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Curriculum

The Pediatric Hematology Oncology Fellowship Curriculum is on a four week block schedule with the first year focusing primarily on clinical rotations and the 2nd and 3rd years focusing primarily on research.

PGY4

  • 20 total weeks inpatient service
  • 4 weeks of orientation including one week inpatient, one week outpatient, one week general administrative duties, and one week HSCT/Gene Therapy
  • 4 weeks of palliative care/neuro-oncology
  • 4 weeks of outpatient clinic
  • 4 weeks of Research/Independent study
  • 4 weeks of Lab (divided between path, blood bank, and the pediatric heme/onc lab)
  • 4 weeks of HSCT/Gene Therapy
  • 4 weeks of multidisciplinary clinics (bleeding disorders clinic, brain tumor clinic, genetic predisposition clinic, sickle cell satellite clinics, sickle cell adolescent clinic, sickle cell newborn clinic, sickle cell combined pulmonary clinic)
  • 2 weeks of Radiation Oncology
  • 2 weeks of another elective of fellow’s choosing
  • 20 weeks of inpatient service
  • 4 weeks of research elective

PGY5 and PGY6

  • Research for all blocks
  • 4 nonconsecutive weeks of inpatient consults
  • ½ day of focused clinic in area of fellow’s primary clinical interests

Call

Formal call responsibilities are assigned during all rotations. Fellows will take one day per week of night call from home per calendar month and one weekend call per month. Fellows may be asked to come in while on call for new diagnoses and deaths or other patient care emergencies. Fellow work hours will be fully compliant with ACGME duty hour regulations.

Continuity Clinic

Fellows will have one ½ day of continuity clinic per week throughout their 3-year fellowship. Fellows will see the entire spectrum of hematology/oncology disease processes during this clinic and take true ownership for their patients. All pediatric hematology oncology faculty rotate through the clinic to provide expertise in their individual areas, allowing the fellows to become well-versed in the care of all disease processes.

Procedures

Fellows will have the opportunity to assist/perform procedures on their own continuity patients as well as patients seen in the inpatient setting and other opportunities that may arise. Common procedures performed include lumbar puncture with intrathecal chemotherapy administration, bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, skin biopsy, and bone marrow harvest and transplant. 

Moonlighting

Moonlighting is allowed with the approval of the program director during the 2nd and 3rd year of fellowship. By ACGME mandate, moonlighting hours must be reported and included in calculations of total work hours; the sum of fellowship program and moonlighting hours must not exceed 80 hours/week. Current fellows have opportunities to moonlight in the pediatric emergency room and the after-hours clinic. This availability is based on pediatric emergency department needs.