The Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine organizes a number of educational opportunities for fellows. Conferences include case conferences, research conferences, journal clubs and mortality and morbidity conferences as well as the Fellows’ lecture series. Fellows’ lectures are given by division members and invited faculty when appropriate, and cover the majority of topics outlined by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) as essential for training.
Weekly
- PICU sign-out with the on-service faculty
- Fellows’ lectures, covering core topics and board specifications
- Fellow Board Review Course
- CVICU Conference
- Core Topics in Pediatric Critical Care
- Pediatric cardiac surgical conference, including surgical planning and discussion
Monthly
- Case Conference
- Journal Club
- Research Conference
- Morbidity and Mortality
- Interdisciplinary Unit Council (IUC); an interdisciplinary quality assurance meeting
- Core curriculum conferences covering topics such as biostatistics and evidence-based medicine, research study design, principles of adult learning, professionalism and ethics, health care systems, career development, and leadership skills
Additional Conferences and Courses
- Pediatric Problem Conference
- Pediatric Grand Rounds
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support Course; certification and achievement of instructor status
- Advanced Trauma Life Support course
- Society of Critical Care Medicine in-training examination
- Emergency Medical Services for Children Regional Symposium
- Pulmonary and critical care conferences
- Campus-wide research conferences
- ECMO Specialists course
- Neurorespiratory seminar
- Arndt Advanced Airway course