Recognizing that Primary Care Physicians have a wide variety of training the first 2 weeks of the Fellowship are dedicated to a series of educational experiences including:
One Day (16 hours) Intensive Review of Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life support.
This event is used to determine to skill level of the individual Fellows as well as serve as an extensive review of the educational material.
One Day Airway Management Course
Taught with Short Didactic Lectures followed by Hands On Simulation Labs:
- Basic Airway Managment
- Endotracheal Intubation
- Rapid Sequence Intubation
- Delayed Sequence Intubation
- Advanced Techniques
- Failed Airway
- Laryngeal Mask Airway
- King Airway
Blended Learning Course with prerequisite Lectures and Text, followed by One Day small group interactive learning sessions. Presented by Cahaba Medical Center Family Medicine Obstetrics Fellowship Faculty and Fellows.
- First Trimester Pregnancy Complications
- Medical Complications of Pregnancy
- Vaginal Bleeding in Late Pregnancy
- Preterm Labor and Premature Rupture of Membranes
- Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance
- Labor Dystocia
- Malpresentations, Malpositions, and Multipel Gestations
- Assisted Vaginal Delivery
- Postpartum Hemorrhage
- Maternal Resuscitation and Trauma
Arrow Vascular Academy
This program focuses on reinforcing best practices in Central Venous Access. Instruction is provided on ultrasound-guided vein assessment and access, hands-on simulation, and integration of evidence-based strategies to reduce the risk of complications, including Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI). For the current inserter, this program affords opportunities to enhance practical skills and knowledge. For new inserters, it provides foundational knowledge required for inserting CVADs. Subsequent validation of competencies to be managed by inserters’ individual practice settings.
Blended Learning Course with prerequisite Lectures and Text, followed by One Day small group interactive learning sessions.
Princeton Baptist Medical Center is a certified Arrow Vascular Academy Instruction Center
One Half Day Surgical Skills Course
Taught with Short Didactic Lectures followed by Hands On Simulation Labs:
- Interosseous Access
- Chest Needle Decompression
- Chest Finger Thoracotomy
- Chest Tube Insertion
- Surgical Airway
- Arthocentesis
One Half Day Suture Skills Course
Presented by the UAB School of Health Professions, Physician Assistant Program
Taught with Short Didactic Lectures followed by Hands On Simulation Labs:
- Basic Suturing Skills
- Advanced Suturing Skills
One Day EMR Introduction Course
Real Time EMR Computer Instruction taught at the speed of the learners.
Fellows experience a day in the life of a Paramedic during the EMS Ride a Long Program with Birmingham Fire and Rescue.
