All three years of fellowship are similar in terms of clinical versus research time. Research time is protected with no designated 24 hour call. On average a fellow spends 3 weeks on service (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) or Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit (CTICU) time) and 3 weeks off service (on research or elective). While on service, call averages every 3 days (2 calls per week).
Over the course of 36 months of fellowship:
- PICU – 16 months
- CTICU – 5 months
- Vacation – 3 months
- Research/ Elective – 12 months
1st Year
- Anesthesia elective – 0.5 month
- PICU – 5 months
- CTICU – 1.5 months
- Research/ Elective – 4 months
- Vacation – 1 month
2nd Year
- PICU – 5 months
- CTICU – 2 months
- Research/ Elective – 4 months
- Vacation – 1 month
3rd Year
- PICU – 5.5 months
- CTICU – 1.5 month
- Research/ Elective – 4 months
- Vacation – 1 month
Elective Time
- Anesthesia
- UCSD Burn ICU
- Palliative Medicine
- CTICU/ Cardiac Surgery/ Cardiac Cath Lab
- India Cardiac Mission
- PICC Elective
- Bronchoscopy Elective