Block Rotation Schedule
First Year Block Diagram
| Month / 4wk | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site | Site 1 | Site 2 | Site 2 | Site 1 | Site 2 | Site 2 | Site 1 | Site 2 | Site 2 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 2 |
| Rotation | RES | PULM | PULM | RES/VAC | PULM | PULM | RES | PULM | RES | RES | RES/VAC | SUBP |
| % Inpatient | 0% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 90% | 0% | 90% | 90% | 0% | 0% | 90% |
| % Outpatient | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% |
| % Research | 90% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 90% | 0% | 0% | 90% | 90% | 0% |
Second Year Block Diagram
| Month / 4wk | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 2 | Site 1 | Site 1,2, 3 | Site 2 | Site 1 | Site 2 | Site 2 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 1 |
| Rotation | PULM | RES | SUBP | RES/VAC | ELECTIVE | SUBP | RES | RES | RES | SUBP | RES/VAC | RES |
| % Inpatient | 0% | 0% | 90% | 0% | 90% | 90% | 0% | 90% | 90% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| % Outpatient | 10% | 10% | 00% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% |
| % Research | 90% | 90% | 0% | 90% | 0% | 0% | 90% | 0% | 0% | 90% | 90% | 90% |
Third Year Block Diagram
| Month / 4wk | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site | Site 1 | Site 2 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 2 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 1, 2, 3 | Site 2 | Site 1 | Site 1 | Site 1 |
| Rotation | RES | PULM | RES | RES/VAC | SUBP | RES | RES | ELECTIVE | SUBP | PULM | RES/VAC | RES |
| % Inpatient | 0% | 90% | 0% | 0% | 90% | 0% | 0% | 90% | 90% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| % Outpatient | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% |
| % Research | 90% | 0% | 90% | 90% | 0% | 90% | 90% | 0% | 0% | 90% | 90% | 90% |
Notes:
| Site 1: McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston Site 2: Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital – TMC Site 3: University of Houston Elective |
PULM – Pediatric pulmonary consultation hospital service SUBP – Pediatric pulmonary subspecialty hospital consult service RES – Research* VAC – Vacation |
* an ELECTIVE may be chosen in place of RES, if there is significant overlap between the research topic and training in that elective. The change must be pre-approved by the program director.
Adult Interventional Pulmonary Medicine (Site 2)
Allergy / Immunology (Site 1)
Pediatric Complex Care Medicine (Site 1)
Pediatric ENT (Site 2)
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) (Site 2)
Pediatric Radiology (Site 2)
Sleep Medicine (Site 2)
Health Care Management course (Site 3)
MD Anderson Cancer Center
The Institute for Rehabilitation & Research (TIRR)
Fellows take At-Home pager call with faculty backup while on Pediatric Pulmonary consultation hospital service month and weekend coverage
Fellows cover the Pediatric Pulmonary consultation hospital service 2 weekends a month while on PULM and 1 weekend a month when not on PULM
Fellow continuity clinic occurs on Tuesday & Friday afternoons. The faculty rotate to supervise the fellow clinic in order to broaden the exposure of various management styles. In place of their continuity clinic, fellows may choose to attend a pediatric pulmonary subspecialty clinic of their choice on every 2nd Tuesday of the month:
- Aerodigestive clinic
- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia clinic
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) clinic
- MD Anderson Pulmonary clinic
- Pediatric Complex Care clinic
- Pediatric Sleep clinic
- Rare Lung Disease clinic
- Pulmonary Hypertension clinic
- Sickle Cell-Pediatric Pulmonary clinic