Academic Activities

Teaching Conferences

The Department of Pediatrics Fellows Core Curriculum Conference Series provides a structured curriculum for all fellows in the Department of Pediatrics and addresses topics including, but not limited to, research design, grant writing, presentation and teaching skills, quality improvement initiatives, principles of evidence-based medicine, professionalism, and an assortment of other topics.

  • Core Physiology Lecture
  • Journal Clubs
  • EBM State of the Art Review
  • Case Conferences
  • Research Seminars
  • PICU Faculty Lectures
  • Quality-improvement Conferences
  • M&M’s

The conferences are all within the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, the Department of Pediatrics and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and are offered on a weekly basis in the PICU. Fellows are also required to attend Pediatric Fellows Core Lecture Series every 2nd Tuesday of the month in McGovern Medical School.

 

Educational Curriculum

Throughout the three-year curriculum, fellows participate in a broad variety of educational activities.

Simulation-based training

With emphasis in critical thinking, development of management plans and team-training are an essential part of the curriculum during the three years of fellowship in the state-of-the-art Surgical and Clinical Skills Center at McGovern Medical School.

Research Education

Participation in the Clinical Research Curriculum is part of a two-year introductory lecture series designed to promote clinical research expertise among clinical investigators.

Fellows are also expected to present their research at local, national, or international conferences and are given five days each year to participate in academic meetings.

Medical Teaching & Educational Requirements

PCCM fellows also participate in teaching an Advanced Pediatric Life Support course, “mock codes,” with PICU nurses and respiratory therapists, pediatric residents.

All fellows complete an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) certification course in their first year and are expected to complete the AMA GME Competency Education Program Course Plan as well as the Residency and Fellowship Core Curriculum.