Recognizing that Primary Care Physicians have a wide variety of training the first 2 weeks of the Fellowship are dedicated to a series of educational experiences including:

 

One Day (16 hours) Intensive Review of Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life support.

This event is used to determine to skill level of the individual Fellows as well as serve as an extensive review of the educational material.

One Day Airway Management Course

Taught with Short Didactic Lectures followed by Hands On Simulation Labs:

  • Basic Airway Managment
  • Endotracheal Intubation
  • Rapid Sequence Intubation
  • Delayed Sequence Intubation
  • Advanced Techniques
  • Failed Airway
  • Laryngeal Mask Airway
  • King Airway

Blended Learning Course with prerequisite Lectures and Text, followed by small group interactive learning sessions.

  • First Trimester Pregnancy Complications
  • Medical Complications of Pregnancy
  • Vaginal Bleeding in Late Pregnancy
  • Preterm Labor and Premature Rupture of Membranes
  • Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance
  • Labor Dystocia
  • Malpresentations, Malpositions, and Multipel Gestations
  • Assisted Vaginal Delivery
  • Postpartum Hemorrhage
  • Maternal Resuscitation and Trauma

Vascular Academy

This program focuses on reinforcing best practices in Central Venous Access. Instruction is provided on ultrasound-guided vein assessment and access, hands-on simulation, and integration of evidence-based strategies to reduce the risk of complications, including Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI). For the current inserter, this program affords opportunities to enhance practical skills and knowledge. For new inserters, it provides foundational knowledge required for inserting CVADs. Subsequent validation of competencies to be managed by inserters’ individual practice settings.

Blended Learning Course with prerequisite Lectures and Text, followed by One Day small group interactive learning sessions.

One Half Day Surgical Skills Course

Taught with Short Didactic Lectures followed by Hands On Simulation Labs:

  • Interosseous Access
  • Chest Needle Decompression
  • Chest Finger Thoracotomy
  • Chest Tube Insertion
  • Surgical Airway
  • Arthocentesis

One Half Day Suture Skills Course

Taught with Short Didactic Lectures followed by Hands On Simulation Labs:

  • Basic Suturing Skills
  • Advanced Suturing Skills

EMR Introduction Course for all clinical sites

Real Time EMR Computer Instruction taught at the speed of the learners.

Fellows experience a day in the life of a Paramedic during the EMS Ride a Long Program with local EMS