Curriculum
The first year of your fellowship will be dedicated to research. In PGY-6 and PGY-7, you will do off-service rotations, spending a month in SICU, Urology/Colorectal and Palliative Medicine. The remainder of the time will be spent between inpatient and outpatient gynecologic oncology care.
Call Schedule
PGY1:
- 1 weekend per month
PGY 2/3:
- Every other week on night call
- 1-2 weekends per month
All:
- Protected didactics Monday afternoons
- Administrative day on Wednesdays
Block Schedule
Off Service Rotations
SICU:
During the first clinical year, the fellow will spend 1 month on a dedicated rotation in the St. Luke’s Bethlehem Campus - Surgical Intensive Care Unit. The Intensive Care Unit rotation will include responsibilities in both surgical and medico‐surgical ICUs. The Fellow will actively participate in daily morning multidisciplinary rounds and ICU teaching sessions. The Fellows will be exposed to a large variety of pathology of patients. The Fellows will generate a differential diagnosis, and an appropriate plan of action that will include ordering diagnostic tests and therapeutic interventions.
The ICU team is run by an Intensivist. The fellow will work with the attending in shifts from 7am to 7pm. There will be shifts from 7 pm to 7 am, not to exceed 4 per month. An ICU attending is in‐house at all times. The fellow will have close back up from the Intensivist. The fellow must attend to every “code‐blue” in their designated coverage area. The fellow will be expected to run the code blue, with the intensivist supervising.
Palliative Care:
During the first clinical year, the fellow will spend 1 month on a dedicated rotation in the St. Luke’s University Health Network – Palliative care service. They will work with the dedicated palliative care team to understand the role of pain management and palliative care in the cancer patient, participate in family meetings and discuss goals of therapy with supervision by faculty, and independently, assist patients and families in DNR decision making, and manage common disease and treatment related symptoms such as pain (acute and chronic), nausea/vomiting, constipation, and neuropathy.
Colorectal/Urology:
During the first clinical year, the fellow will spend 1 month on a dedicated rotation in the St. Luke’s University Health Network - Colon & Rectal Surgery service and Urology service. The fellow must demonstrate the ability to care for these patients surgically. The fellow should demonstrate skills assisting in colorectal, urologic and laparoscopic cases. All time will be spent in the surgical care and management of these patients.
Radiation Oncology:
During the second clinical year of fellowship, the fellow will spend 1 month on a dedicated rotation in the St. Luke’s University Health Network - Radiation Oncology service where they will work with the radiation oncologists in treatment planning and delivery of radiation techniques.
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