Curriculum - Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
The following table is a representation of our rotation curriculum for our Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program. There are 13 four-week blocks per year. One block is for vacation each year.
The rotations during the 3rd year are tailored to each individual fellow's interests.
| Rotation | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UMMC MICU | 3 blocks | 1 block | 1 block |
| UMMC Pulmonary Consults | 3 blocks | - | - |
| UMMC Critical Care Anesthesia | 1 block | - | - |
| UMMC Interventional Pulmonology | 1 block | - | 1 block |
| UMMC Lung Transplant | - | 1 block | - |
| VA MICU/Consults | 3 blocks | - | - |
| Pulmonary Electives | 0.5 block chest radiology | 1 block | 2+ blocks |
| Non-Medical ICU's | 0.5 block CC Ultrasound | - | 3-6 blocks |
| Research | - | 9-10 blocks | 3-6 blocks |
| Fellows Pulmonary Clinic (VA) | 1/2 day weekly | 1/2 day every other week | 1/2 day monthly |
| Center for Pulmonary Health Clinic (Midtown) | - | 1/2 day weekly | 1/2 day once or twice weekly |
In addition to bedside faculty teaching, our Division hosts comprehensive didactic conferences. Weekly conferences include:
- Pulmonary Grand Rounds, a pulmonary and critical care evidence-based conference during which clinical and basic science topics are presented
- Ambulatory Pulmonary Curriculum, a pre-clinic 30-minute case-based discussion of the outpatient evaluation and management of a pulmonary disease topic complementary to that week's Grand Rounds
- Multi-Disciplinary Radiology Case Conference, in which fellows present clinical cases, a discussion of the relevant radiologic and pathologic findings, and a literature review of the illness
- Multi-Departmental Critical Care Grand Rounds, a critical care oriented didactic conference which comprehensively covers current critical care topics and is presented by a wide range of faculty with expertise in critical care medicine. Lectures are posted online maryland.ccproject.com.
- Multi-Institutional Critical Care Core Conference, a collaborative initiative with other critical care programs within the region to provide a comprehensive curriculum for fellows. A 2-year program with monthly organ-based topics has been developed.
As an academic institution, there are many additional conferences and lectures that the fellows may attend as their schedules allow. These include the following:
- Interventional Pulmonology Conference (monthly)
- Interventional Pulmonology Journal Club (monthly)
- Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Tumor Board (weekly)
- Multidisciplinary Interstitial Lung Disease Conference (every other week)
- Medicine Grand Rounds, including Department of Medicine Clinicopathologic Conference (weekly)
- Translational Research Conference and Inflammation Research Group Conference