Second-year pediatric fellowships

[deleted21609]

Anyone know of available second-year pediatric fellowships still available? Never filled or someone withdrew maybe?

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[Vaporized]

I thought that peds was one year?

 

[deleted21609]

I thought that peds was one year?

Yeah but you can do a second year of peds cardiac, pain, regional, neuro, etc.

 

[bonesmd]

There were some on the SPA website, but they appear to be gone.

 

[btbam]

Is there really a separate peds pain fellowship? Many of our peds attendings cover pain and do not have additional training beyond their 1 year peds fellowship. Cardiac can range from 6-12 months, but it seems like the shift is moving towards 12 months. There's no such thing as a "peds neuro" fellowship, especially one that would last a year!

 

[bonesmd]

There are peds acute pain/regional and peds chronic pain fellowships.

 

[susruta]

Many of the bigger peds fellowship programs now offer a second year fellowship. Mostly in regional, pain and cardiac. Others include simulation and education
I know for sure- Seattle, Boston, CHOP and chicago.
Some of the peds programs want fellows to do the second year before being hired.

 

[ambiturner]

Some of the peds programs want fellows to do the second year before being hired.

Sadly this seems to be a growing trend and mirrors a lot of the other wishy-washy fellowships being promoted on the adult side. Academic centers are using these to get cheap labor for what used to be on the job training. Probably a sign that academic hospitals are starting to realize they offer a pretty good deal compared to the current job market and demand is starting to outpace supply.

 

[imfrankie]

I don't think I'd be a capable pediatric chronic pain physician without another year of training. Same with cardiac--for complex congenital cardiac.

 

[deleted21609]

So nobody knows of any open spots for second-year peds fellowships?

 

[ambiturner]

I would just cold call (or email) academic peds departments - if you're a fellowship trained anesthesiologist willing to work for fellow pay I'm sure many places will work with you.