Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Syllabus and Reading Requirements
Throughout the year:
- Weekly video review
- Research or educational project
- 1000 scans completed
July: Ultrasound Boot Camp
- Week 1
- Review and Sign Ultrasound Fellowship Letter
- How to safely download and store ultrasound images
- How to archive files
- Complete TJU CITI/IRB training
- Week 2
- Complete Fellowship Assessment Survey
- Arrange meetings with fellowship track mentors
- Read Noble Text Chapters 1-4
- Complete ACEP quizzes (Physics, Trauma, Cards and 1st Trimester OB)
- Read I-AIM Paper
- Week 3
- Read Noble Text Chapters 5-8
- Complete ACEP quizzes (AAA, Urinary, Biliary and DVT)
- Read The Core Content of Clinical US Fellowship Training
- Present ultrasound project ideas at Ultrasound research meeting
- Week 4
- Read Noble Text Chapters 9-12
- Complete ACEP quizzes (Thoracic, Ocular and Soft tissue)
August: Ultrasound Education
- Week 1
- Read Noble Text Chapters 13-16
- Complete ACEP quiz (Procedures)
- Watch/read the following:
- Week 2
- Keynote 101
- How to de-identify ultrasound images and videos
- Week 3
- Prepare and deliver an E-FAST lecture (academic month)
- Week 4
- Submit research project to IRB
- Read Learning Curves in Emergency Ultrasound Education
September: Critical Care
- Week 1
- Choose ultrasound track mentor
- Read The UHP Protocol 2001
- Read RUSH Review Article
- Week 2
- Fluid Responsiveness Chapter in Mallin, Dawson Volume 1
- Starling Curves by Ultrasound
- Prepare lecture for Philadelphia Regional Ultrasound Day
- Week 3
- Read Focused cardiac ultrasound in the emergent setting – A consensus statement of the American Society of Echocardiography and American College of Emergency Physicians
- Read Mallin, Dawson Vol 2 Chapters 1-2, Cardiac Output & Right Heart
- Week 4
- Eval with Fellowship Director
- Read Mallin, Dawson Vol 2 Chapters 3-4, Diastology & TEE
October: Administration & ACEP
- Week 1
- Review and be familiar with AMA HR-802
- Table 2: H-230.960 Privileging for Ultrasound Imaging
(1) AMA affirms that ultrasound imaging is within the scope of practice of appropriately trained physicians
(2) AMA policy on ultrasound acknowledges that broad and diverse use and application of ultrasound-imaging technologies exist in medical practice
(3) AMA policy on ultrasound imaging affirms that privileging of the physician to perform ultrasound-imaging procedures in a hospital setting should be a function of hospital medical staffs and should be specifically delineated on the Department’s Delineation of Privileges form
(4) AMA policy on ultrasound imaging states that each hospital medical staff should review and approve criteria for granting ultrasound privileges based upon background and training for the use of ultrasound technology and strongly recommends that these criteria are in accordance with recommended training and education standards developed by each physician’s respective specialty. (Res. 802, I-99; Reaffirmed: Sub. Res. 108, A-00)
American Medical Association House of Delegates. Privileging for ultrasound imaging. Resolution 802, Dec 1999; Reaffirmed; Sub. Res 108, Jun 2000. H-230.960. [cited 2011 March 31] Available from: URL: www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/467/513.doc.
- Week 2
- Read Administration Chapter of Mallin, Dawson Volume 2 iBook
- Week 3
- Emergency Ultrasound Imaging Criteria Compendium
- Watch Quality Assurance SRT discussion
- Review Emergency Ultrasound Coding and Billing Guide 2009
- Review AIUM statement on ultrasound billing
- Week 4
- Review Emergency Ultrasound Standard Reporting Guidelines
- Read Turf Wars in Ultrasound
- Present update on ultrasound project
November: Boards Preparation
December: Research
- Week 1
- Introduction to clinical research
- Types of research in emergency ultrasound
- Week 2
- Database management – Excel & Redcaps
- Week 3
- Quarterly Eval with Fellowship Director
- Variables: Continuous, Categorical and Ordinal
- Understanding how to describe variables
- Univariate Analyses
- Week 4 – Holiday
January: Physics
- Week 1
- Physics Chapter in Dawson, Mallin Vol 2 iBook
- Week 2
- Week 3
- Week 4
February: Elective Time
- International Elective
- Shadow echo technicians
- Shadow Anesthesia performing USG Nerve Blocks
March: AIUM & Advanced Ultrasound Topics Part I
- Week 1 – Airway & ENT
- Airway Chapter in Dawson, Mallin Vol 2 iBook
- Week 2 – Ocular / Advanced Ocular
- Ocular Chapter in Dawson, Mallin Vol 2 iBook
- Week 3 – Advanced Ultrasound Procedures (Nerve Block, LP)
- Femoral, Brachial and Peripheral Nerve Chapters in Dawson, Mallin iBooks
- Week 4 – Testicular
- Quarterly Eval with Fellowship Director
- Testicular Chapter in Dawson, Mallin Vol 1 iBook
April: Advanced Ultrasound Topics Part II
- Week 5 – Bowel & SBO
- SBO Chapter in Dawson, Mallin Vol 2 iBook
- Week 6 – Appendicitis
- Appendicitis Chapter in Dawson, Mallin Vol 2 iBook
- Week 7 – Intussusception & Pyloric Stenosis
- Week 8 – Miscellaneous Pediatric Topics
May: SAEM & Advanced Ultrasound Topics Part II
- Weeks 1 and 2 – Musculoskeletal (Tendon, Muscle, Fractures, Joints)
- MSK, Hip, Shoulder and Joint Injection Chapters in Dawson, Mallin iBooks
- Week 3 – Uterine & Adnexal
- Week 4 –Advanced Abdominal Organ Ultrasound
June: The closer
- Finish outstanding projects
- Complete outstanding educational tasks
- Quarterly Eval with Fellowship Director