Training and Curriculum
Training & Curriculum Overview
Year 1 + 2 (ACGME years):
Clinical Experience | 32 weeks
- 22 weeks of core rotations
- Composed of hospital medicine, complex care, community hospital, nursery, child protection, palliative care, pain, sedation, critical care
- 10 weeks of clinical electives
- Including but not limited to: intermediate care (ICU step-down), NICU, procedural skills, community hospital, subspecialties (endocrinology, neurology, psychiatry, rheumatology, gastroenterology/nutrition, dermatology, cardiology, etc.)
Scholarship Experience | 32 weeks (16 weeks/year) Individualized mentorship of scholarly work and academic products
- Various scholarship opportunities in clinical research, QI projects, committee membership, leadership development, medical education, health equity, diversity and inclusion
- Masters Coursework (2nd year)
Individualized Learning | 32 weeks (16 weeks/year)
- Completed by all rising 2nd year fellows from July-August
- Institution-wide teaching academy and certificate
- Attendance at national conferences, such as:
- Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting
- Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellows Conference
- Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference
- AAP National Conference and Exhibition
- Student National Medical Association Conferences
- Latino Medical Student Association Conference
- National Medical Association National Convention & Scientific Assembly
Year 3 (non-ACGME Year):
- Unsupervised attending clinical weeks on pediatric hospital medicine and/or complex care services
- Ongoing protected time to complete Master’s program
- Ongoing mentorship and support from division and scholarship oversight committee to work on publishing fellowship research project
