Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Fellowship Program
Length of Fellowship
1 year
Salary
$105,000+
Full faculty benefits
Plenty of local moonlighting opportunity
Additional Funds
3000 CME
Paid Licensing Exam
$175 for books
Paid ACEP US Management Course
"Slush Fund" for assisting with research presentation expenses
Loaned computer
Shared Office
Number of Clinical Hours
18-20 (2 shifts)
Other Duties
Resident Lecture/Workshops/Simulation
Medical School Lecture and Curriculum Development
System Wide PoCUS development
Integrated ICU Rounds
Monthly Journal Club
Unique Research Project
Nurse US Guided PIV Training
Administrative Duties
Maintain Interesting Case Folder
Maintain Updated Current Research Folder
Number of Sites
#1 Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Optional
#2 Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital (busy community site)
Number of Positions Per Year
1-2
Additional Opportunities
Optional:
TEE with cardiology in echo lab with director
RDMS scanning in radiology
Regional/National Workshops Teaching
Interdepartmental Faculty Training
Educational Experience
The fellowship is designed to expose the fellow to all areas of this rapidly expanding subspecialty. At its core the fellow will be trained to be expert in all aspects of clinical emergency ultrasound.
Additionally the fellow may seek further advance application (advanced cardiac, TEE) training in coordination with our friendly ICU and Cardiology colleagues.
POCUS education is expanding within many departments on the Lebanon campus as well as our group partner emergency departments. Fellows will have ample educational opportunities and participate in our active medical student ultrasound electives, resident and interdisciplinary faculty ultrasound training, and burgeoning teleUS project. Fellows will be expect to help create and revise curriculum within these projects.
Administrative responsibilities including machine maintenance and purchase, IT/Biomed, documentation, privileging/credentialing, image processing software, and billing are each covered in depth to prepare the fellow to manage all aspects of either a community or academic emergency ultrasound program. Program faculty participate in a variety of institutional committees which the fellow is welcome to attend.
Image Review
Image review will take place each week for 4 hours with rotating resident and medical students followed by 4 hours of ED scanning.
At 6 months the fellow will have the opportunity to QA with remote oversight in addition to weekly in person QA.
Deadline for Fellowship Application
Please apply early as we expect to fill interview days by mid September.
Rolling application with expected fellow July each year
Fellows Chosen
On match day in accordance with all SCUF rules and regulations.