Curriculum Overview

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Core Rotations Year 1 (16 weeks):
1. Inpatient Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM): Inpatient management of a team of general pediatric inpatients on both the acute care floor and the intermediate care unit; will also include surgical co-management with Orthopedics, Ophthalmology and Ear Nose Throat (ENT). Supervising responsibilities for residents, interns and medical students. Inpatient PHM will occur in one week increments x 8 weeks.
2. Newborn Nursery (NBN) includes supervising responsibilities for residents, interns and medial students and will occur in one week increments ( x 4 weeks).
3. Complex and Palliative Care will occur in a 4 week increment to fulfill this rotation and will involve inpatient consults with our “Enhanced Care Team” and follow-ups in our Enhanced Care Clinic. The “Enhanced Care Team” cares for Children with Medical Complexity (CMCs) and children with life-limiting medical conditions.

Research: Protected research time will include 16 weeks of non-continuous time. (to be broken up in either 2 week or 4 week increments)

Electives/Individualized Curriculum (IC): Electives will occur in 4 week increments to fulfill those rotations. Suggested IC electives include: Inpatient Infectious Diseases, Inpatient Pulmonology, Behavioral Health, Medical Education, Adolescent Medicine, Inpatient Nephrology. There are 4 blocks. (16 weeks total)

PTO/Vacation: Fellows are granted 4 weeks of PTO/year, which includes sick leave and vacation. Vacation may be taken in 1 week increments. Vacation may shift the timing (i.e.: start date) of research and/or elective blocks, but will not replace them.

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Core Rotations Year 2 (16 weeks):

1. Inpatient Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM): Inpatient management of a team of general pediatric inpatients on both the acute care floor and the intermediate care unit; will also include surgical co-management with Orthopedics, Ophthalmology and Ear Nose Throat (ENT). Supervising responsibilities for residents, interns and medical students. Inpatient PHM will occur in one week increments x 8 weeks.
2. Critical Care (PICU), Sedation and Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) will occur in a 4 week increment to fulfill this rotation
3. Community PHM will occur at Site 2 and involve inpatient care of general pediatric patients and co-management with some subspecialty patients including, but not limited to, Pediatric Endocrinology and Pediatric Neurology; occasionally there will be supervision responsibilities for family medicine residents and APP students. This rotation will occur in a 4 week increment.

Research: Protected research time will include 16 weeks of non-continuous time (to be broken up in either 2 week or 4 week increments)

Electives/Individualized Curriculum (IC): Electives will occur in 4 week increments to fulfill those rotations. Suggested Electives/Individualized Curriculum: Child Protective Team, Inpatient Neurology, Leadership/Business Administration, Advocacy, Inpatient Endocrinology, Inpatient Gastroenterology. There are 4 blocks. (16 weeks total)

PTO/Vacation: Fellows are granted 4 weeks of PTO/year, which includes sick leave and vacation. Vacation may be taken in 1 week increments. Vacation may shift the timing (i.e.: start date) of research and/or elective blocks, but will not replace them.