Curriculum Overview
The Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship at UMass Memorial Medical Center provides fellows with comprehensive clinical and academic training in the care of premature and complex neonates.
The curriculum is structured to foster educational and academic excellence as well as outstanding, high-quality patient care. The clinical training allows fellows to have graduated, independent clinical management experience in a supportive training environment.
The training focuses on all aspects of neonatal care including
- Delivery Room Management
- Management of Complex and Critically Ill Neonates
- Procedural Skills
- Transitions of Care
- Transport Team Leader
- Family Centered Care
- Maternal Consults
- Developmental Follow Up
- Long Term Pulmonary Follow Up
Additional Areas of Training include:
- Quality Improvement
- Research Design and Scholarly Activities
- Medical Education of Trainees
- Community Outreach
- Patient Safety
| CLINICAL CURRICULUM |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
| UMass Neonatal ICU | 6 months | 3-4 months | 2-3 months |
| Continuing Care Nursery | 1 month | ||
| Elective | * | * | |
| Research / Master’s in Clinical Investigation | 3-4 months | 7-8 months | 8-9 months |
| Vacation | 1 month | 1 month | 1 month |
*Fellows are encouraged to complete electives in areas of interest which complement their clinical and research training. Previous electives include rotations with the ECMO team at Boston Children’s or Maternal Fetal Medicine.
Didactic Schedule |
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| Core Fellow's Didactic Conference | Mondays 12:00-1:00 | Faculty led and flipped classroom lectures on core topics in neonatal and perinatal medicine |
| Clinical Conference | BiweeklyMondays2:00-3:00 | Academic and clinical discussion of clinical care and complex case discussion |
| NICU Journal Club | Monthly Mondays2:00-3:00 | Fellow led evaluation of important publications in the field |
| Fellow Board Review | MonthlyMondays1:00-2:00 | Interactive lecture on board review topics |
| Quality Improvement Core Lecture | MonthlyMondays2:00-3:00 | Faculty led lecture and fellow led lecture of individual projects |
| Ethics | Monthly Fridays12:30-1:30 | Joint Conference with Maternal Fetal Medicine Division on ethical issues in the field of Perinatal Medicine |
| Prenatal Diagnosis | Monthly Fridays12:30-1:30 | Review of Complex Fetal Diagnoses Cases Joint presentation by NICU fellow and MFM fellow |
| Perinatal Grand Rounds | Monthly Fridays12:30-1:30 | Joint Grand Rouns by the Division of Neonatology, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Surgery, and Genetics |
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M&M Review |
MonthlyFridays12:00-1:00 | Fellow Reviews any mortality or significant morbidity from the prior month as well as clinical teaching points |