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