Pediatric Fellowships

[Guest MedAnxiety]

Hi, I was wondering where i can find more information regarding fellowships following the pediatric residency program. If I remember correctly, you have to do the 3 core years of pediatrics residency, and in your 4th year, you can subspecialize. Can your fellowship start in 4th year or are some fellowships for peds only 1 year (which i doubt..since most are 2 years).

 

For example, if I was interested in Pediatric Psychiatry or Pediatric Respiratory (is there such thing?), how many years in TOTAL would that be?

 

Thanks for your help!

[Guest moo]

In the US at least, pediatric psychiatry (AKA Child and Adolescent psych) is first done through psychiatry, and then a CAP fellowship.

[Guest Ian Wong]

I might be way off on this, but I believe in Canada, Child Psychiatry is 5 years of Psych residency plus 1 year of Child Psych fellowship (puts you up at 6 years). Peds respirology (which does indeed exist), is 3 years of a Peds residency, and I believe 2-3 years of peds respirology fellowship. That fellowship I believe usually bundles in critical care, as you'll often find respirologists in the ICU environment due to their training in managing ventilators.

 

I can't think of any pediatric fellowships which are only 1 year in duration. Invariably, you do three years of a peds residency, and then 2-3 years of fellowship thereafter.

 

Ian

[Guest MedAnxiety]

Thanks moo and Ian for your help. Just for curiousity, is there a website for internal med and pediatric subspecialties?

 

I'm editing my post because i found an awesome link with the information. For others who are interested, here's the link:

www.facmed.utoronto.ca/En...grams.html

[Guest UWOMED2005]

I think the most interesting one is Peds emerg. You can either do 5 years of emerg than a fellowship in peds (emerg), or 3 years of peds and a fellowship in emerg (peds emerg!)