Schedules
The ACGME states that fellows must complete a minimum of one year (12 months) of clinical experience alone. At least six months of these experiences are required to be devoted to the care of critically ill medical patients. This allows our fellows to gain a deep, thorough understanding of their core curriculum and what it takes to deliver high-quality, comprehensive patient care.
Clinical Care Rotations
The requirements the ACGME and ABIM placed on a fellowship in terms of patient care experience are significant. At a minimum, the educational program in critical care medicine must be 24 months in length. In reality, the board requires 18 months of patient care experience in each discipline for a total of 24 months but gives double credit to 6 months of time where the 2 disciplines are closely interwoven. Of these 18 months, therefore, 9 months must be devoted to pulmonary, 9 months in critical care medicine, of which 6 months are devoted to the care of critically ill medical patients (MICU/CICU or equivalent); at least 3 months devoted to the care of critically ill non-medical patients (SICU, burn unit, transplant unit, neuro intensive care unit or equivalent). The elective rotations specifically offered by our program are offered below:
Our clinical care rotations are broken down into two-week blocks. Each two-week block contains the following curriculum.
| Core Rotations (2 Week Blocks) |
| UH MICU |
| Crouse ICU |
| VA ICU |
| UH Night Float Rotation |
| Trauma |
| CVICU |
| Neurosurgical ICU |
| Electives (2 Week Blocks) |
| Anesthesia |
| Bronch |
| ECMO |
| PFT Lab/Sleep Clinic |
| Thoracic Surgery |
| Radiology |
| Surgical ICU |
| OB ICU |
| Echo Ultrasound |
| Research |
| Toxicology |
Outside Elective Rotation
Our division offers both external rotations to outside residents and observerships to medical students. All requests for an external rotation must be submitted at least 4 months in advance from the requested date and must be at least 4 weeks in duration. For questions regarding our external rotations, please contact our fellowship coordinator, Kiara Wade, at wadeki@upstate.edu for additional information.
Please note, we do not accept ANY external rotations in July.
In regards to observerships, applications should be submitted approximately 3 months in advance from the requested date and must be at least 2 weeks (no longer than 4 weeks) in duration. For questions regarding observerships and the application process, please refer to our DOM Observership page for more information.
