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Clinical Training

Mandatory Rotations

airway training
  • NIH Clinical Center ICU
  • Washington Hospital Center Surgical ICU
  • Washington Hospital Center Medical ICU
  • Georgetown University Hospital Medical ICU
  • Washington Hospital Center Coronary Care Unit
  • Anesthesia at Suburban Hospital
  • Point-of-Care Ultrasound Rotation

Elective Rotations (may be pursued during research years with mentor approval)

  • Global Critical Care Rotation at Kijabe Hospital, Kenya
  • Shock Trauma University of Maryland Shock Trauma
  • Others available with approval of program director

Teaching

We believe in training all of our fellows to be excellent clinicians. In addition to the clinical training described above, we have structured our educational program to maximize training in Critical Care.

Education Blocks: We partner with all of the Critical Care fellowship programs across the DC-Baltimore area to provide a state-of-the-art, interactive introduction to critical care for all of our fellows.

  • Summer Education Block
    • Three weeks at beginning of 1st year of fellowship that teaches important aspects of critical care, such as Basics of Mechanical Ventilation, Ultrasound, and ICU procedures, so that the incoming fellow is ready to go on their first day in the ICU.
  • Winter Education Block
    • One week in winter of 1st year of fellowship, with review of concepts learned in the summer and teaching of advanced concepts.

Weekly

  • Interprofessional Simulation
  • Bedside Teaching
  • Core Clinical Topics

Monthly

  • Journal Club
  • Morbidity and Mortality
  • Research Lectures
  • Case Presentation Conference with Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
  • Other NIH Conferences
  • NIH-Duke Master's Program

Preceptorials

Our preceptorial program is a unique and innovative approach to medical education, where the fellows demonstrate their mastery of key concepts to the preceptor through one-on-one mentoring using a structured curriculum. A year-long, longitudinal preceptorial courses are offered in the following content areas:

First Year Courses

  • Fundamentals of Mechanical Ventilation
  • Fundamentals of Point-of-Care Ultrasonography

Senior Fellow Courses

  • Introduction to Scientific Literacy & Numeracy
  • Fundamentals of Critical Care Physiology