Curriculum

The Neonatal Neurocritical Care curriculum at UT Southwestern was strategically designed to meet all core competencies and learning objectives as per the current national standards for training in this field. Although there is currently no formal accreditation for training in neonatal neurocritical care in the United States, the educational curriculum is based on federal guidelines as recommended by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The trainee will develop expert skills in prenatal and neonatal neurological diagnoses and in the neonatal neurological examination across all gestational ages as they follow families from the FETAL Center to the NICU and on through the neurodevelopmental follow-up clinics.

Crystal Charity Ball - Southwestern Medical Foundation

Clinical activities will include

Neonatal Neurocritical care (NeuroNICU) service for 7 – 8 blocks
Electives including dedicated research time 4 – 5 blocks
Weekly longitudinal Early Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Follow-up Clinic
Fetal consultations

In addition to high-volume consultations at the Level IV and Level III NICUs, the Program offers additional education, training, and elective options in the following areas:

Neuroradiology
Neonatal Neurophysiology and EEG
High risk infant Follow-up (THRIVE) Clinic
FETAL consultation
Genetics
Ethics and Palliative Care
Neuromuscular
Stroke Neurology
Physical Medicine and Rehab
Neurosurgery

The fellow will be expected to participate in the following learning opportunities:

FNN Journal club
FNN Case Conference
FNN Didactics
Multidisciplinary NeuroNICU conference
Multidisciplinary FETAL (MFM) conference
Radiology rounds
Neonatology and Neurology division conferences
End-of-year research presentation