Careers
At Children's Medical CenterCritical Care Training
Prior training
- Completion of a pediatric residency through the PL-3 year, or
- Completion of an anesthesiology residency (3 years), or
- Completion of a surgery residency (3-4 years).
The three-year program
Minimal overall requirements:
- Three years of 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 of anesthesia
- Two months of 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 third 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 third night call
- Two months night call as "senior" fellow
- Five months research without call
- One month vacation/research
Third year
- Four months at 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 your no-call months
- Meetings: One major national meeting during the course of your fellowship, and all approved meetings during which the fellow is presenting research. All other meetings are at the discretion of the program director.
- Conferences: Seventy percent attendance is required at physiology, research, pharmacology, ethics, case conferences, journal clubs and mortality review.