Fellow Education

Pulmonary Fellow Conference

Various formats are employed during this weekly conference with focus on clinical training:

• Case discussion

  The fellow presents a patient from the inpatient pulmonary service followed by a brief discussion of aspects of disease pathophysiology.

• State of the Art

  Fellows choose a topic to present an up-to-date, evidence based discussion.

• Faculty Didactics

  Pulmonary faculty discuss a topic in their field of expertise with focus on fellow learning objectives.

• Journal Club

  Fellows present a journal article with focus on the critical appraisal of the literature and clinical relevance and application.

Lung Club

Physiology Conference

Fellows rotate monthly topics to design an interactive session to review pulmonary physiology with co-fellows and faculty in an interactive, case-based session. Lung Physiology textbooks serve as a guide for assigned topics/chapters.

Western States Pediatric Pulmonary Case Conference

Monthly web-based case conference amongst western pediatric pulmonary centers. The conference is "headquartered" at UCSD in collaboration with the University of Arizona Pediatric Pulmonary Center.

Radiology / Pathology Conference

A monthly discussion of chest imaging and pathology amongst pulmonologists, radiologists, and pathologists.

Pulmonary Research Conference

A monthly review of divisional research projects and overall research mission.

Enquiry Program

Fellows receive training and then participate in quality improvement projects. This course is designed specifically for pediatric residents and fellows; each fellow is assigned a QI mentor.