Thirteen-Block Pediatric Fellowship Shapes Training
Physicians looking to specialize in pediatric hospital care now have a structured, thirteen-block annual curriculum to follow, following details released by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. The program splits its time between direct clinical service, scholarly inquiry, and elective tracks tailored to individual professional goals.
The training schedule follows a standardized national model. Fellows spend one-third of their time on core clinical rotations, which cover hospitalist duties, medically complex care, surgical co-management, and community hospital service. Another third of the curriculum is dedicated to scholarship and quality improvement initiatives. The remaining third comprises an individualized curriculum designed around each fellow’s specific career interests.
Over a standard one-year training cycle divided into thirteen four-week blocks, fellows rotate through various clinical and academic assignments. The curriculum includes eight blocks of Pediatric Hospital Medicine service—which incorporates one block of community PHM completed longitudinally during the second year—alongside eight blocks of scholarship and eight blocks designated for the individualized curriculum. Vacation time is taken during these individualized blocks.
Broad Elective Options Drive Individualized Study
The individualized curriculum offers a wide array of elective opportunities. Fellows can choose from anesthesia and sedation, cardiology, child abuse and neglect, ED, GI, hematology and oncology, infectious disease, neurology, newborn medicine, NICU, palliative care, PICU, pulmonology, rehabilitation medicine, radiology, surgical subspecialties, transport medicine, medical education leadership, hospital leadership, and additional research experiences.
Amarillo Regional Expansion Introduces Group Prenatal Care
In a separate regional expansion by the institution, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center also recently launched a CenteringPregnancy program in Amarillo, KVII reported. Led by Dr. Teresa Baker, chair of TTUHSC’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Dr. Christine Garner, the program groups eight to 12 expectant mothers due around the same time for 10 prenatal visits lasting up to two hours each.
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