Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship
Introduction
The Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship at the University of Illinois College Peoria prepares physicians to become outstanding clinicians, educators, scholars and leaders in academic pediatric hospital medicine. Training occurs primarily at OSF Healthcare Children’s Hospital of Illinois, a 142 bed tertiary referral children’s hospital in the heart of central Illinois.
Program Strengths
- High volume, diverse inpatient and consultative clinical experiences
- Robust hospitalist led sedation experience
- Advanced simulation and immersive learning through Jump Simulation center
- Comprehensive training in quality improvement and patient safety
- Dedicated opportunities for scholarly work, national presentation and publication
- Individualized mentorship with experience hospital medicine faculty
- Leadership development
At a Glance
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TRAIN.
Our program is designed to foster each fellow’s unique career trajectory by providing personalized training within a robust clinical environment. Whether your interests lie in quality improvement, becoming a clinical educator, leadership, or simulation, our faculty and leadership work closely with fellows to develop individualized learning plans and meaningful scholarly projects.
Fellows within PHM have a broad exposure to common and complex pediatric illnesses through a diverse patient population. Children’s Hospital of Illinois serves over 6,000 pediatric patients a year and with our over 120 pediatric subspecialists provide exceptional care to children referred from across central Illinois and neighboring states.
Our graduates leave confident in managing both routine and high-acuity, medically complex pediatric patients within an inpatient environment.
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INNOVATE.
One of the distinguishing features of our fellowship is training with an established hospitalist led pediatric procedural sedation program. Fellows acquire robust hands-on clinical training and work with faculty who are active participants in national pediatric sedation research, quality improvement and education innovation.
Simulation Track
Fellows can choose to undertake a concurrent simulation fellowship during their PHM training. This additional opportunity is integrated into the schedule allowing them complete both in two years.Med-Peds Track
Fellows who are Medicine-Pediatrics graduates can choose to continue to pursue internal medicine skills. The program will support up to six weeks of adult based individualized experiences that are internal medicine focus and PHM adjacent including rounding on internal medicine inpatient teaching or non teaching team, transitional rotations, procedural skills or adolescent rotations. -
LEAD.
Our graduates become leaders within PHM by developing skills in systems improvement, multidisciplinary collaboration, program development, and healthcare administration.
Fellows develop expertise as clinician-educators through bedside teaching, small group facilitation curriculum development, and learner assessment. Fellows work closely with residents, medical students and interprofessional learners while receiving mentorship from experienced medical educators.
Graduates leave our program prepared to provide exceptional clinical care, inspire innovation and emerge as a leader within pediatric hospital medicine.
Inside the Fellowship
How to Apply
Interested applications should apply through ERAS.
Questions about the program can be directed to:
Harleena Kendhari, MD
Fellowship Director
Harleena.K.Kendhari@osfhealthcare