Curriculum
Curriculum
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program
NJMS Pulmonary and Critical Care fellows are engaged in learning pulmonary and critical care medicine from day one of their training. The curriculum includes both bedside teaching and structured educational activities. We emphasize systematic procedural teaching and high-level skill acquisition, using a multitude of teaching tools including:
- Hands on workshops
- Case-based simulation
- Mannequins and task trainers
- High fidelity simulators
- Skills checklists and image portfolio reviews
Development and refinement of teaching and leadership abilities are built into both clinical rotations and structured educational sessions. Active participation in mentored research activities is expected. A weekly protected academic half day includes a variety of educational conferences. Individual progress is measured across 6 core competencies, including medical knowledge, patient care, systems-based practice, practice-based learning, professionalism and interpersonal and communication skills.
PCCM Fellowship:
Year One fellows focus on the foundations of pulmonary and critical care medicine and becoming adept at caring for patients in the medical ICU and those with respiratory illnesses requiring either inpatient or outpatient care. Skill and expertise in all ICU-related procedures, pleural procedures, pulmonary function testing and basic bronchoscopy are emphasized in the initial year. Fellows begin a longitudinal learning program in critical care ultrasonography, taught by our expert, nationally recognized faculty. The UH ICU experience includes management of patients with neurological critical illness and advanced liver disease, including patients being evaluated for liver transplantation. The VA ICU is a mixed medical-surgical ICU, and fellows will have the opportunity to work with both medical and surgical intensivists. Fellows rotating in the Cooperman Barnabas ICU will rotate between experiences in ICU leadership and critical care consultation and triage.
Year Two fellows further develop their knowledge of pulmonary medicine, including pulmonary physiology, sleep medicine and advanced bronchoscopy. Bedside ultrasonography teaching is a focal point of this year. Fellows may choose additional experiences in Chest Radiology, Interventional Radiology, TB/mycobacterial clinic and Sleep clinics.
Year Three fellows are board eligible in Pulmonary Medicine and dedicate the first quarter of this year to honing their pulmonary knowledge. Senior fellows refine their advanced bronchoscopy and other procedural skills and can become competent in endobronchial US and navigational bronchoscopy. They attain expertise in point-of-care ultrasonography and have the opportunity to become instructors in regional and national US courses.Senior fellows may choose to focus on a particular clinical area, as well as complete scholarly work.
CCM Fellowship:
Critical Care fellows rotate to all clinical training sites. The clinical experience is heavily weighted towards evaluation and management of critically ill patients and includes rotations in medical and surgical ICUs. Fellows also become familiar with the care of inpatients with common and complex pulmonary illnesses. They will become skilled in basic bronchoscopy, all critical care procedures and point of care ultrasonography.
