Pediatrics at CU School of Medicine is among the best in the nation! World-class pediatric residency program and research facilities. Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Children's Hospital Colorado

Formal Course Work: Fellows may enroll in formal courses offered by the Colorado School of Public Health. Although course work in biostatistics, epidemiology, and research design is required for three-year fellows, the following courses could be taken electively: computer systems, health administration, health promotion and disease prevention, and program planning and evaluation. Individual studies depend on personal interests and needs and could lead to a Master of Public Health. The Colorado School of Public Health Master of Public Health (MPH) provides a broad, multidisciplinary focus on the factors that influence population health - from behavioral risk to environmental exposures, to socioeconomic and health policy. Students acquire knowledge, skills, and practical experiences that prepare them for professional activities, including: epidemiological and health services research; community needs assessment; environmental and occupational health; health policy; health promotion; and administration of public health programs. For fellows this program provides graduate training in public health to enhance their understanding of the preventive measures and underlying causes of disease.

Research Participation: The three-year fellows are expected to participate in a weekly Section research conference and to design, conduct, and complete one independent study that results in both presentation at a national professional meeting and in publication. Each fellow's research activities will be guided by an advisory committee of three faculty members (at least one must be from the Section of Adolescent Medicine) who share the fellow's research interests. We are best equipped to train fellows who are interested in studying problems related to the distribution of adolescent health care services, adolescent pregnancy and parenting, reproductive growth and development, and eating disorders. Three-year fellows are expected to learn basic skills related to the design, implementation, and evaluation of research studies, and to acquire the knowledge required to participate as an active member of a multidisciplinary research team.

Fellows will have opportunities to enhance their knowledge and professional growth through several activities. They will learn how to provide clinical supervision to medical students, residents, and other trainees. The faculty will provide guided direction, so that fellows will gradually be able to assume full responsibility for supervising in an outpatient setting. Fellows are also expected to learn how to teach professional colleagues in small groups and in lecture settings. They are expected to participate actively in and to provide discussion and leadership for daily interactive resident seminars, a weekly case conference, and a monthly journal club. They will also teach large groups of residents as part of the pediatric training program's resident core conference series.

Fellows will have multiple opportunities to learn how adolescent medicine programs operate. They will be invited to attend Section faculty meetings and will be given administrative responsibility for a programmatic component at either the Adolescent Health Center or a school-based clinic. In addition, they will have the opportunity to work closely with faculty employed by Denver Health and Hospitals to gain firsthand knowledge of the organization and financing of health care services and of quality improvement programs. On a state level, fellows will be invited to attend meetings of the Advisory Council on Adolescent Health, which is an interdisciplinary group commissioned by the Colorado Department of Health to provide counsel about and advocacy for Colorado's adolescents. Finally, interested fellows may work on state-wide projects in concert with the State Adolescent Health Program.

First Year
(One-year fellows will only do first year)
70% Clinical Care
30% Research Training and Academic Development

Second Year
60% Clinical Care
40% Research Training and Academic Development

Third Year
50% Clinical Care
50% Research Training and Academic Development
30% Academic Development
Evening and weekend call is taken from home and is shared with the full-time faculty.