Advancing infectious diseases education through innovative learning and community.
Goals
- Expand interdisciplinary infectious diseases education, training and professional development
- Cultivate innovative teaching and learning platforms for making infectious disease topics more attractive to a wide range of students resulting in impactful student outcomes and classroom success
- Create opportunities to develop a cohesive student culture to enhance student experience, involvement and retention
Tactics
- Bolster infectious disease topics in course curricula, increase enrollment in existing courses, expand training grant programs and increase the number of interdisciplinary infectious disease-related courses based on gap analysis
- Leverage the IDI Trainee Association to design student programs that incorporate interdisciplinary discussion, team-building, expanded understanding of thoughts and ideas, and improvement of social bonds