Department of Internal Medicine
Pulmonary, Critial Care, and Occupational Medicine Fellowship Program
Summer Introductory Lecture Series
Faculty Organizer: Jeff Wilson, M.D.
Target Audience: Incoming first-year fellows in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Goals:
Provide a fundamental foundation for beginning pulmonary/critical care fellows in invasive procedures (bronchoscopy, pleural procedures); critical care management (airway management, mechanical ventilation, hemodynamic monitoring); clinical pulmonary physiology (spirometry, lung volumes, diffusing capacity, acid-base and blood gas interpretation, exercise testing); and common pulmonary clinical approaches (TB prophylaxis and treatment, lung cancer staging, and immunocompromised patients).
Design of the Conference to meet the Goals:
This is a lecture/discussion format. Some of the sessions are meant to be "hands-on" and are designed with equipment and respiratory therapy support present. The lecture/discussions are held twice weekly during the months of July and August. All first year fellows are required to attend, and any other interested senior fellows or faculty may attend.
Evaluation:
The course is evaluated by interviewing the first-year fellows near the end of their clinical year to determine whether the course content prepared them adequately for the questions and problems they dealt with.
Summer Introductory Lectures Topics
Bronchoscopy
Mechanical Ventilation
Intubation/Airway Management
Hemodynamic Monitoring
Ventilator Mechanics
Exercise Testing
Pleural Procedures
Mechanics of PFT's
Lung Cancer Evaluation and Staging
Diffusing Capacity: Principles and Interpretation
TB Prophylaxis and Treatment
Spirometry/Lung Volumes
Approach to the Immunocompromised Host
ABG/Acid-Base Interpretation/ Respiratory Failure
Introduction to Critical Reading of the Literature