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Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship

Clinical Training

The Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) Fellowship at UC Davis Children’s Hospital is a two-year ACGME-accredited program structured around 4-week block rotations in clinical care, individualized curriculum, and scholarly work. Fellows train across both an academic tertiary care children’s hospital (UC Davis Children’s Hospital) and a community hospital partner site (Adventist Health Lodi Memorial), allowing for comprehensive exposure to the full spectrum of pediatric hospital medicine.

Core rotations include pediatric wards, procedural sedation, PICU, NICU, and palliative care. Fellows also complete structured experiences in quality improvement, advocacy, and medical education, and are supported in the completion of a scholarly project that fulfills ABP requirements. The program emphasizes flexibility, mentorship, and career alignment, with significant elective time in each year.

Fellows also rotate at Adventist Health Lodi Memorial, a community hospital and long-standing UC Davis clinical affiliate. There, fellows gain experience managing well newborns, Level II neonates, emergency department consults, and general pediatric inpatients in a lower-resource setting—developing autonomy, adaptability, and an appreciation for regionalized systems of care.

Female nurse checks small boy patient's ear with mom close by

Sample Training Schedule

  • 10 weeks – PHM service at UC Davis Children’s Hospital
  • 2 weeks – PICU at UC Davis Children’s Hospital
  • 4 weeks – Pediatric Sedation and Procedures
  • 2 weeks – Pediatric Critical Care Selective
  • 14 weeks – Individualized Clinical Curriculum
  • 2 weeks – Intro to Quality Improvement Scholarly Activity
  • 2 weeks – Intro to Child Advocacy Scholarly Activity
  • 2 weeks – Intro to Medical Education Scholarly Activity
  • 10 weeks – Research/Scholarly Activity
  • 4 weeks – Vacation
  • 10 weeks – PHM service at UC Davis Children’s Hospital
  • 4 weeks – Community PHM service
  • 2 weeks – Pediatric Palliative Care and Pain Management
  • 2 weeks – Pediatric Critical Care Selective
  • 14 weeks – Individualized Clinical Curriculum
  • 16 weeks – Research/Scholarly Activity
  • 4 weeks – Vacation

Elective Clinical Experiences include (but not limited to):

  • Behavioral Development
  • Child Protection Team
  • Child Psychiatry
  • Dermatology
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Infectious Disease
  • Kaiser Pediatric Hospital Medicine
  • Legislative Advocacy
  • Newborn Nursery
  • Pediatric Cardiac ICU
  • Pediatric Orthopedics
  • Pediatric Surgery
  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
  • Toxicology
  • Transport

More About the Program

The UC Davis Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship prepares graduates for diverse career paths in academic and community hospital medicine. Fellows receive training in clinical care, teaching, quality improvement, and research in a supportive, collaborative environment.

Get in Touch With Us

Program Coordinator
pedsfellowship@health.ucdavis.edu

Program Director
Michelle Hamline, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.S.
Email: mhamline@health.ucdavis.edu