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Requirements:

Prior training

  • Completion of a pediatric residency through the PL-3 year, or
  • Completion of an anesthesiology residency (3 years)

The three year program:

Minimal overall requirements:

  • Three years training total
  • One year of clinical service
  • One year of research.  The fellow will choose clinical or basic science research, and the mentor under which the research will be accomplished.  Fellows admitted to the NIH Training Grant will receive 24 months of protected research time in a basic science laboratory.

First year: (approximate schedule):

  • One month orientation
  • One month anesthesia
  • Two months Children's Medical Center PICU, every fourth night call covering both units
  • Two months total at Children's Medical Center PTICU with every fourth night call covering both units.
  • Two months total cardiothoracic surgery with every fourth night call
  • One month daytime transport with every fourth night call
  • Two rotations of research with every fourth night call covering the PICU and PTICU
  • One month vacation/research

Second year:

  • Two months PICU/PTICU with every fourth night call
  • Two months of cardiothoracic surgery service with every fourth night call
  • Two months night call as “senior” fellow
  • Five months research without call
  • One month vacation/research

Third year:

  • Four months Children's Medical Center, “senior” fellow call
  • Seven months research without call
  • One month vacation/research

Fourth year (optional):

  • On an individual basis, a fourth year dedicated to laboratory research may be arranged.

Each year

  • Vacation: Three weeks a year out of no-call months
  • Meetings:  One major national meeting during the course of fellowshipo and all approved meetings during which the fellow is presenting research.  All other meetings are at the discretion of the program director. 
  • Conferences:  Seventry percent attendance is requried at physiology, research, pharmacologyk ethics, case conferences, jounal clubs and mortality review.