Academic Curriculum
Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship
Fellow specific conferences
Boot Camp
- Multiple half-day sessions early in the first year practicing simulated patient scenarios with the emergency medicine and critical care staff.
- Great opportunity to learn and practice communication and critical thinking skills as a team leader in simulated traumas and codes in a safe and controlled environment.
- Also an opportunity to practice intubation skills (direct laryngoscopy, video assisted laryngoscopy) and invasive procedures on mannequins.
FEAST (Fellow Education and Advanced Seminar Training)
- Series created with extensive fellow input.
- Educational sessions held for PHM fellows only and occur twice monthly after standing check-ins with PHM Fellowship leadership.
- Sessions are discussion-based and focused on career development for academic pediatric hospitalists.
PHM Division lectures and conferences
Teach the Teachers Series
- Conference series led by the Division’s Core Attending Group of educators.
- Topics include learning styles, feedback and evaluation, curriculum development, writing meaningful goals & objectives, the problem learner, use of technology in education, clinical reasoning, teaching in a large group setting, and microskills.
Professional Development Series
- Series created in direct response to fellow feedback.
- Lectures target topics that are key to being a successful academic pediatric hospitalist and are not covered elsewhere in the curriculum.
- Topics include professionalism, ethics, autonomy and supervision, mentorship and sponsorship, billing and coding, human factors, and board preparation.
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Annual National Conferences
- AAP SOHM Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellows conference
- APA Academic General Pediatrics and Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellows conference
- Pediatric Academic Societies conference
- Pediatric Hospital Medicine conference
Our Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship leadership team
Michael G. Platt, MD
Program Director
(816) 302-3268
mplatt@cmh.edu
Toni Zaner, BA
Program Coordinator
tmzaner@cmh.edu