SCC and ACS Fellowship – Education

Fellow Curriculum: Meetings & Conferences

The program leadership takes formal fellow education very seriously. We have worked hard to ensure a robust curriculum that will not only fulfill the educational requirements of both the ACGME SCC year and AAST ACS year but also practically prepare you for the clinical challenges that will arise in your career.

  • Fellows’ Conference – weekly (Thursday at noon-1pm)
  • SCC/ACS Journal Club – 3x/month
  • Fellow QI Workshop – 6x/year
  • Trauma Video Review – quarterly with mentor group; biannually as division
  • Resident SICU Curriculum – weekly
  • Ultrasound Curriculum – 6x/year
  • Ventilatory Course – 6x/year
  • ECMO Curriculum – monthly education, quarterly M&M, annual wet-drills
  • AAST Meet the Mentors – monthly
  • AAST Journal Club – monthly

Fellow Curriculum: Independent Learning

Fellows will have the responsibility of completing formal independent learning as detailed below:

  • CorECMO modules
  • Surgical Critical Care SCORE modules
  • AAST modules
  • AAST webinars

Acute Care Surgery Division & Department of Surgery Conferences

In both the ACS Division and the Department of Surgery there is a robust schedule of conferences that fellows are expected to attend to enhance their surgical knowledge, gain research experience and participate in quality improvement.

  • SICU Morning Report – 7 days/week
  • Leadership Performance Improvement Committee (LPIC) – weekly
  • Practice Management Guideline Committee – monthly
  • Trauma Mortality – monthly
  • Research Meeting – bimonthly
  • Firearm Injury Research (FAIR) – bimonthly
  • Department of Surgery M&M & Grand Rounds – weekly
  • Trauma Symposium – annually

Local & Regional Opportunities

The following opportunities occur outside of the fellows’ scheduled didactic hour but are key parts of the fellowship curriculum. Many opportunities are made possible by the Division Chief, Dr. Eric Toschlog, who also serves as the Chair of the North Carolina Committee on Trauma.

  • Trauma system outreach visits
  • Attendance at North Carolina Committee on Trauma (COT) meetings
  • Membership on North Carolina COT subcommittees
  • Participation in state of NC trauma center verifications visits
  • Rural Trauma Team Development Course
  • Attendance at regional trauma system meetings

Extracurricular Opportunities

The following opportunities are not part of the structured didactic curriculum but are available to fellows.

  • ASSET course (fellowship will sponsor attendance if not previously completed)
  • Advance Trauma Life Support Instructor Course
  • Fundamental Critical Care Support Instructor training
  • Opportunity for international trip to teach FCCS (previous fellows have recently taught with TMD in Rwanda).

Leadership Tracks

We aspire to train future leaders in acute care surgery, and work to create leadership pathways that correspond to specific interests of individual fellows. The following structured mentorship tracks are available:

  • Trauma Medical Director
  • Program Director
  • EGS Medical Director
  • SICU Medical Director
  • Hospital Administration
  • Quality Medical Director
  • Research
  • Disaster Management