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About Cincinnati Children's
The Critical Care Medicine Division at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center offers a Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
Cincinnati Children's is a nationally recognized pediatric quaternary referral center, serving southern Ohio, northern Kentucky and eastern Indiana.
Cincinnati Children's is located on the clinical campus of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. All faculty members have academic appointments through the university.
The pediatric intensive care unit, a regional referral center for critically ill and injured children in the Ohio Valley, participates in arranging ground and air transportation to Cincinnati Children's. We are also a regional referral center for children with complicated respiratory failure.
A critical care transport team, based in the Emergency Department and the Critical Care Medicine Division, has been designated for the transport of these critically ill infants and children. Fellows participate in this network and are exposed to the management and development of a regional referral system.
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Goal of the Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program
The goal of the pediatric critical care fellowship program is to provide the trainee with the knowledge and clinical experience required to pursue an academic career in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.
This knowledge and experience will be acquired through bedside clinical experience, bedside teaching and didactic lecture formats. Four fundamental areas of knowledge and experience must be acquired by each trainee:
- Clinical expertise with all forms of critical illness and appropriate therapeutic interventions.
This is accomplished through bedside experience and attending mentorship and guidance. Directed study is facilitated through the lecture and bedside teaching formats. - The development of skills in the area of medical education.
This will be accomplished by exposure to attending role models as teachers, critical commentary by faculty participating in didactic presentations organized by the trainee, and careful monitoring of trainee. - Skills in the area of scientific research, including basic science and clinical investigation.
An atmosphere of critical appraisal of fundamental physiologic principles will be fostered. Each trainee will be taught how to develop a testable research hypothesis, implement proper experimental design and methodology, and organize and present the results of such study for peer review. - Skills in the area of Pediatric Intesive Care Unit (PICU) administration and personnel management. Clinical responsibilities during the first year of fellowship will include eight to nine months on clinical rotation (PICU / CCU; Operating Room / Anesthesia and one month in an adult surgical ICU).
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Training / Responsiblities
During the first year, two to three months are devoted to the research interests of the fellow. In the second year of training, the fellow will spend three to four months on clinical service in the PICU / CCU, with the remainder of time spent in research pursuits.
The third year will be tailored to the individual needs of the fellow, but will include at least eight to nine months of research, and two months as a junior-level attending in the PICU. A strong emphasis will be placed upon independent decision making by the fellows especially as he / she gains experience.
Overnight clinical responsibilities will consist of 24-hour, inhouse call on an every fourth night basis while on clinical service.
Night call responsibilities during the research or elective time will be minimal (approximately one call every eighth night, i.e., three to four calls per month).
During the third year of training, the fellow will act as the junior attending while on PICU clinical service.
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Contact Us
Use the contact information below for more information about this fellowship. For Basic Research Positions, applicants with MD and / or PhD degrees should contact:
Lesley A. Doughty, MD
Fellowship Director, Critical Care Medicine Division, MLC 2005
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45229
Phone: 513-636-4259
Fax: 513-636-4267
Email: lesley.doughty@cchmc.org
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Fellowship Application
We accept applications from physicians who will complete their third year of pediatric training prior to the onset of fellowship and, as such, should be board-eligible in Pediatrics.
In addition to a completed application, a copy of a current curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation with one of these letters from your pediatric training program director are required. An interview will be requested from qualified applicants after review of the aforementioned paperwork.
You can download a Critical Care Fellowship application (31k) in portable document format (.pdf).
You must have Adobe Acrobat" Reader installed on your computer to read this file. You can download Adobe Acrobat" Reader at Adobe's Web site by selecting the version appropriate for your type of computer.
Special Instructions / Additional Items
- Three letters of recommendation. One letter should be from the Director of your Residency Training Program.
- Current curriculum vitae
- Personal Statement
- ECFMG Certificate (if applicable)
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