list of suitable training positions will be available from the SAC. All training positions will be evaluated on a three to five yearly basis. This evaluation may be by a site visit by at least two senior infectious disease physicians, one of who is a member of the SAC or their nominee. A position appropriate for core training should be within a university teaching hospital with:

• A full-time infectious diseases physician, or two or more part-time infectious diseases physicians with a total allocation of at least of 1.0 EFT per week (ie. full-time equivalent).
  
• A consultative service seeing at least 250 new consults per year.
  
• Inpatient and outpatient care of patients with infectious diseases, providing the trainee with the opportunity to acquire a broad clinical experience in infectious diseases and infection control.
  
• Experience in being "on-call" for consultation regarding infectious diseases problems.
  
• Regular clinical infectious diseases meetings designed for teaching and consultation with related disciplines.
  
• Library facilities with ready access to all major infectious disease journals and texts, and literature search facilities.

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