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Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program

The Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) Fellowship at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University provides a broad, multidisciplinary educational program developed to train pediatricians to become successful and competent critical care clinicians, educators, and researchers.

The Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship is an ACGME accredited three-year program for board eligible/certified physicians in Pediatrics or Medicine-Pediatrics. The program is accredited for 3 PICU fellows and matches one trainee per year.

OUR PROGRAM HAS A DUAL FOCUS

To provide the clinical exposure and opportunities to support acquiring and refining expertise in managing critically ill children in a multidisciplinary pediatric critical care unit.
To provide significant exposure and training in basic science, clinical and/or translational research that serves as the foundation for an independent research career and fosters intellectual curiosity and creativity.

^{Pediatric Critical Care fellows: Nikhil Vallabhaneni, DO, Colin Stone, MD, and John-David
Bruce, MD}

SCHEDULE

The 36 month fellowship curriculum includes:

1 month of anesthesia
19 to 20 months of pediatric critical care clinical service
12 months of research, free of call
3 months of sedation
2 weeks of elective
3 weeks of vacation per academic year

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

All of the program’s clinical activities are housed in the Children’s Hospital of Georgia at AU which is a 149-bed, 220,000-square-foot facility that has a dedicated 14 bed combined medical-surgical PICU and cardiovascular ICU, along with an additional 6 bed pediatric intermediate care unit.

^{Pediatrics Critical Care Transport team}

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

The research component draws upon already existing programs at AU such as the Pediatric Subspecialty Fellows’ Clinical Research Design Course and may offer protected support for those interested in pursuing a Certificate in Clinical and Translational Science Program or Masters in Public Health.

Extensive options for basic science, translational, or clinical research experiences are available through collaboration with the broad spectrum of lab-based and clinical scientists at Augusta University, including through the Georgia Prevention Institute (GPI) and the Vascular Biology Center.

CURRICULUM

Fellow didactics are protected time every Wednesday from approximately 1pm to 4pm, where concepts paramount to critical care, patient care and research are reviewed. There are additional educational activities that fall outside of our scheduled Wednesday didactics, demarcated with an asterisk.

Weekly:

Review of topics from Roger's Textbook of Pediatric Critical Care
Cardiac Cath Conference*
Patient Care Conference*
Interdisciplinary Residency Core Curriculum

Monthly:

PICU M&M
Designing Clinical Research Curriculum
Ultrasound
Multi-institutional PICU Education Collaborative

Quarterly:

Journal Club
Radiology Rounds
Quality Improvement Curriculum
Simulation
Board Review
Research in Progress Presentations
Wellness sections/Program Director check ins with fellows
Pediatric Departmental M&M*

APPLICATION PROCESS

All applications for our traditional three-year fellowship are through the AAMC’s online Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Positions are offered through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) fall cycle pediatric subspecialty match. Please do not send application materials to us directly.

Initial application submissions are received through ERAS beginning July 15. Following application review, applicants are invited by the Fellowship Program Director to interview from August to November.

The PCCM Fellowship Program accepts applicants with J1 visa status only. The following are minimum requirements for application to the fellowship training program: