POTD Med ed fellowships

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n this edition of potd 

MED ED FELLOWSHIPS

why:

offers a direct pathway to working with medical students, residents and faculty.  Additionally you get some admin experience in the sense of what’s needed to design curriculums and run a program. Additionally although it isn’t absolutely necessary it can expedite your pathway to program leadership.

What can I do during residency: 

Luckily we have med students around almost all the time, whether they prefer it that way or not.  A great way to start is to get involved with teaching them. Additionally, giving talks and mentorship can help show your interest.

Career post fellowship: 

‘’Career options after fellowship are endless!’’ - emra.org

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Hopefully you’re as excited about this by this point in the email as they are. Options include but are not limited to program director, faculty development, deans of medical schools.  really theres a ton of things you can do.

the FACTS:

emra says theres 30 programs and more coming. I’d believe theres a substantial bit more than that now. Cornell just opened up a program and of course we have our own lovely program.

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. - again.

How to apply; 

Most are on a rolling basis.

Requirements include 2-3 letters of rec, including one from the program director.  

Point people: 

Arlene, sally, Shivani, sumintra and Saloum have a ton to talk about regarding med ed stuff. I’d start there and work your way around

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POTD - what these consultants want

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and the funny part is she didn’t even have the c-collar on correct! Anyways that’ll be the last time I use the disimpactor. 

Oh! I didn’t see you there!


Well it’s time for another POTD. This one will be short an sweet. It’s directed toward my sweet baby interns, but I’m sure it’ll be helpful for anyone who has to talk to consulting services. 

This comes from the great Juan, who has since left us for Puerto Rico. Keep it in mind when ever you’re talking to consultants to to keep things short, to the point, and hopefully pleasant.

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Holla balla’s - CY (I’m sure thats what he would’ve said

Au revoir

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online medical control

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Me: knock knock 

Joann: HAHAHHAHAHAHAAH

Me: I didn’t tell the joke yet

Joann: ??

Online Med Phone: RING A LING A LING 

YOU GUESSED IT, TODAY WE’RE TALKING ONLINE MEDICAL CONTROL

I think certainly one of the most confusing/daunting moments of intern year was when the online medical control phone rang. i’d think why was it ringing? how was it ringing? who do they want to speak to? who has land lines any more?

 I’d often pick up the phone and go about things as if I were speaking to a regular patient, not realizing that this was a call with a specific purpose. But one day, admittedly far too late in my residency, it occurred to me that these calls had a purpose. These people were calling for specific things!

Now that I’d determined the task at hand, I just had to sort out what needed to be done. And then*** POOF ***

Someone introduced me to the 

NYC REMSCO (http://www.nycremsco.org/). What is that you ask

Well it just so happens that these paramedics are generally calling with protocols in mind and this handy dandy little file has all the protocols and pathways that they could be asking!

so what you do is you go to that little link there, then you go to the protocols section in the menu --> then you dip into the als protocols and wa-lah. now you have all the protocols and questions that they may be looking for.  admittedly theres also a binder near the phone with these protocols but i find the website the easiest way to keep up.  

BUT, BUT, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER SECTIONS!?! 

Cool your horses with the caps lock bro. What you need to to do is stop and listen to the questions. Really once you have the pathways you’re looking at RMAS in which you’re assessing capacity generally and orders to terminate resuscitation.  

I hope this has cleaned up the thinking for you.

Happy Tuesday,

Besitos.

böb

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