me: knock knock
novak: didnt you do this yesterday?
me: SHUT IT INTERN, ITS TIME TO TALK FELLOWSHIPS
i remember as a budding youth, i was interested in the abstract contract of life post residency. so i think it might be useful to go through some of these. I'll try to do one a week, but you know... the winter.
why: ultrasound is everywhere and it really expedites your dispos. This could be useful even if you’re going into community medicine and/or plan on being a nocturnist. Also allows for you to apply/teach this skill globally.
What can I do during residency:
Luckily you get all the blocks of ultrasound, but we’re also lucky enough to have a ton of ultrasound staff. You can literally throw a stone from any spot in the ED and hit an ultrasound trained or someone that is going to be ultrasound trained. Reach out for research opps.
Career post fellowship:
Not limited to academics. Its great for those planning to be nocturnists or those who may want to go slightly more remote places. But those that wanna do academics boy oh boy are there options right now. Think ultrasound director, or ultrasound fellowship director.
the FACTS:
>121 programs, some have specific global/international tracks
1-2 yrs
Learn to perform and interpret ultrasounds
Admin aspects of running/maintaining ultrasound programs
Integration w/ emr
Salary:
Varies, some do the pgy pay, some do other things
moonlighting still a thing, even though no one responds to my texts about it.
How to apply;
You’ll generally need at least one rec from ultrasound staff/chair possibly. 3 recommendations total is fairly common.
Apply to 7-8 programs, but run it by other staff who might have point people or ideas for what you need.
This year it was through the match, rank lists were due early November
Start thinking about an applying in august or earlier.
Point people:
Everyone
Joking
Not really though
Kay, Judy, haines, dickman, so on so forth. Theres more, I’m not listing them all
Resident wise: Taryn, suman, siri, tina and Aaron. Probably ask Aaron first, he’s a big fan of questions.