Academic Curriculum
Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship
Fellow specific conferences
Common Curriculum Didactics
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Monthly meeting of fellows from all sub-specialties.
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Hospital-wide program to address topics common to all ACGME-approved fellowship programs.
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Conferences focus on leadership development within the context of the health care system.
Grant Writing Curriculum
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A longitudinal course during first year.
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Fellows will learn how to write a competitive grant application. Fellows will be paired with a mentor to help guide the creation of their first grant application. Once the fellow has completed the course, he or she is eligible to apply for a CMH Clinical Fellowship Research Award.
Statistics Course
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Monthly biostatistics training during Year 1 of fellowship with introduction into various analysis techniques.
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Fellows will utilize actual data sets to practice identifying appropriate statistical methods and performing them.
Problem Solving for Fellows (Continuous Quality and Practice Improvement)
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A participative and project-oriented learning experience that is designed to assist the fellow in continuously improving his or her practice.
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All fellows complete Problem Solving Basics in Year 1 or 2, and fellows interested in QI as a scholarly focus complete additional training with structured monthly mentoring sessions thereafter.
Boot Camp
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Multiple half-day sessions early in the first year practicing simulated patient scenarios with the emergency medicine and critical care staff.
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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.
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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
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Conference series led by the Division’s Core Attending Group of educators.
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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
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Series created in direct response to fellow feedback.
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Lectures target topics that are key to being a successful academic pediatric hospitalist and are not covered elsewhere in the curriculum.
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Topics include professionalism, ethics, autonomy and supervision, mentorship and sponsorship, billing and coding, human factors, and board preparation.
Hospital-wide lectures and conferences
Grand Rounds
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Local and national speakers present pertinent pediatrics topics weekly.
Morbidity and Mortality Conference
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Monthly conference structured to define ways to improve quality of care through the analysis of recent cases.
Professor Rounds
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Case-based presentations with an educational didactic component for residents, fellows, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and faculty prepared and presented by a senior resident each week.
Academic Scholarship Conference
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A bi-monthly conference covering topics such as quality improvement, advocacy, research and medical education.
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Presented by CMH faculty as well as guest speakers and visiting professors.
Morning Report
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Led by the Chief Residents
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General inpatient teaching teams meet on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday to review interesting cases and provide clinical pearls.
Annual National Conferences
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AAP SOHM Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellows conference
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APA Academic General Pediatrics and Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellows conference
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Pediatric Academic Societies conference
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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