Didactics
Most of the educational experience for the fellows will be done by the toxicology faculty in conjunction with daily rounds, bedside teaching, and daily didactics that are provided for all of the Toxicology rotators. There will also be weekly fellow-specific educational sessions that will be provided by the Toxicology core faculty as well as the many other experts we have available at the University of Iowa.
Rotations
Sample Schedule
- Each year is comprised of 13, 4-week blocks
- Vacation can be taken all at once or broken up over the academic year
Year 1
- Tox Consults: 7 blocks
- Elective: 2 blocks
- Addiction Medicine: 1 block
- Poison Center: 1 block
- Lab Medicine/Forensics/Pharmacy: 1 block
Year 2
- Tox Consults: 9 blocks
- Elective: 2 blocks
- Poison Center: 1 block
Elective Options:
- Hyperbaric Medicine (2 weeks)
- Nephrology (2 weeks)
- Medical ICU (2 or 4 weeks)
- Surgical/Neuro ICU (2 or 4 weeks)
- Pediatric ICU (2 or 4 weeks)
- Occupational Medicine (2 weeks)
- International Toxicology (4 weeks)
- Radiation Elective (2 or 4 weeks)
- Research (4 weeks)
- Toxicology Consult Service (2 or 4 weeks)
Research
A formal research project that leads to an abstract and manuscript submission is a required component of the Medical Toxicology Fellowship. The fellow will receive research-focused lectures on a monthly basis provided by members of the Emergency Medicine Research Group, mentorship from the Medical Toxicology Fellowship Program Director, the Vice Chair for Research, the Director of Research Operations and guidance from the departmental research committee. Support will be provided as funds allow for the fellow to present their research during the fellowship.