The Connecticut Children's pediatric orthopaedics fellowship offers a mentorship model to prepare the trainee for the range of pediatric orthopaedic diseases and the variety of management options. The fellow will have an opportunity to tailor the experience of the fellowship to their particular subspecialty interest, be it pediatric spine, hip or sports pathologies. In addition, no required call allows the trainee flexibility to develop his or her pediatric orthopaedic academic knowledge base.