Clinical Rotations
Clinical rotations are arranged in 2 week blocks. Clinical time is divided between the inpatient service, the echocardiography lab, and the catheterization lab. Over the 3 year fellowship, fellows will spend approximately 4 months in the echocardiography lab, 6 months in the cath lab, and 7 months on the inpatient service. There are 6-7 additional months of elective time that can be used to pursue clinical or research interests. General duties during each clinical block are listed below.
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Clinical Service
- Daily rounds on all patients on the Pediatric Cardiology service
- Combined daily rounds on post-operative patients with the PICU and surgical teams
- Perform consults through the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital as needed
- Weeknight home call
- Assist with resident and medical student education
- First call for all phone consults or patient questions
Catheterization lab/electrophysiology Service
- Assist with all cardiac catheterization performed during this rotation
- Assist with all EP procedures performed during this rotation
- Weeknight home call one night per week
Echocardiography
- First year fellows learn to perform and interpret transthoracic echocardiograms
- Second and third year fellows learn advanced echo techniques and learn fetal and transesophageal echocardiograms
- No weeknight call
Electives
- Fellows can elect to spend time in the following areas depending upon interest and career goals. A total of 6-7 months of elective time is available
- Electrophysiology
- Interventional cardiac catheterization
- Echocardiography (transthoracic, transesophageal, fetal)
- Cardiac MRI
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Cardiothoracic surgery
- Research