Critical Care Medicine Education Programs

The Division of Critical Care Medicine (CCM) is a national and international leader in the Education space.  In addition to outstanding and repeat award-winning bedside clinical teaching, CCM leads multiple graduate and post-graduate education programs, including and not limited to:

• Our Pediatric Critical Care Medicine fellowship program, led by Dr. Don Boyer, is one of the largest and most selective ACGME accredited PCCM fellowship in the United States.  Fellows complete either the standard categorical 3-year program or (for eligible individuals who have completed or are involved in integrated additional training in anesthesiology, cardiology, neurology, or other fields) a 2-year accelerated program.  Fellows develop clinical independence and expertise, as well as significant scholarly contributions – many of which are award winning.  Fellows also demonstrate a high level of engagement in education and safety/quality improvement initiatives at CHOP.
• CHOP CCM hosts an annual boot camp for PICU fellows and faculty from around the nation.
• Subspecialty fellowship training is available in neurocritical care, cardiac critical care, ECMO, and PCCM point of care ultrasound expertise.  
• The CCM division leads several didactic programs for pediatric residents at CHOP and elsewhere, including a superb didactic series during the CCM rotation as well as an in-situ mock code program throughout CHOP.
• Professional development opportunities within the Division include regular case conferences, research conferences, neurocritical care conferences, professor rounds, simulation-based medical education, code reviews, journal club, grand rounds, and more.  
• In addition, our faculty regularly lead education sessions nationally and internationally in areas as diverse as clinical CCM topics, difficult airway management, point of care ultrasound, and simulation-based medical education.

We are proud that many of our faculty are master's degree certified educators, and the faculty have built an educational community and culture that allows for supporting innovative educational programs, free and open discourse about clinical care, and educating the best of the next generation of pediatric critical care experts.