Medical Education Track

• Dedicated opportunities to develop as a clinician educator through instruction in simulation (resident and medical student workshops, airway simulation)
• Educational innovation in embedded didactic curriculum (case conferences, multi-disciplinary education) and simulation-development process
• Access to resources including textbooks and national conferences to grow knowledge on learning theory and focus on growth as a future educator
• Participation in Clinician Educator Track to build scholarship in medical education

Subspecialty Education Tracks

• Customized for fellows interested in gaining broader experience in subspecialty management and practice (interstitial lung disease, procedures, pulmonary hypertension)
• Can include multi-disciplinary rotational exposure — including chest radiology, rheumatology, oncology clinic to help acquisition of specialty specific knowledge
• Opportunity to build independent sub-specialty panel — staffed by supervising physicians to build autonomous practice
• Access to national subspecialty specific conferences (PH Symposium, Pulmonary Fibrosis Summit, AAIBP)

Research Track

• Opportunity to identify a research focused fellow at the end of PGY4 year to allow for more continuous research time (6-month blocks across PGY5 and PGY6 years) to allow for successful project execution
• Access to research support series and mentorship structure to foster growth of future clinician investigators

Rural Pulmonary/CC Track

• Two fellows yearly participate in rural track which will include 2 months rotation at Olathe Hospital site located in the southwestern part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
• Opportunity for exposure to community pulmonary and critical care practice which serves predominantly suburban and rural environments
• Service will consist of open ICU model, pulmonary consult service, pleural procedures, and both basic and advanced bronchoscopy experience