Several pulmonary research laboratories are also situated in the medical complex. The pulmonary fellow spends at least 12 months of his fellowship running this service. Four to five consults per day are seen. The pulmonary fellow sees every MICU patient at the Shands Hospital, inserts all Swan-Ganz catheters, performs or supervises intubations, and selected chest tube placement. The fellow supervises and teaches the MICU housestaff.
Stress is placed on intubation techniques, ventilator management, monitoring, and drug therapy.
Each fellow spends one month on a TB rotation. This includes a one week course and three weeks of attending Public Health Clinics. Immunology, nuclear medicine, thoracic surgery, radiology, pediatric pulmonology, and cardiac catheterization electives are available for one to two months as desired by specific fellows. Each fellow is required to investigate some area of pulmonary medicine, physiology, biochemistry, or morphology. Preparation and presentation of a research project is a required aspect of this training program.