Phoenix Children's Hospital Medicine Fellowship program is the primary Pediatric Hospitalist Fellowship training program in Arizona at one of the biggest pediatric hospitals in the southwest, Phoenix Children's. Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellows will gain experience working on Pediatric Wards at Phoenix Children's Thomas Campus, East Valley Campus, and Arrowhead Campus locations. Additionally, fellows will spend time at a community hospital site, Valleywise Health Care Center.
Our program's first fellow started in July 2014, we gained initial ACGME accreditation in April 2020, and we currently accept three fellows per academic year. Our Fellowship program is designed to encompass all the ACGME curriculum requirements while also allowing ample individualized time to meet fellows' specific fellowship and career goals with a choice of electives and other experiences.
Phoenix Children's Hospital Medicine division is comprised of 60+ hospitalists, including ten+ fellowship trained hospitalists. The team manages the majority of patients admitted to Phoenix Children's with a strong subspecialty co-management model creating a very diverse clinical experience for our fellows. Many of our hospitalists serve as leaders within our institution for patient safety, quality improvement and medical education providing several mentored opportunities for our fellows.
Program Description and Goals
The fellowship is designed to prepare fellows for a career in Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Fellows achieve the fellowship's goals and objectives through direct patient care, as well as participation in scholarly work, quality improvement initiatives, and medical education of residents and medical students on the inpatient teams that fellows run with an attending. The comprehensive curriculum is aligned with Pediatric Hospital Medicine core competences and includes a formalized Pediatric Hospital Medicine monthly conference series in partnership with the University of Arizona College of Medicine. These monthly one-hour sessions are facilitated by core faculty and external speakers, and fellows also engage in board preparation. Additionally, the program organizes bimonthly three-hour Bootcamp series (six sessions per academic year), specifically focusing on research, quality improvement and medical education.
Mission Statement
The mission of the Phoenix Children's Hospital Medicine Fellowship is to train fellows to become the future generation of pediatric hospitalists who will provide skilled clinical care to acutely ill and injured hospitalized children, enhance the performance of the hospital and health care system, generate new knowledge for the field through research and innovation, and develop skills to educate other physicians and health care providers. The program hopes to train physicians who will serve as future leaders in the field of Pediatric Hospital Medicine.
Global Objectives
Fellows will evaluate and manage pediatric patients with a broad range of medical problems and varying levels of acuity, while offering care that is compassionate, evidence-based, cost-effective and patient-centered.
Fellows will demonstrate comprehensive medical knowledge of established and evolving biomedical, clinical, epidemiological and social-behavioral sciences, as well as the application of this knowledge to the management of hospitalized patients ranging from a single diagnosis or highly complex medical conditions.
Fellows will practice high value, cost-effective and safe health care, advocate for patients and their families within the context of the health care system, conduct patient-centered care coordination, and demonstrate a commitment to improving health care systems.
Fellows will demonstrate knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for continuous self-assessment, using scientific methods and evidence to gain insight into, evaluate and improve personal practice.
Fellows will demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that result in effective information exchange with patients, families, physicians and other health professionals, as well as the ability to work in a multi-disciplinary and interprofessional health care team.
Fellows will demonstrate a commitment to fulfill professional responsibilities and adhere to ethical principles.
Systems and Scholarship Requirements
- Complete a scholarly project of the fellow's choice (in clinical research, QI or medical education) concluding with submission of abstract for presentation at a national meeting (PAS and/or Pediatric Hospital Medicine recommended) and preparation of a manuscript for submission to a peer review pediatric journal
- Participate in a mentored abstract review for a national meeting
- Submit a clinical conundrum (for presentation at national meeting) and/or case report for publication
- Present research at Phoenix Children’s Research Day/Academic Excellence Day
- Present scholarly work at Grand Rounds
- Complete Institute for Healthcare Improvement modules culminating in a Basic Certificate in Quality and Patient Safety
- Engage in a longitudinal QI project with faculty mentorship
- Present QI work at Phoenix Children's Quality Day
Fellows have the opportunity to obtain a master's degree (of their choice) through the University of Arizona with tuition remittance or through another institution with some financial support from the program and institution. Previous fellows have obtained a Master of Business Administration, a master's in clinical research, and a master's in medical education.
- Attend quarterly meetings with Program Director to track progress throughout fellowship training
- A Scholarly Oversight Committee monitors progress and provides feedback on each fellow's scholarly project
- The Clinical Competency Committee meets two times per year to monitor growth of both clinical and non-clinical skills and ACGME milestones
Application
The Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship program at Phoenix Children's currently accept three fellows per academic year. Interested applicants are eligible to apply if they completed a three-year ACGME accredited Pediatric Residency and applications are accepted via the Electronic Residency Application Service® (ERAS).
Contact
Jessica Anzalone
Medical Education Program Administrator
janazalone [at] phoenixchildrens.com (janazalone[at]phoenixchildrens[dot]com)
Nehal Thakkar, MD, MBA
Program Director
jlibrizzi [at] phoenixchildrens.com (nthakkar[at]phoenixchildrens[dot]com)
602-933-0777
Brittany Wold, MD
Associate Program Director
bwold [at] phoenixchildrens.com (bwold[at]phoenixchildrens[dot]com)
602-933-0777
Please use PHMFellowship [at] phoenixchildrens.com (PHMFellowship[at]phoenixchildrens[dot]com) for all email correspondence regarding our fellowship program.