Pediatric Palliative Medicine Track

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The Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program is pleased to provide a Pediatric Track for applicants interested in a career in Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Medicine. The Pediatric Track is a one-year fellowship accepting 1-2 applicants per year. This track combines rotations from the adult fellowship alongside pediatric rotations.

Applicants can expect 5-6 months of Pediatric-specific rotations. 2 months will be dedicated to the inpatient pediatric palliative medicine consult service at Children’s Medical Center. One month is dedicated to the palliative medicine service at Cook Children’s in Fort Worth. Additional pediatric rotations will include Pediatric Oncology, Pediatric Radiation Oncology, and long term care at a pediatric rehabilitation hospital. In addition to these pediatric-specific rotations, the fellowship’s longitudinal curriculum is tailored to meet the interests of Pediatric fellows.

The adult palliative medicine rotations will include service time with the Parkland Palliative Care consult service, the Clements University Hospital consult service, and the VA inpatient hospice unit. These rotations are quite busy, and the training in advanced pharmacologic symptom management and communication skills is robust. Previous pediatric fellows have found these adult rotations a vital part of their training with broad applications in their future careers as Pediatric Palliative Medicine providers.