Impact of Ambulatory Blocks on Pulmonary Critical Care Fellow Outpatient Training Experience.

The ambulatory block structure provides a potential model to expand PCCM fellow outpatient pulmonary training through increased exposure to ambulatory pulmonology and dedicated ambulatory teaching. Important features of the ambulatory block structure include separation of outpatient clinics from competing responsibilities, expansion of fellow pulmonary exposure, opportunities for deliberate practice, and faculty engagement in fellow education.