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Year One
- The first year will begin with a two-week “boot camp” which will provide fellows with high-yield, non-disease specific didactics; pharmacology and pharmacy exposure; and time spent in IV therapy.
- After this, fellows will start 5 1/2 months of outpatient rotations. They will have a total of seven outpatient specialty clinics per week, one continuity fellows clinic (that will continue for the full three-year fellowship) one half day for education and an additional half day for self-study, research and administrative work.
- The second half of the year will be predominantly inpatient rotations as follows:
- Three months of inpatient oncology (predominately malignant hematology) alternating with one month of palliative care, one month radiation oncology and one month pathology
- View an example of the year 1 outpatient schedule.
Year Two
- The first month of second year will be a research immersion and grand writing course. Fellows will be expected to generate a research grant during this time period.
- Fellows will travel to Boston for a one month rotation at Massachusetts General Hospital for training in stem cell transplantation and cellular therapies.
- There will be dedicated blocks of time (one month) for research, as well as time built into the schedule for research during outpatient blocks and consult rotations
- Second year fellows will do two months of inpatient oncology (predominately malignant hematology) in two one-month blocks
- Second year fellows will have five months of strict outpatient sub-specialty rotations and two months of hybrid outpatient with inpatient consults
Year Three
- During the third year of fellowship, fellows will have four months of strict outpatient sub-specialty rotations and four months of hybrid outpatient with inpatient consults.
- Fellows will have one month to do an away elective of their choosing to pursue additional sub-specialty training.
- Fellows will have the option of pursuing a rural oncology elective at Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport, ME.
- Fellows will have one month of dedicated research time.
- Fellows will have one month of inpatient inpatient oncology (predominately malignant hematology).
- View an example of the year two-three outpatient rotation schedule.
- View an example of the year two-three outpatient/inpatient consult hybrid rotations schedule.
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