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The Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship consists of one year of
clinical training, one year of research and a final year of clinical
training or research.
Clinical Training
During the first 12 months of the fellowship, you will help care
for outpatients with endocrine and metabolic diseases under the
supervision of faculty. You will have the opportunity to work in
Mayo Clinic's special endocrine clinics, where adult patients are
seen and evaluated for complicated or unusual endocrine and metabolic
disorders.
During the first year of this fellowship, you also will have some
experience with inpatient pediatric endocrine consultations. In
the second year, your only clinical training will involve a half-day
of continuity clinic, seeing pediatric endocrine patients. Your
final year of training will include continuation of continuity clinic,
in addition to providing the inpatient pediatric endocrine consultations
one week per month. Additional outpatient clinical training is also
available during the third year.
Rotations
A typical training schedule includes the following rotations:
| Clinical
pediatric endocrinology |
9 months
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| Clinical adult endocrinology |
3 months |
| Research |
12 months |
| Clinical pediatric endocrinology |
0-12 months |
| Research |
0-12 months |
Opportunities are available for rotations in both genetics and
laboratory endocrinology.
During the research rotations in your second and third years of
training, you will continue to spend a half-day each week in a pediatric
endocrinology continuity clinic.
Didactic Training
Regularly scheduled didactic courses, seminars and case conferences
will enhance your clinical experience. These include the following
weekly events:
- Endocrine Grand Rounds
- Pediatric Endocrine Case Conference
- General pediatric conferences (2)
- Lecture series covering both clinical and research
topics
You will take a graduate level course in statistics and a computer
skills course. You also will attend at least one national professional
meeting during your fellowship.
Research Training
At least 12 months of your fellowship will be spent in a clinical
or laboratory-based research program. You will learn how to develop
a research protocol, conduct a study, evaluate the results, and
create a presentation or a manuscript suitable for publication.
During the first year, you will select a research mentor from Mayo
Clinic's pediatric or adult endocrinology faculty. With your mentor's
help, you will define a topic of special interest and develop the
research protocol. The second year of the fellowship will be devoted
entirely to research, with one afternoon each week set aside for
patient follow-up from your first-year clinics. During the third
year you can spend as much as twelve months of additional research
time to complete and document your study.
Call Frequency
There is no in-house call. During the first year, pediatric
endocrine fellows are on call with one of the pediatric endocrine
consultants from home every two to three weeks. There is no call
during the second year. During the third year, fellows assume a
supervisory role for pediatric endocrine inpatients and are on-call
from home for one week every month.
Teaching Opportunities
The revised sub-specialty requirements from the American Board of
Pediatrics require that fellows not only receive formal instruction
in adult learning methods, but also have opportunities to teach
in a variety of settings, from Web-based teaching to large groups.
During a trainee's three years in the Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship
Program, these and other important teaching opportunities are available.
Evaluation
Supervising consultants evaluate each fellow on a quarterly
basis. Evaluation takes place in each of six core competencies.
In addition the fellow meets with the program director on a quarterly
basis to assess whether or not personal goals and objectives are
being met, and to review the evaluations from the previous quarter.
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