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Advanced Primary Care Ultrasound Fellowship Overview

The U-M Medical School Department of Family Medicine's Advanced Primary Care Ultrasound Fellowship offers intense training in clinical ultrasound.

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Months 1-6

Intense Training in Clinical Ultrasound:

  • Orientation typically occurs during the first week in July
  • Attain a high level of proficiency in scanning in the entire range of POCUS applications
  • Develop proficiency in image interpretation
  • Develop the skill of clinical decision making based on ultrasound findings using the best available evidence
  • Develop the skill of integrating ultrasound into the clinical workflow
  • Attain proficiency in bedside teaching

Formal Learning Activities
  • Between 5-8 ultrasound sessions per month, at least 3 half-day Tuesday US Didactic sessions (9am to noon) per month, 2-4 half-days of QA per month
  • Scanning can occur in the UM ED, Mott ED, PICU, Family Medicine Outpatient Clinic, Family Medicine Inpatient Service, or the Care on Demand Clinic
  • During months 1-2, expectation is to be primarily in the ED/FM outpatient for direct supervision by the US Faculty
  • During months 3-12, scanning shifts done with US FM and ED Track Residents, EM and FM Residents, Residents/Fellows of other programs or Medical Students

Months 6-12
  • Continue scanning, teaching and QA activities as above
  • Fellow with identify US applications with relevance to FM and pursue opportunities to gain experience in these areas with the help of the FM faculty
  • Fellow will concentrate increasingly on educational projects and research activities
  • Research projects should conclude and paper outlines will be drafted for publication
  • Fellow will select and complete an educational project
  • Fellow will select and complete an administrative project
  • The fellow will have compiled a lecture and video library as well as gain the administrative resources to become an ultrasound director
  • Fellow will attend a national conference (possibilities include AIUM, SCUF, SAEM, or other national FM conference) with the goal of presenting their academic work
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