Goals of the Complex Care Fellowship Training Program 

The Boston Children's Hospital Complex Care Fellowship is a two-year program designed to prepare pediatricians for careers caring for children with medical complexity. Graduates are trained to work in the range of settings in which children with medical complexity receive care, including inpatient care, consultative outpatient care, primary care, multidisciplinary specialty clinics, post-acute and rehabilitation facilities, and in the home and community.

Fellows develop the clinical judgment, communication skills, and leadership needed to provide thoughtful, patient- and family-centered care to children with medical complexity. Clinical training is organized around a competency framework for complex care activities, with structured opportunities to develop skills across clinical contexts that fellows will encounter in practice.

The fellowship combines robust clinical training with individualized mentorship tailored to each fellow's learning needs and career goals. Fellows work as integral members of an interprofessional team, alongside nursing, advanced practice providers, and social work, while receiving dedicated guidance from experienced complex care faculty.

In addition to clinical training, fellows participate in scholarship and have opportunities to grow as educators, advocates, and future leaders in the field. Each fellow completes a mentored scholarly project and has opportunities to teach, participate in quality improvement, and contribute to the field of pediatric complex care. By graduation, fellows are prepared not only to deliver excellent care, but to shape how complex care is practiced, taught, and advanced.