Clinical rotations are arranged in 2 -week blocks with time divided between the inpatient service, the echocardiography lab, and the catheterization lab. Over the 3 year fellowship, fellows will spend approximately 8 months on the inpatient service, 2 months in the cardiac ICU, 5 months in the cath and EP labs, and 6 months in the echocardiography lab. There are 6 additional months of elective time that can be used to pursue clinical or research interests. General duties during each clinical block are listed below.

Clinical Service

• Daily rounds on all patients on the Pediatric Cardiology service
• Combined daily rounds on post-operative patients with the PCICU and surgical teams
• Perform consults throughout University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital as needed
• Weeknight home call
• Assist with resident and medical student education
• First call for all phone consults or patient questions
• Inpatient team also supported by dedicated ACHD, Heart Failure/Transplant, and Single-Ventricle teams

Catheterization Lab/Electrophysiology Service

• Assist with all cardiac catheterization performed during this rotation
• Assist with all EP procedures performed during this rotation
• Weeknight home call one night per week

Echocardiography

• First year fellows learn to perform and interpret transthoracic echocardiograms. This is accomplished during a protected 1-month echo rotation at the start of first year and then 3 additional months to help fellows master this skill. 
• Second and third year fellows learn advanced echocardiogram techniques and learn fetal and transesophageal echocardiograms during their dedicated echo blocks as senior level fellows. 
• There is ample opportunities to learn cardiac MRI and cardiac CT

Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

• Four total 2-week blocks distributed in first and second year
• Integrated into the PCICU team 
• Increasing responsibility based on experience, interest, and comfort

Electives

• Fellows can elect to spend time in the following areas depending upon interest and career goals. A total of 6 months of elective time is available
• Electrophysiology
• Interventional cardiac catheterization
• Echocardiography (transthoracic, transesophageal, fetal)
• Cardiac MRI and Cardiac CT
• Transplant Cardiology
• Pediatric Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (PCICU)
• Cardiothoracic surgery
• Neonatal Hemodynamics
• Research