title: Status of medical mycology education.
abstract: The number of immunocompromised patients and subsequent invasive fungal infections continues to rise. However, the education of future medical mycologists to engage this growing problem is diminishing. While there are an increasing number of publications and grants awarded in mycology, the time and detail devoted to teaching medical mycology in United States medical schools are inadequate. Here we review the history in medical mycology education and the current educational opportunities. To accurately gauge contemporary teaching we also conducted a prospective survey of microbiology and immunology departmental chairpersons in United States medical schools to determine the amount and content of contemporary education in medical mycology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. stein022@mc.duke.edu
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Steinbach
authors.forename: Thomas G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Wiley A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Schell
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Espinel-Ingroff
authors.forename: Richard F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Coico
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Perfect
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D017056:Medical Laboratory Personnel / Q000193:education*; D009172:Mycology / Q000193:education* / Q000639:trends; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires