Curriculum

The Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship is a three-year program that trains our fellows for successful careers.
The Division is responsible for teaching foundational sciences to pre-clinical medical students and there are numerous small group knowledge and clinical skills sessions for fellows to facilitate as part of that course.
Fellows desiring a post-graduate certificate in clinical education may apply for the two-year Health Educators and Academic Leaders program, which will require additional work outside the scope of the fellowship program.
At the completion of the three-year fellowship program, trainees are eligible to sit for Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine boards.
Our five-year first-time taker pass rate for Pulmonary Disease boards is 94% and for Critical Care is 100% with an overall pass rate of 100% for both.
Most of our graduates have gone on to private practice but all have retained a desire to be involved in resident and student teaching based in part on their educational experience.
The mix of clinical experiences and didactics provided in this program provides excellent training for the subspecialist in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.
Formal Curriculum Outline
Orientation – Approximately 30 lectures/discussion sessions covering topics from Pulmonary Physiology and Ventilator Management to Clinic Billing to Interpretation of diagnostic studies.
COPD – 9 lectures/ discussion sessions
Cystic Fibrosis – 5 lectures/ discussion sessions
Asthma – 7 lectures/ discussion sessions
Pleural Disease – 4 lectures/ discussion sessions
Cancer Evaluation and Management – 6 lectures/ discussion sessions
Lung Injury – 7 lectures/ discussion sessions
Interstitial Lung Disease – 6 lectures/ discussion sessions
Lung Transplantation – 6 lectures/ discussion sessions
Multisystem Interactions – 5 lectures/ discussion sessions
Pulmonary Vascular Disease – 8 lectures/ discussion sessions
Pulmonary Infections – 10 lectures/ discussion sessions
Sleep Medicine – 7 lectures/ discussion sessions
NeuroCritical Care – 7 lectures/ discussion sessions
Miscellaneous Pulmonary Topics – 6 lectures/ discussion sessions
Miscellaneous Critical Care Topics – 16 lectures/ discussion sessions