In addition to the clinical and neurophysiology rotations described below, the Pediatric Epilepsy Fellowship at Dell Medical School offers a robust didactic curriculum, including a two-week “Epilepsy Boot Camp” during the first month of the fellowship, followed by weekly lectures and a monthly epilepsy journal club. Additional conferences include a weekly electroencephalogram conference and a weekly epilepsy case conference held jointly with the adult epilepsy program.
Curriculum Components
Our 13 block curriculum is based on ACGME guidelines to ensure a minimum of 6 months of full time inpatient and outpatient epilepsy patient care and three months EEG and video monitoring experience.
- 5 blocks: pediatric EMU (ownership of an increasing number of pediatric epilepsy patients.)
- 3 blocks: LTM/neurophysiology
- 1 block: pediatric neurosciences clinic (full time. Fellows also staff a half day of pediatric epilepsy continuity clinic weekly for the duration of their training.)
- 1 block: adult epilepsy
- 1 block: research
- 2 blocks: elective (may be curated in collaboration with the program director to meet the fellow’s special interests.)
Example Block Schedule
Block, Rotation 1, LTM 2, LTM 3, EMU-P 4, Elective 5, EMU-P 6, LTM 7, Research 8, EMU-P 9, Adult EEG 10, Clinic 11, EMU-P 12, Elective 13, EMU-P