The fellows will assist the faculty attending in conducting bedside rounds and supplement the faculties' teaching points with the residents and students. The fellow will assist the faculty in answering residents' questions, discussing pertinent issues, detailing a plan of care and providing educational discussions. Procedures include arterial and central venous catheterization, pulmonary artery catheterizations, intubations, bronchoscopies, percutaneous tracheostomies, and thoracostomies. The fellows will be expected to be facile with these procedures as well as be able to teach them. They will work with the surgical critical care attendings for tracheostomies and chest tubes.
Fellows participate in the scheduled conferences.
Joint bi-weekly conferences with the SICU and MICU services provide additional insight into patient care and a view of the care of the medical and surgical patient. Monthly evening journal clubs allow fellows and faculty to review and discuss recent issues and articles in critical care medicine. In-Training Exam in Critical Care Medicine. In addition, they are evaluated by critical care attendings using standard evaluation forms. For further information, please contact Drs.