Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Curriculum
Cape Fear Valley Health is committed to educating and training diverse, culturally competent physicians to practice in rural and underserved communities. Through comprehensive training in pulmonary and critical care medicine, our program equips fellows with the knowledge and skills needed to serve these populations effectively.
To achieve this mission, our program strives to:
- Recruit and train a diverse group of fellows with a strong commitment to serving rural and underserved communities.
- Provide high-quality education in pulmonary and critical care medicine, integrating the latest evidence-based research in clinical and basic sciences.
- Promote scholarly activity, including educational initiatives, clinical and scientific research, and quality improvement projects.
- Foster strong community partnerships, collaborating with local healthcare organizations to address ongoing healthcare needs and improve patient outcomes.
CONFERENCES
Our PCCM fellowship offers a dynamic and comprehensive educational curriculum delivered through diverse conference formats held three times weekly. These include didactic lectures, fellow-led case presentations, multidisciplinary discussion and high-fidelity simulation.
Core Pulmonary and Critical Care Curriculum Conference: Faculty-led one-hour discussions that reinforce to strengthen foundational knowledge for clinical excellence and board exam success in pulmonary and critical care medicine.
Journal Club: Critical reviews of landmark pulmonary or critical care literature. Fellows develop skills in evidence-based medicine and literature analysis.
Morbidity and Mortality: Educational forum designed to analyze and discuss patient adverse outcomes or complications in a non-punitive manner, promote a culture of safety, quality improvement and learning; and identify areas for clinical, procedural and systems improvement.
Fellows’ Case Conference: Fellow present cases of any complexity to generate clinically relevant questions and drive evidence-based discussion and reasoning.
Board Review: Utilizing questions from CHEST SEEK library, these sessions help prepare fellows for their ABIM Pulmonary and Critical Care board exam, emphasizing test taking strategy and core content mastery.
Quality and Patient Safety Conference: Fellows are required to present their QI project at least twice during their fellowship. The first presentation, typically in the second year or latter part of the first year, serves as an opportunity to receive feedback from faculty and refine the project. The polished version will be presented during the final year, focusing on the project's completed outcomes and impact.
Tumor Board Conference: Multidisciplinary meeting held once a month on Thursdays where pulmonologists, oncologists, radiologists, pathologists, and other specialists collaborate to discuss complex cancer cases.
Ambulatory Case Series Conference: Case based sessions on using teaching scripts developed by the University of Pennsylvania. Enhances outpatient clinical reasoning, evidence-based decision-making, and management.
Independent Learning Conference: Protected time for fellows to review high-yield online content (VuMedi, CHEST (American College of Chest Physicians), ATS (American Thoracic Society).
Internal Medicine Grand Rounds: Presentations by local, regional or national experts in medicine on current topics relevant to Internal medicine and subspecialties.
Boot Camp: The PCCM fellowship boot camp is designed to provide new fellows with essential knowledge, skills, and orientation to ensure a smooth transition into clinical and academic responsibilities. This intensive program focuses on core competencies required for success in the early weeks of fellowship.