Louisiana state university health science center new orleans emergency medicine residency program policies to supplement lsuhsc house officer manual

6-month Faculty Advisor Meeting

Resident: _____________________________________

Faculty: _____________________________________

Date: __________ HO-I HO-II HO-III HO-IV
Monthly Evaluations

July

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

June

Rotation

Evaluation

CORD test score

Current National In-Service Examination score: _______ Goal for next year_________

Residency Partner Data (Obtain from EM Coordinator prior to meeting)

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  Conference attendance above 70% Yes No
  
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  Procedure Log up to date Yes No
  
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  Compliance with duty hours Yes No
  

If answer “no” to any of above, please refer to Dr. Haydel immediately
Scholarly Activity: Topic: ___________________________________

Faculty: __________________________________

Progress:

Completed: Y N

Short-term goals:

Long-term goals:

Plans for PGY4 subspecialty track:

Resident comments, suggestions, requests, input:

Recommendations to resident:

Signatures: ____________________ ____________________

Faculty Resident

Faculty Advisors

Residents must meet once a year with their faculty advisors to review their evaluations, discuss their research project, present their procedure books, and generally give feedback regarding their experiences and performance in the residency. An evaluation must be filled out, signed and placed in the Resident file following each meeting,

HO I year –twice a year, HO II year   at six months HO III year   at six months HO IV year   at six months`

All house officers will meet with the Residency Program Director to review goals, procedures and future direction annually. Faculty advisor assignments for all residents are listed every year.

Procedure and Patient Experience Documentation

Each resident must document patient experiences and procedures during residency. The program must be able to demonstrate to its accrediting agency that you receive adequate experience. You will also be asked to document your experience for future employers. This is considered part of your residency portfolio and will be reviewed quarterly by the program director.

Residents without documentation of patient care experience will not be allowed to proceed to next house officer level or graduate from the residency program. The residency director will not certify your competence for your future employers if you have not documented adequate competency in emergency medicine procedures.
Typical procedures that requiring minimal representation in procedure logs include intravenous access, foley catheter placement, nasogastric tube placement, gastric lavage, extremity splinting, simple suturing, simple incision and drainage, institution of mechanical ventilation. Typical procedures requiring maximal representation include chest tubes, intubation rapid sequence intubations, pediatric and adult sedation, central line placement, cricothyroidotomy, throracotomy, fracture/dislocation reduction, urethrogram, cystogram, complex lacerations, complex incision and drainage, intravenous pacemaker placements, trauma resuscitation, cardiac arrest resuscitation, complex medical resuscitation, rape examinations, obstetrical deliveries, and foreign body removal. Supervision and instruction of procedures should be documented on the web based worksheet (Residency Partner).


Procedures And Resuscitations –ACGME goals
Numbers include both patient care and laboratory simulations

Adult medical resuscitation Adult trauma resuscitation ED Bedside ultrasound Cardiac pacing Central venous access Chest tubes Procedural sedation Cricothyrotomy Dislocation reduction Intubations Lumbar Puncture Pediatric medical resuscitation Pediatric trauma resuscitation Pericardiocentesis Vaginal delivery

45 35 # 06 20 10 15 03 10 35 15 15 10 03 10

The primary responsibility for the determination of procedural competency rests with the program director and the faculty. The RRC accredits programs, and does not certify or credential individuals. ACGME2007

# See ultrasound guidelines below.

Ultrasound

The ACEP policy statement recommends that an emergency physician receive didactic training and hands-on experience to become proficient in bedside emergency ultrasound. There are six commonly recognized "primary applications" for bedside emergency ultrasound. These applications, and the minimum number of training exams ACEP recommends for proficiency are outlined below:

Primary Application	Training Exams
FAST (Focused Abdominal Sonography in Trauma)	25
RUQ	25
Renal	25
AAA	25
Cardiac	25
Early pregnancy     transabdominal     transvaginal	25 25

The ACEP guidelines further state that in order for a training scan to count towards credentialing, the findings of the scan must be confirmed by direct supervision, over-read of saved images, other confirmatory testing (ultrasound, CT, MRI, etc.), or clinical outcome. These must be documented on residency partner.