Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Fellowship Curriculum

Year 1

Educational

  1. Participation in required activities for the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) curriculum
  2. Regular attendance at the weekly Division of Developmental Medicine educational and administrative meetings
  3. Regular attendance at the weekly Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds
  4. Regular attendance at the weekly developmental medicine fellowship meetings

Clinical

  1. Participation in the Center for Child Development Clinics, including general Developmental-Behavioral Clinics and clinics for autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy and spasticity, spina bifida, NICU follow-up and neurogenetics

Research

  1. Critical review of the medical literature to foster competency in practice-based, life-long learning

Year 2

Educational

  1. Regular attendance at the weekly Division of Developmental Medicine educational and administrative meetings
  2. Regular attendance at the weekly Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds
  3. Regular attendance at the weekly developmental medicine fellowship meetings
  4. Provide educational sessions for pediatric residents and medical students during their Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics rotation

Clinical

  1. Conduct a developmental assessment during a new patient clinic appointment and provide interpretation and feedback to family
  2. Participation in Autism Evaluation Clinics, with age-specific assessment teams, to focus on evaluations with psychologists.
  3. Participation in sessions with behavioral specialists
  4. Participation in the Center for Child Development Clinics, including general Developmental-Behavioral Clinics and clinics for autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy and spasticity, spina bifida, NICU follow up and neurogenetics
  5. Participation in subspecialty clinics outside the Center for Child Development, including child neurology, genetics, sleep, adolescent medicine

Research

  1. Develop a research question based on clinical experience or a faculty member's existing project.
  2. Write a research proposal and get approval by Institutional Review Board at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Year 3

Educational

  1. Regular attendance at the weekly Division of Developmental Medicine educational and administrative meetings
  2. Regular attendance at the weekly Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds
  3. Regular attendance at the weekly developmental medicine fellowship meetings
  4. Provide educational sessions for pediatric residents and medical students during their Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics rotation

Clinical

  1. Conduct a developmental assessment during a new patient clinic appointment and provide interpretation and feedback to family
  2. Participation in Autism Evaluation Clinics, with age-specific assessment teams, to focus on evaluations with psychologists.
  3. Participation in sessions with behavioral specialists
  4. Participation in the Center for Child Development Clinics, including general Developmental-Behavioral Clinics and clinics for autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy and spasticity, spina bifida, NICU follow up and neurogenetics
  5. Participation in subspecialty clinics outside the Center for Child Development, including child neurology, genetics, sleep, adolescent medicine

Research

  1. Conduct original research project and obtain adequate data to perform a statistical analysis
  2. Submit abstract to a major pediatric conference