Clinical training

Clinical training in the Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) Fellowship includes the following:

• Rotations in the PH Clinic, PH inpatient consult service, and cardiac catheterization laboratory
• Rotations in advanced inpatient and outpatient heart failure, congenital heart disease, and heart and lung transplant
• Training in chest radiology and echocardiography
• Electives in rheumatology, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary function testing, liver-lung disorders, thrombophilia, cardiopulmonary exercise physiology, and cardiovascular health

Research training

Fellows have allocated time to conduct scholarly activity during their fellowship under the direction of supervising faculty.

Didactic training

Clinical conferences, seminars, small discussion groups, journal clubs, and one-on-one instruction are integral parts of this fellowship. 

Teaching opportunities

Opportunities are available for teaching fellows, residents, and medical students.

Evaluation

To ensure that fellows acquire adequate knowledge and develop their skills, their performance will be monitored carefully during the course of the program training. Fellows will be evaluated formally by supervising faculty member after each clinical rotation and will meet with the program director to review these evaluations. This is accomplished through an electronic process (MedHub) available 24/7 from any Mayo Clinic workstation or via remote access. 

MedHub is linked to the six core competencies identified by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, which are patient care, medical knowledge, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism, practice based learning and improvement, and systems-based practice. 

Completed faculty evaluations are reviewed by the program director who assigns a pass/fail grade based on the scores and comments by the faculty members. 

Upon approval of the evaluation by the program director, the evaluation immediately becomes available electronically to the fellow in the MedHub system. Fellows also have an opportunity to complete an evaluation of faculty following each rotation, as well as evaluating the program on an annual basis.