Clinical Experience
Each fellow completes 13 four-week blocks and is given 20 vacation and 5 meeting days during their academic year. Fellows spend four weeks in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and complete the remainder of the fellowship rotating through the diverse Pediatric Surgical Services represented at the Children's Surgical Center. Our Acute, Chronic and Palliative curriculum is integrated throughout the entire fellowship.
Of note, we believe that Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia requires repetition and continuous exposure to master. For this reason, fellows will be assigned cardiac cases throughout the year, even when not on their official cardiac rotation, to ensure continuous development of clinical skills, reasoning and crisis management.
Non-clinical days – 1 to 2 weekdays per month for scholarly activity
Call – No in-house call, One Friday “home” call per month, One Saturday/Sunday “home” back-up per month
Location |
Duration |
|
Children’s ORs |
8 months* |
|
Cardiac ORs |
2 months* |
|
Pediatric ICU |
1 month |
|
Pediatric Pain Service |
Ongoing |
|
Regional |
Ongoing |
|
Elective (optional) |
2 weeks |
|
Vacation |
20 days |
|
CME/Conferences |
5 days |
*- longitudinal experience throughout the entire fellowship year