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Schedule

Below is a typical 3-year Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship schedule. In addition to the rotations listed below, fellows participate in an outpatient continuity clinic, where they follow their own patients longitudinally. All attending nephrologists participate in staffing the continuity clinic.

Year 1

Inpatient Services*: 16 weeks
Dialysis Outpatient Unit: 8 weeks
Outpatient General Nephrology: 8 weeks
Pathology: 4 weeks
Urology: 4 weeks
Research: 4 weeks

Year 2

Research: 28 weeks (7, 4-week blocks)
Dialysis Outpatient: 4 weeks
Pheresis/Blood Bank: 4 weeks
Inpatient: 8 weeks

Year 3

Research: 28 weeks (7, 4-week blocks)
Transplant (adult/surgical rotation): 4 weeks
Inpatient: 8 weeks
Dialysis Outpatient: 4 weeks

*Inpatient service time is typically divided into month-long blocks