Every fellow's responsibility
- Review rotation and level specific goals and objectives for each rotation. This is available from e-curriculum, which you will have access to via the department intranet.
- Present twice a year at Neonatal Clinical Consensus Conference. The fellow will identify a controversial patient management topic and lead discussion regarding evidence based approach to clinical problem solving.
- Present on an annual basis at Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality conference. The fellow will participate in discussion regarding patient outcomes and system improvements.
- The fellow will develop curriculum to be taught at the Mayo Multidisciplinary Simulation Center.
- The fellow will present her or his research at Neonatal Fellow Research Symposium.
- The fellow will present emerging evidence in the basic science and practice of neonatal medicine at Journal Club on an every other month basis.
- The fellow will give specific feedback regarding structure of the fellowship training program at the Neonatal Program Review twice per year.
- The fellow will identify members to participate in his or her scholarship oversight committee. The fellow schedules meetings with members of the committee and records minutes of the meeting.
- Each fellow will have an individualized learning plan. Guidance on the individual learning plan will be provided by your program director and mentor.
- The fellow will participate in a quality improvement project in one of the following two committees: Quality and Safety Committee or Family Centered Care Committee.
- The fellow will be responsible for following Mayo Clinic's Moonlighting and Duty Hour policies.
- The fellow will be responsible for selecting a research and neonatology mentor.
- The fellow will meet with a research mentor on a bi-weekly during research rotations. The fellow will meet with the neonatology mentor quarterly.
Individual Learning Plan Process
Every fellow will be expected to have completed an Individualized Learning Plan. The resource that will be used to help with development and modification of your ILP will be through the Integrated Scheduling and Evaluation System (ISES). Semi-annually, you will be asked to complete a self-reflection tool, which guides you in evaluating your learning goals and actions required to meet those goals. The reflection tool will be reviewed by the program director during your semi-annual reviews. The reflection tool is part of your online portfolio and can be reviewed at any time.
Call Responsibilities
First Year
NICU: While on service it is expected that you will cover two call nights during the block. These will occur on two Friday nights.
Research with Call: During these rotations the expectation is that you will cover two week night call shifts and two 24 hour weekend call shifts. The frequency of call should not exceed more than one shift per calendar week.
Second Year
NICU: While on service it is expected that you will cover two call nights during the block. These will occur on two Friday nights.
Research with Call: During these rotations the expectation is that you will cover two week night call shifts and two 24 hour weekend call shifts. The frequency of call should not exceed more than one shift per calendar week.
Research no Call: There will be no in house call responsibilities during these blocks.
Third Year
NICU: While on service it is expected that you will cover two call nights during the block. These will occur on two Friday nights.
Research with Call: During these rotations the expectation is that you will cover two week night call shifts and two 24 hour weekend call shifts. The frequency of call should not exceed more than one shift per calendar week.
Research no Call: There will be no in house call responsibilities during these blocks.
ISCN: During this block you will be expected to cover two weekend shifts in a month.
| First year block diagram | Second year block diagram | Third year block diagram |
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| NICU | Research / Call | Research / No Call |
| Research / Call | NICU | Research / No Call |
| NICU | Research / Call | Research / No Call |
| Research / Call | NICU | Research / No Call |
| NICU | Research / Call | Research / No Call |
| Research / Call | NICU | Research / No Call |
| NICU | Research / No Call | Research / Call |
| Research / Call | Research / No Call | NICU |
| NICU | Research / No Call | Level Two MFM |
| Research / Call | Research / No Call | NICU |
| NICU | Research / No Call | Research \ Call |
| VAC | Research / No Call | NICU |
| NICU | VAC | VAC |
In total there are 23 research blocks and 13 clinical blocks during fellowship. You will take three weeks of vacation during each year of the fellowship.
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