Academic Curriculum

Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship

Fellows are expected to engage in meaningful scholarly activity leading to “the generation of a specific written work product” during the course of their fellowship training. Scholarly activity may include but is not limited to basic, clinical, or translational biomedical research; health services investigation; quality improvement work; the study of bioethics; educational scholarship; and the development of public policy. The fellow begins to formulate a scholarship plan, with a specific plan and intended work product, in the first year of their fellowship. A Scholarship Oversight Committee (SOC) will be established for each fellow to provide guidance toward successful completion of their project. Specific responsibilities include regular meetings with progress reports, development of a timeline with specific targets for project completion, presentation, and publication of a written work product.

Teaching/Education
Physiology Tutorial	Every other month	Didactic sessions
Pulmonary Core Curriculum Lecture	Monthly	Didactic sessions – faculty present
Journal Club	Every other month	Formal presentation
Case Conferences	Weekly (every Thursday)	Case presentation – informal
ATS Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Case Series	Monthly	Case presentations yearly
Multi-Disciplinary Sign Out Meeting	Weekly	Case discussion
CF Team Meeting	Weekly	Case discussion
Administrative Responsibilities	Monthly	Division's business meeting

Other courses and conferences

Cincinnati Flexible bronchoscopy Course
- Funded by Children’s Mercy and offered in September and is mandatory for all first-year fellows.

Annual International Conferences
- American Thoracic Society
- North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference
- Annual CHEST Conference
- PAS, AAP Annual Conferences
  - Fellows are encouraged to prepare and submit cases or projects

View other GME or hospital conferences.