1. Is the ultrasound machine used for fellowship training fully owned by the Emergency Department? |
YES |
2. Is the ultrasound machine used for fellowship training available 24 hours/7 days/week? |
YES |
3. Does the ultrasound machine used for fellowship training have the necessary transducers to perform cardiac, transabdominal, endovaginal and superficial examinations? |
YES |
4. Is hospital credentialing for emergency ultrasound (EUS) available? |
YES |
5. Do formal diagnostic EUS reports appear as a part of the patient medical record? |
YES |
6. Does at least one other emergency medicine faculty member (aside from the fellowship director) have hospital credentials for emergency ultrasound at the primary facility for all of the applications listed? |
YES |
7. Is quality assurance (QA) review documented for all ultrasound examinations performed by the emergency ultrasound fellow(s)? |
YES |
8. Does the ED ultrasound director maintain a quality assurance log of all ultrasound examinations performed in the ED? |
YES |
9. Are the types of EUS examinations at minimum consistent with those described in the most recent ACEP ultrasound guidelines? |
YES |
10. Is the EUS faculty primarily responsible for EUS fellow education, with education outside the department kept to a minimum and only supplemental to fellow education? |
YES |
11. Does the emergency ultrasound fellow work less than or equal to 20 clinical (direct patient care) hours/week? |
YES |
12. Is the EUS fellow a full-time equivalent faculty member at your institution? |
YES |
13. Is the EUS fellowship a minimum of 12 months? |
YES |
14. Does the EUS fellow perform a minimum of 5 scanning shifts/month, with direct supervision during scanning shifts, especially early in the fellowship? |
YES |
15. Does a formal fellowship evaluation process exist with at least 3 meetings and an opportunity for the fellow and fellowship director to meet during the fellowship’s course? |
YES |