Activities
- NICU Service Fellow: Three months
- Acting NICU attending: One month
- Research/Area of special focus: Seven months
- Follow-up Clinic: two fellows scheduled each week when not on NICU service
- Average on call frequency: 1/6 nights for the entire year. (varies by service month versus non-service month)
- Vacation: 4 weeks
Educational Objectives
1. Clinical Knowledge
- Understand medical, social, ethical, and interactional issues of neonates with any neonatal problem to the degree necessary to function as the NICU ward leader
- Complete a two-year review of Fetal and Neonatal Physiology (Read Polin and Fox)
- Complete a two-year reading program with one of the major textbooks of Neonatology
- Billing & Coding
- Hospital and Personal Finance
2. Procedures
- Master and be a proficient teacher of all the Neonatology procedure from Years 1 and 2.
3. Teaching Skills & Presentations
- Excellent teacher on Work Rounds
- Can give resident-level talks on most common topics in Neonatology
- Excellent OB/PEDS presentations
- Lecture presentations during physiology lecture series
- Regional and national presentations
4. Research Project
- Complete main project
- Submit manuscript of main project to peer review journal
- Present research results in platform or poster presentation format at local, regional, and national scientific meetings
5. Administration
- Complete Acting Attending month
- Serve as Chief Fellow
- Member divisional or hospital committee
6. Third Year Elective
- Two-week elective rotation in a semiprivate level III community NICU - Program Director will coordinate.
7. Obtaining a Neonatology Faculty Job
- Travel days set aside for graduating fellows to interview for jobs
- Assistance with CV
- Coaching and Practice interviews
- One-on-one counseling and coaching with Division Head/PD
8. Other
- Customized teaching; Optional Electives: 2 weeks Elective in Hemodynamics, Neonatal neurology, Neonatal cardiology, etc.
- ECMO-training
- Basic Lab Research
- Study time for Peds board exam in October: if you have board exam, you will be on research months in September and October.
- Palliative care, end of life: Effective communication course
- Cost of living is cheap: 2 room apartment’s rent is $1000 in average