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Essentials of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship: part 2 - clinical education and experience

Journal of Perinatology volume 42, pages 410–415 (2022)Cite this article

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This is the second article in a seven-part series in the Journal of Perinatology that aims to critically examine the current state of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (NPM) fellowship training from the structure and administration of a program, to the clinical and scholarly requirements, and finally to the innovations and future careers awaiting successful graduates. This article focuses on the current clinical requirements; recent changes to the clinical environment and their effect on learning; and additional challenges and opportunities in clinical education.

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Fig. 1: Changes in the Neonatal Perinatal Medicine clinical environment and training.

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ONTPD Fellowship Directors Writing Group

Heather French7, Kris Reber8, Melissa Bauserman9, Misty Good10, Brittany Schwarz11, Allison Payne12, Melissa Carbajal13, Robert Angert1, Maria Gillam-Krakauer14, Jotishna Sharma15, Elizabeth Bonachea8, Jennifer Trzaski16, Lindsay Johnston17, Patricia Chess18,19, Rita Dadiz18, Josephine Enciso20, Mackenzie Frost7, Megan Gray21, Sara Kane22, Autumn Kiefer23, Kristen Leeman24, Sabrina Malik25, Patrick Myers26, Deirdre O’Reilly27, Taylor Sawyer21, M. Cody Smith23, Kate Stanley28, Margarita Vasquez29, Jennifer Wambach10

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Pediatrics, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Erin Cicalese & Robert Angert

  2. Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA

    C. Lydia Wraight

  3. Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Alison J. Falck

  4. Division of Neonatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

    Susan D. Izatt

  5. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA

    Jayasree Nair

  6. Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Karena G. Lawrence

  7. Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Heather French & Mackenzie Frost

  8. Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA

    Kris Reber & Elizabeth Bonachea

  9. Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Melissa Bauserman

  10. Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA

    Misty Good & Jennifer Wambach

  11. Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Brittany Schwarz

  12. Department of Pediatrics, UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Allison Payne

  13. Division of Neonatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Melissa Carbajal

  14. Division of Neonatology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Maria Gillam-Krakauer

  15. Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Mercy Kansas City, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, USA

    Jotishna Sharma

  16. Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine; Division of Neonatology, Connecticut Children’s, Farmington, CT, USA

    Jennifer Trzaski

  17. Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Lindsay Johnston

  18. Departments of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA

    Patricia Chess & Rita Dadiz

  19. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA

    Patricia Chess

  20. Division of Neonatology and Developmental Biology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Josephine Enciso

  21. Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA

    Megan Gray & Taylor Sawyer

  22. Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Sara Kane

  23. Department of Pediatrics, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA

    Autumn Kiefer & M. Cody Smith

  24. Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Kristen Leeman

  25. Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital; Hackensack Meridian Health School of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ, USA

    Sabrina Malik

  26. Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

    Patrick Myers

  27. Department of Pediatrics, Robert Larner, MD College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA

    Deirdre O’Reilly

  28. Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Kate Stanley

  29. Division of Neonatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA

    Margarita Vasquez

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ONTPD Fellowship Directors Writing Group

  • Heather French
  • , Kris Reber
  • , Melissa Bauserman
  • , Misty Good
  • , Brittany Schwarz
  • , Allison Payne
  • , Melissa Carbajal
  • , Robert Angert
  • , Maria Gillam-Krakauer
  • , Jotishna Sharma
  • , Elizabeth Bonachea
  • , Jennifer Trzaski
  • , Lindsay Johnston
  • , Patricia Chess
  • , Rita Dadiz
  • , Josephine Enciso
  • , Mackenzie Frost
  • , Megan Gray
  • , Sara Kane
  • , Autumn Kiefer
  • , Kristen Leeman
  • , Sabrina Malik
  • , Patrick Myers
  • , Deirdre O’Reilly
  • , Taylor Sawyer
  • , M. Cody Smith
  • , Kate Stanley
  • , Margarita Vasquez
  •  & Jennifer Wambach

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Cicalese, E., Wraight, C.L., Falck, A.J. et al. Essentials of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship: part 2 - clinical education and experience. J Perinatol 42, 410–415 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-021-01042-5

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