Fellows will complete two months per year (total of 4 months in the 2-year fellowship training program) on the ICU-Procedural rotation at Vidant Medical Center. Fellows will work closely with the consult Attending, ICU Attending, and any housestaff or students who are assigned to the ICU.
Fellows will complete two months per year (total of 4 months in the 2-year fellowship training program) on the ICU-Procedural rotation at Vidant Medical Center. Fellows will work closely with the consult Attending, ICU Attending, and any housestaff or students who are assigned to the ICU.
Fellows will complete two months per year (total of 4 months in the 2-year fellowship training program) on the ICU-Procedural rotation at Vidant Medical Center. Fellows will work closely with the consult Attending, ICU Attending, and any housestaff or students who are assigned to the ICU.
Overview: Fellows will complete two months per year (total of 4 months in the 2-year fellowship training program) on the ICU-Procedural rotation at Vidant Medical Center. Fellows will work closely with the Consult Attending, ICU Attending, ICU fellow, and any housestaff or students who are assigned to the ICU.
Principle Teaching/Learning Activities: (IC) Initial Consultation: Fellows will perform all initial evaluations on new consults in the ICU (MICU, SICU, NSICU, CICU, CVICU) and will direct the initial plan of management. The fellow will discuss each new consult in detail with the Consult Attending and they will see the patient together. The fellow is expected to formulate a cogent diagnostic and therapeutic plan for presentation to the Consult Attending. (DPC) Daily Patient Care: The fellow will coordinate daily follow-up as needed by him/herself. S/he will communicate directly with both the Consult Attending and the ICU team to ensure timely delivery of nephrology care to the critically ill patient. (AR) Attending Rounds: The Consult Attending makes daily teaching and management Attending Rounds with the team. The fellow shall discuss the nephrology-care for each patient for whom a nephrology consultation was asked by the ICU team and assist in the management of all nephrology- pertinent issues to the care of any critically ill patient. When finished discussing cases with the ICU Teams, the fellow will rejoin the Consult Attending and Consult Fellow on rounds. (DT) Diagnostic tests: Urinalysis, 24-hour urine studies, renal ultrasound, CAT scans, and other diagnostic tests are reviewed with the Consult Attending and the ICU Team. (DSP) Directly Supervised Procedures: Fellows will place temporary dialysis catheters when needed for consultative patients in the ICU if they have not met the minimum requirement of 5 catheters. Fellows will perform kidney biopsies as needed on consultative patients or outpatients under the direct supervision of the Consult Attending or Service Attending or Office Doctor. Fellows will be able to articulate the indication(s) for kidney biopsy and will interpret biopsy results with the nephropathologist whenever possible. (HDR) Hemodialysis Rounds: Fellows will round on patients undergoing hemodialysis in the ICU. (CRRT) Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy: Fellows will round at least once per day on patients undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy in the intensive care unit. (CC) Case Conference: Fellows on the ICU-Procedural rotation present patients at weekly case conference on Thursday 12:30-1:30pm in the Medical Annex (3 MA 329).
Principle Educational Goals by Relevant Competency In the tables below, the principle educational goals for the Nephrology Consult Rotation are listed for each of the six ACGME competencies. The second column of the table indicates the most relevant principle teaching/learning activity for each goal, using the legend above.
1) Patient Care Principle Educational Goals Learning Activity Evaluate and manage patients with acute renal failure, fluid/electrolyte imbalance and acid/base problems. IC, DPC, AR, DT, HDR, CRRT Evaluate and manage consultative patients with end-stage renal disease. IC, DPC, AR, DT, HDR, CRRT Evaluate and manage patients with pregnancy related disorders: pre- eclampsia, chronic hypertension in pregnancy. IC, DPC, AR, DT, HDR, CRRT Evaluate patients on hemodialysis and write hemodialysis orders. DPC, AR, HDR Evaluate patients on peritoneal dialysis and write peritoneal dialysis orders. IC, DPC, AR Evaluate patients on plasmapheresis and write plasmapheresis orders. IC, DPC, AR Ensure proper drug dosing in all patients to avoid nephrotoxic agents and dose-adjust for kidney function as needed. IC, DPC, AR, DT, HDR, CRRT Learn how to insert temporary dialysis catheters with proper technique DSP Perform kidney biopsies with attending assistance utilizing proper technique DSP
2) Medical Knowledge Principle Educational Goals Learning Activity Build a clinically applicable knowledge base of the basic and clinical sciences underlying the care of patients with acute and chronic kidney disease. IC, DPC, AR, CC Access and critically evaluate current medical information and scientific evidence relevant to care of patients with renal failure. IC, DPC, AR, CC Discuss interesting cases from the consult service at weekly case conference CC
3) Practice-Based Learning and Improvement Principle Educational Goals Learning Activity Identify, acknowledge and correct gaps in personal knowledge and skills in the care of patients with acute and chronic kidney disease. IC, DPC, AR, CC Analyze rounding patterns and identify areas for improvement to optimize and balance quality care of acute and chronically ill kidney patients. DPC, AR
4) Interpersonal Skills and Communication Principle Educational Goals Learning Activity Educate and update patients and their families as to the nature of the patients kidney problem and concurrent illness. IC, DPC, AR Thoroughly explain to patients and their family necessary procedures and tests in terms that the patient can understand to allow for true informed consent as well as strengthening of patient-physician relationships. DPC, AR, DSP, HDR, CRRT Communicate effectively with physician colleagues, nursing and other staff to assure timely, comprehensive patient care. IC, DPC, AR, HDR, CRRT Communicate effectively with colleagues when signing out patients or turning care over to the Renal Service. DPC, AR
5) Professionalism Principle Educational Goals Learning Activity Professional conduct toward patients, families, colleagues, dialysis nurses and staff, floor nurses and staff and all other members of the health care team is expected. All
6) Systems-Based Practice Principle Educational Goals Learning Activity Become familiar with and begin to utilize the multidisciplinary resources necessary to care optimally for patients with acute and chronic kidney disease: primary nephrologist, dialysis nurse, floor nurse, social worker, rehabilitation unit, outpatient dialysis nurse. IC, DPC, AR, HDR, CRRT Collaborate with other members of the health care team to assure comprehensive care for patients with kidney disease. IC, DPC, AR, HDR, CRRT Develop awareness of the limitations and opportunities inherent in the care of patients on dialysis and develop strategies to optimize individual patient care. DPC, AR, HDR
Recommended Resources: TEXTBOOK: Clinical Nephrology Brenner and Rector Burton Rose Acid Base Daugirdas dialysis handbook Kaplans HTN book www.uptodate.com (free via Vidant Medical Center homepage) LexiDrugs via uptodate MDConsult via Vidant Medical Center homepage www.hdcn.org (logon/password = ecukidney/library) http://svch.blogspot.com/2004/07/procedure-skills-and-acls-refresher.html http://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/334/22/1448.pdf http://www.kidney.org/professionals/kdoqi/guidelines.cfm http://ispd.org/lang-en/treatmentguidelines/guidelines http://crrtonline.com/ ECU Plasmapheresis Manual AJKD Core Curriculum Series (pdf articles have been emailed to each fellow)
Evaluation Methods Fellows are formally evaluated by the ECU Consult Attending(s) using the standard milestone-based ABIM evaluation form on New Innovations. This evaluation will be discussed with the fellow face-to- face at the end of the rotation.
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