We are proud to offer fellows the option to pursue concentrations within the fellowship program that are tailored to their interests and career goals. Current pathways include the following:
Complex Care
The Complex Care Pathway provides fellows with comprehensive clinical, scholarly, and professional development experiences focused on caring for children with medical complexity. Fellows work alongside a multidisciplinary pediatric complex care team across inpatient and outpatient settings, gaining exposure to pediatric rehabilitation, neurology, palliative care, device management, multidisciplinary specialty clinics, and community-based resources that support children and families. Fellows complete a mentored scholarly project in research, advocacy, education, or quality improvement and engage with national complex care organizations and conferences to expand their professional network. Ongoing educational opportunities include the Family LENS curriculum, Complex Care Journal Club Podcast, LEND training, and regular interdisciplinary team meetings, providing a robust foundation for future leaders in pediatric complex care.
Sedation
The Sedation Pathway provides fellows with comprehensive training in the safe and effective delivery of pediatric procedural sedation. Through a combination of self-directed learning, clinical experience, and hands-on skills development, fellows gain expertise in patient selection, pre-sedation assessment, ASA classification, sedation pharmacology, airway physiology, and monitoring requirements across the sedation continuum. Fellows develop proficiency in recognizing and managing sedation-related complications, including airway obstruction, laryngospasm, and apnea, while building competency in essential airway management techniques such as oxygen administration, bag-mask ventilation, CPAP, and airway adjunct placement. This pathway prepares fellows to provide high-quality, evidence-based sedation care for a variety of pediatric patients and procedures. Additionally, fellows will have the opportunity to complete a nitrous oxide administration training course.
Clinical Informatics
The Clinical Informatics Pathway provides fellows with hands-on experience in healthcare technology, data analytics, and clinical systems improvement. Fellows have the opportunity to earn Epic’s Physician Builder Certification through in-person training at Epic headquarters, gaining the skills and permissions to design and optimize electronic health record tools and workflows. Additional experiences may include participation in informatics electives, clinical informatics conferences, Epic advanced training programs, and institutional informatics meetings. Fellows also complete a mentored scholarly project focused on clinical informatics, quality improvement, data analytics, or digital health, preparing them to leverage technology to improve patient care, healthcare delivery, and system performance.
Global Health
The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health offers a robust global child health training program for graduate medical trainees. Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellows seeking to enrich their global health expertise can enroll in the supplemental PHM Global Health Pathway during their time in Madison. With this pathway, they will have access to an annual multidisciplinary Fundamentals of Global Health GME course, global health electives, global health mentorship from faculty members in the Division of Global Pediatrics, and myriad individualized curriculum opportunities that can be tailored to meet their specific goals and objectives. For questions related to the PHM Global Health Pathway, please contact DeMarco Bowen, MD, MPH, and Nikki St Clair, MD, MS.