Weekly Didactic and Conference List

  • Trauma/General Surgery Morning Report: Mon- Sunday 7:00am-7:30am
  • ICU Didactics (Fellow Teaching Conference): Friday at 12:00pm
  • ICU M&M: Every 4th Friday at 12:00pm
  • ICU Journal Club: Review of “Landmark Papers” Tuesday at 12:00pm
  • General Surgery M&M: Every Thursday at 7:30am
  • General Surgery Didactics: Every Thursday at 8:30am
  • Multidisciplinary Trauma Services Committee 3rd Wednesday every month at 11:30am
  • Trauma PEER Review Committee 3rd Wednesday every month at 12:30pm
  • Research Meeting: 3rd Wednesday every month at 2:30pm
  • Special Care (Critical Care) Committee Every other month, day varies
  • Code Blue Committee – monthly, day varies

Didactic Outline

Respiratory

  • ARDS diagnosis/treatment
  • Ventilator liberation
  • ECMO
  • PE

Cardiac

  • Perioperative arrhythmias/CHF/Perioperative MI
  • Mechanical circulatory support

Renal

  • AKI
  • Renal Replacement therapy
  • Management of severe electrolyte disturbances

Gastrointestinal

  • GI bleeding and variceal bleeding in cirrhosis
  • Acute pancreatitis
  • Abdominal compartment syndrome
  • Mesenteric ischemia

Infection

  • Catheter related infections
  • VAP diagnosis and treatment
  • CAUTI
  • Fever in the ICU
  • Sepsis
    • Antibiotic therapy
    • Monitoring and resuscitation
    • Steroids in septic shock
  • Abdominal sepsis

Endocrine

  • DKA
  • Glucose management in ICU

Neurological

  • Acute stroke
  • Subarachnoid hemorrhage
  • Delirium
  • Intractable Intracranial Hypertension
  • Traumatic Brain injury

 

Hematology

  • Coagulopathy
  • Post operative bleeding
  • Transfusion triggers
  • Massive transfusion

Trauma

  • Burns
  • Thoracic trauma
  • Abdominal and pelvic trauma
  • Extremity trauma/REBOA

Miscellaneous

  • Monitoring in the ICU
  • Alcohol withdrawal
  • Nutrition
  • Telemedicine
  • Pressure wounds

Educational Responsibilities

  • SCCM Clinical Congress
  • SCCM Critical Care Ultrasound Course
  • SCCM membership and Practice Question Bank
  • AAST Annual Meeting
  • ATLS Instructor
  • REBOA

Research and PI Responsibilities

Minimum 1 research project

  • Selection of project and formulation of hypothesis
  • IRB Submission
  • Manuscript completed, ready for submission to peer reviewed journal

Lead a minimum of 1 critical care PI initiative

  • Clinical Practice Guideline or protocol
  • Routine revision of critical-care CPG’s and protocols

ICU Clinical Responsibilities

  • 7:00am Surgical Morning Report
  • 8:00am ICU Rounds
  • 9:30am Multidisciplinary Rounds
  • Noon Conference
  • 4:00-5:00pm Afternoon Rounds & Sign Out

ICU Weekend Responsibilities

  • 2 weekends off
  • 2 weekends: AM rounding and Home Call on Saturday

Surgical Call Responsibilities

  • If authorized for moonlighting:
  • Surgical call hours will count toward the total 80 work week – must be reported
  • Must be compliant with time off/down-time requirements
  • Shifts will be a maximum of 12 hours
  • 6 calls (maximum) a month
  • No more than 2 surgical in house calls per