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Clinical Education or Rotations

Core Intensive Care Unit Rotations

Nine months of the year-long fellowship are spent in the Surgical and Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit (SNICU) and Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU). The SNICU has four bays with a total of 30 beds and the CVICU (which is a mixed medical and surgical unit) will usually have 6-8 covered beds, depending on surgical census. Four teams cover the SNICU/CVICU (three based in the SNICU, one based in the CVICU). Fellows will rotate on an equal basis among the four teams, generally spending 2-4 weeks at a time with each team.

Elective Rotations

Up to three months may be spent in elective rotations relevant to critical care medicine. The two most popular electives are Echocardiography and Bronchoscopy. Other possible electives include, but are not limited to, Infectious Disease, Neurology, Nephrology, Medical Intensive Care, Pediatric Intensive Care, OR Anesthesia, Burn Surgery, and Research. Novel electives based on a fellow’s particular interests can be arranged with prior notification and approval. Electives are generally two or four weeks in length, depending on the rotation sponsor’s and fellow’s preferences.