@article{017d49b232c4490a8c429c2504425d1a,
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.",
keywords = "Mycology education, Mycology teaching",
author = "Steinbach, {William J.} and Mitchell, {Thomas G.} and Schell, {Wiley A.} and Ana Espinel-Ingroff and Coico, {Richard F.} and Walsh, {Thomas J.} and Perfect, {John R.}",
note = "Funding Information: We also searched the Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP) database of federally-funded biomedical research projects (http:// crisp.cit.nih.gov), which is maintained by the Office of Extramural Research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This database provided the number of new mycology-related NIH grants awarded over the past decade (Fig. 3). These mycology-related grants were also compared to the number of grants awarded for study of other pathogens (Fig. 4). Results from the CRISP database from 1991 ·/2002, revealed a slight increase in the number of R01 awards for mycology-related projects. However, there was an obvious dearth of K-series awards for mycological research training, as",
year = "2003",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1080/13693780310001631322",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "41",
pages = "457--467",
journal = "Medical mycology",
issn = "1369-3786",
publisher = "Informa Healthcare",
number = "6",
}