Educational Curriculum
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The program curriculum is designed to provide fellows with a comprehensive clinical experience with graduated advancement to the goal of a superior level of independent, competent practice in surgical critical care. Surgical critical care (SCC) fellows are expected to demonstrate the mastery of the ACGME competencies of Medical Knowledge, Patient Care, Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, Interpersonal and Communications Skills, System Based Practice and Professionalism. It is our goal to stimulate and advance the knowledge of the science and art of critical care surgery.
The surgical critical care fellow will act as a physician, teacher, administrator and researcher. The numerous clinical, system and ethical issues that arise in a busy SICU will result in the SCC fellow becoming an adept problem solver. The surgical critical care fellow will assume the role of an attending as the year progresses and will be expected to demonstrate independence in clinical decision making. They will also be integrally involved in the clinical education of junior residents and medical students during their rotations in the SICU.
The Surgical Critical Care fellow will spend 10 months rotating in the SICU and one month each in the MICU and CT-ICU (The fellowship year runs from 8/1 through 7/31.)
Education for the critical care fellows occurs throughout the academic year and includes daily bedside teaching rounds, weekly didactic sessions (protected time), twice monthly critical care journal club, and multidisciplinary conference twice weekly.
The fellow will be encouraged to attend a conference of their choosing (such as the SCCM annual conference, annual board review course, or the EAST annual scientific assembly. The program also offers the fellow the opportunity to become an ATLS instructor by taking the instructor candidate course offered at SJUMC, as well as partaking in other courses offered at the institution, such the ASSET or BEST courses.
2020- 2021 Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Educational Schedule
The surgical critical care fellow will act as a physician, teacher, administrator and researcher. The numerous clinical, system and ethical issues that arise in a busy SICU will result in the SCC fellow becoming an adept problem solver. The surgical critical care fellow will assume the role of an attending as the year progresses and will be expected to demonstrate independence in clinical decision making. They will also be integrally involved in the clinical education of junior residents and medical students during their rotations in the SICU.
The Surgical Critical Care fellow will spend 10 months rotating in the SICU and one month each in the MICU and CT-ICU (The fellowship year runs from 8/1 through 7/31.)
Education for the critical care fellows occurs throughout the academic year and includes daily bedside teaching rounds, weekly didactic sessions (protected time), twice monthly critical care journal club, and multidisciplinary conference twice weekly.
The fellow will be encouraged to attend a conference of their choosing (such as the SCCM annual conference, annual board review course, or the EAST annual scientific assembly. The program also offers the fellow the opportunity to become an ATLS instructor by taking the instructor candidate course offered at SJUMC, as well as partaking in other courses offered at the institution, such the ASSET or BEST courses.
2020- 2021 Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Educational Schedule
Week | Date | Topic |
1 | Aug 3 | Cardiac Arrest |
2 | Aug 10 | Hemodynamic monitoring; invasive and non-invasive |
3 | Aug 17 | ABG Interpretation |
4 | Aug24 | Airway Management |
5 | Aug 32 | ICU pharmacology |
6 | Sep 7 | Fluid and electrolytes |
7 | Sep 14 | Pulmonary physiology |
8 | Sep 21 | Basic ventilator management |
9 | Sep 28 | Diag. and Management of ICU acquired pneumonia |
10 | Oct 5 | Metabolic response of illness / SIRS / MSOF |
11 | Oct 12 | ARDS |
12 | Oct 19 | Sepsis / septic shock |
13 | Oct 26 | Shock- Hypovolemic/hemorrhagic/neurogenic |
14 | Nov 2 | Cardiac arrhythmias |
15 | Nov 9 | Cardiac hemodynamics: CO, DO2, VO2, SvO2, etc. |
16 | Nov 16 | Cardiogenic Shock / AMI management |
17 | Nov 23 | CHF / endocarditis |
18 | Nov 30 | Management of diabetes/ hyperglycemia |
19 | Dec 7 | Anemia in critical illness / blood transfusions |
20 | SDec 14 | Coagulopathy / DIC/ factors / MTP |
21 | Dec 21 | Thrombocytopenia / HIT / platelet transfusions |
22 | Dec 28 | DVT/PE/Anticoagulation and reversal |
23 | Jan 4 | Management of Chest Trauma |
24 | Jan 11 | Management of Abdominal Trauma |
25 | Jan 18 | Management of Ped. / Geriatric / Pregnant Trauma |
26 | Jan 25 | Management of Compartment Syndromes |
Date | Topic | |
27 | Feb 1 | TBI / Management of cerebral edema |
28 | Feb 8 | Stroke / SAH / Intracranial aneurysms |
29 | Feb 15 | Brain Death / Organ Donation |
30 | Feb 22 | Prognostic Scoring for ICU patients |
31 | Mar 1 | Management of Acute Renal Failure / RRT |
32 | Mar 8 | Acid Base Disorders: Dx. and Management |
33 | Mar 15 | Endocrine Issues in Critical Care |
34 | Mar 22 | Sedation / Analgesia / Delirium |
35 | Mar 29 | Antibiotic Management / Stewardship |
36 | Apr 5 | Nutritional Assessment and Support |
37 | Apr 12 | TPN |
38 | Apr 19 | Acute and Chronic Liver failure |
39 | Apr 26 | Manag. of abdominal infections / C diff |
40 | May 3 | Ethical Issues in the ICU |
41 | May 10 | Palliative care in the ICU |
42 | May 17 | Humanism in the ICU |
43 | May 24 | Geriatric Pharmacology |
44 | Jun 7 | Critical Illness in Pregnancy |
45 | Jun 14 | Manag. of Spinal Cord Injury in the ICU |
46 | Jun 21 | Rehabilitation in the ICU / Early mobility |
47 | Jun 28 | Post-ICU syndrome/Persistent Critical Ill. |
48 | July 6 | Fellow Grand Rounds |
49 | July 13 | TBD |
50 | July 20 | TBD |
51 | July 27 | Cancelled |