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 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