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Curriculum

NCH Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine

Fellowship Block Schedule

Rotation Schedule Year 1 (PGY-4)	Number of Weeks
Medical Intensive Care Unit	12
CCU	4
Pulmonary Consult Service	12
Elective	4
Research/Simulation	4
Pulmonary Function Testing/Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing	4
Sleep	4
Night Medicine	4
Vacation	4

Rotation Schedule Year 2 (PGY-5)	Number of Weeks
Medical Intensive Care Unit	8
Surgical Intensive Care Unit/Neurologic Intensive Care Unit	4
Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit	4
CCU	4
Pulmonary Consult Service	8
Research	4
Elective	8
Night Medicine	4
Pulmonary Hypertension	4
Vacation	4

Rotation Schedule Year 3 (PGY-6)	Number of Weeks
Medical Intensive Care Unit	4
Surgical Intensive Care Unit/Neurologic Intensive Care Unit	4
Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit	4
CCU	4
Pulmonary Consult Service	4
Night ICU	4
Pulmonary Hypertension	4
Research	8
Elective	12
Vacation	4

Core Rotations:

Medical intensive care
SICU/neuro/trauma
Cardiothoracic intensive care
CCU
Night ICU
Pulmonary consult
Research
Pulmonary hypertension
Sleep medicine
Pulmonary function testing/cardiopulmonary exercise testing (PFT/CPET)
Simulation
Electives

Curriculum Organization and Fellow Experiences

Core curriculum conferences series
Clinical case conferences
Research conferences
Journal club
Morbidity and mortality conferences
Quality improvement conferences
Mentor meetings
Wellness activities

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Program Contact

Program Director

Carl Ruthman, MD

Program Director
Pulmonary Critical Care
Medicine Fellowship