Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Fellowship Columbia - Curriculum

Ultrasound educational experiences

Develop clinical expertise in EUS.
All primary applications of EUS.
Secondary applications including:
- Ultrasound-guided procedures.
- Critical care ultrasound.
- Advanced cardiac
- Pulmonary.
- Musculoskeletal.
- Vascular ultrasound.
- Resuscitation.
Develop educational skills to instruct clinicians in ultrasound techniques:
- Educational software skills.
- Video and image management skills.
- Public speaking.
Develop administrative skills to direct EUS program:
- Image archiving.
- Physician credentials.
- Equipment maintenance.
- Curriculum development.
Involvement with national organizations that promote EUS:
- American College of Emergency Physicians.
- Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.
- American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.

Ultrasound examinations
- Perform a minimum of 1000 reviewed studies over the course of fellowship.
- Rotations with echocardiology.
- Rotations with vascular ultrasound.
American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers Certification (ARDMS), if desired.
- Physics
- Instrumentation
- Abdomen
- One other area of choice.
Education and lectures
- Annual journal club assignment (with EUSF director).
- Optional participation in outside CME course.
Clinical instruction
- Sixteen hours per month of bedside instruction in the emergency department.
- EM resident on ultrasound rotation.
- USC medical students on ultrasound rotation.
- 800 hours per year as clinical attending in the emergency department.
Administrative duties
- Departmental ultrasound QA and exam review.
- Working with EUSF director to administer resident EUS rotation scheduling.
- Resident and medical student testing professional organization participation.

Ultrasound equipment
- Sonosite Xporte
- Philips Lumify
- Sonosite SII
- Clarius.
Ultrasound office.
Simulation Medicine Center – 3 Vimidex and SonoSim ultrasound simulators.
2 TEE probes.
Qpath.