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Dear Cardiology Fellow:
I would like to welcome you to the 2009-2010 UMDNJ-SOM / South Jersey Heart Group Cardiology Fellowship Program. We
look forward to an exciting clinical and academic year. Enclosed you will find the cardiology fellowship manual. Please refer to it
should you have any questions regarding any policies or procedures regarding the fellowship.
Enclosed / attached are your rotation, lecture and office schedules as well. I need to make it perfectly clear that there are NO
exceptions for missing weekly clinic hours. Your preceptor will discuss with you particular requirements that need to be fulfilled
during this clinical time.
Kate Jurman is the fellowship program coordinator. I need to express that you maintain communication with her. You’ll be
expected to keep your contact information up to date with her including home, cell and pager numbers, as well as your preferred
email addresses, as most program notifications come through the program coordinator. Please remember to check your e-mail
on a daily basis, as it is the preferred method for reminders and updates. Our South Jersey Heart Group Website calendar is
also a good source for updated information. Please remember to check it on a regular basis.
Quarterly meetings and evaluations are held during the academic year. Evaluations include a thorough review of your logs and
monthly service evaluations. This is also your quarterly forum for program feedback. Your research project will also be
evaluated every quarter for appropriate progress. As you know, your scientific research project is an absolute requirement in
order to graduate the program and receive your fellowship certificate. More information regarding the research project is
available in this manual. The quarterly meeting is two-part: First, we have a general meeting including the program director,
coordinator, chief fellow and all of the fellows; then, each fellow and chief fellow meets with the program director individually to
discuss their progress. I am also available at any time you need to talk to me.
Your procedure logs are one of the most important parts of your fellowship. Without them you cannot be credentialed at any
level. Not only does the AOA require log submission but hospitals frequently require more than just a letter from the program
director verifying your credentials. This year, all procedure logs will be completed using our New Innovation RMS, the same
software suite used to log duty hours.
You will note that in addition to your monthly schedule there are mandatory academic times to which you must adhere. Other
than clinic hours, Thursday afternoons from 1:00pm until 5:00pm are designated academic time and must be attended. If you
cannot attend for a valid reason, you must notify Kate or myself. As well, you will be expected to attend the cardiothoracic
surgical morbidity and mortality meeting at Our Lady of Lourdes, Camden, usually held the second Thursday of every month
from 7:30am until 9:00am in the 3rd floor Main conference room, and as well the cath lab peer review meetings held the first
Friday of every month from 7:30am-8:30am in the 3rd floor cath lab film reading room. Both of these experiences are to help you
understand the process that takes place during surgeries and caths as well as outcomes and procedures. Please be aware that
dates and times of these conferences change often, please consult your monthly fellowship schedule for an exact date
and time.
One other important point that must be mentioned is that in all of your consults, admit notes and history and physicals you must
address an OMT/ biomechanical examination and its relationship to cardiology. This must be performed in both review of
systems as well as the physical exam and will be scrutinized heavily. The AOA is very strict regarding this evaluation.
Lastly, there will be a year end examination to help us to identify the strengths and weaknesses of individual fellows as well as
the program. The examination is designed to test your skills at your particular fellowship year. Although this is not a formally
graded examination, it will be discussed with each of you individually and certainly your growth throughout the program will be
monitored by these year-end exams.
We look forward to an exciting year. As always, Kate and I are here to help you in anyway possible and look forward to starting
the year!
Sincerely,
John N. Hamaty, D.O., FACC, FACOI
Program Director
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Introduction
The administration, hospital staff and ancillary services would like to extend to you a warm welcome on the beginning
of this new academic year at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – School of Osteopathic
Medicine (UMDNNJ-SOM) and South Jersey Heart Group (SJHG). We are proud of the fact that we are able to
provide the best in medical care while maintaining a warm and friendly atmosphere of a small hospital environment.
You will find our institution to be a comfortable learning environment while also being academically challenging.
This manual is written with two intents in mind. First, we hope that it provides a means of orienting new fellows to the
operations of the various departments at UMDNJ and SJHG and to ease your transition from your previous internal
medicine residency training into cardiology fellowship training. Second, we hope that it provides a reasonable
complete and precise guideline for you to use in your day to day activities at UMDNJ and SJHG. This manual is not
meant to be a fixed and rigid document, but rather a flexible guide that can be changed and updated in the ever
changing field of cardiology and improved upon based upon your input and of it’s various authors.
The cardiology fellowship training program of the UMDNJ-SOM is an AOA approved three-year program designed to
provide excellence in training in the diseases of the cardiovascular system. This manual provides the specific
definitions, requirements and curriculum which governs the program. The manual will be updated on an annual basis
as new and important issues such as new diagnostic and treatment modalities and new training requirements
surface. Presently our program meets and exceeds the requirements of the basic standards for training in cardiology
as developed by the ACOI and approved by the AOA. Intrinsic to the standards of training is an emphasis on the
recommendations of the American College of Cardiology / American Heart Association / American College of
Osteopathic Physicians / American College of Physicians recommendations as delineated in the COCATS
documents.
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Fellow’s Files / Required Elements
A requirement of the program is a complete and updated fellow’s file which will include all of the required documents
of the AOA and ACOI and other documents pertinent to the successful management of fellow training and processing
issues. A complete file will promote a more complete record useful to the program and the fellows. Such items are
needed for the fellow as he or she applies for staff privileges in ensuing years and items needed for mandatory ACOI
compliance and inspections.
Your fellowship documents / files are maintained by the program coordinator and updated on an as-needed basis.
Post-fellowship, your records will be digitized and archived, and available for your credentialing needs.
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Completed UMDNJ-SOM OPTI Fellowship Application
Three original letters of recommendation
Current copies of all medical licensing
Current copies of CDS / DEA
Emergency Contact (Name, Telephone Number)
Certificate of medical school graduation
Copy of internship and residency training
Medical School Transcripts
Undergrad transcripts
Copy of certificate of National Board Completion
Documentation of active membership in the AOA / ACOI
Current CV
AOA / ACOI PROFESSIONAL DOCUMENTS
American Osteopathic Association
American College of Osteopathic Internists
Included in this section is the most recent update of Basic Standards for Fellowship Training in Internal Medicine
Subspecialties; Basic Standards for Residency Training in Cardiology; Basic Standards for Training in Clinical
Cardiac Electrophysiology and Basic Standards for Residency Training in Interventional Cardiology as set forth by
our governing bodies the American Osteopathic Association and the American College of Osteopathic Internists. If
amendments and / or deletions of these basic standards or complete revisions occur at any time these will be
provided to you immediately so that you can update your fellowship manual. For the 2008-2009 academic year we
will also be including our Core Competency plan and workbook for our training program. Included is a full outline of
all seven core competencies of the osteopathic profession which will give you a better understanding of the
progression of the workbook and plan. This will be further discussed at orientation, and will be an ongoing part of
your training and evaluation process throughout the academic year.
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BASIC STANDARDS FOR FELLOWSHIP TRAINING
IN INTERNAL MEDICINE SUBSPECIALTIES
American Osteopathic Association and the American College of Osteopathic Internists
Revised, BOT 2/2008
Subspecialty Basic Standards for Fellowship Training In Internal Medicine
INTRODUCTION
These are the basic standards for fellowship training in subspecialty internal medicine as established by the American College of
Osteopathic Internists (ACOI) and approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). These standards are designed to
provide the osteopathic fellow with advanced and concentrated training in the subspecialties of internal medicine and to prepare
the fellow for examination for certification in those subspecialties.
STANDARD I – MISSION
The mission of the subspecialty osteopathic internal medicine training program is to provide fellows with comprehensive
structured cognitive and procedural clinical education in both inpatient and outpatient settings that will enable them to become
competent, proficient and professional osteopathic subspecialty internists.
STANDARD II – EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM GOALS
All subspecialty osteopathic internal medicine programs must formulate goals that will allow the fellows to apply the following
core competencies:
A. Osteopathic Philosophy and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine;
B. Medical Knowledge;
C. Patient Care;
D. Interpersonal and Communication Skills;
E. Professionalism;
F. Practice-Based Learning and Improvement;
G. Systems-Based Practice.
STANDARD III- INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS
A. In order to provide an osteopathic subspecialty training program, an institution must meet all the requirements of the AOA as
formulated in the Basic Documents for Postdoctoral Training and must have an AOA approved and functioning program in
internal medicine and the subspecialty. The number of fellows in the subspecialty training program may not exceed the number
approved by the AOA.
B. The institution must provide a sufficient patient load to properly train a minimum of two
(2) fellows in the subspecialty. New programs must have a minimum of one approved position per training year to begin. Any
program without functioning subspecialty fellows for three (3) consecutive years shall be considered lapsed in accordance with
AOA policy.
C. The institution’s department of internal medicine shall have at least one (1) physician certified in the appropriate subspecialty
of internal medicine by the AOA and one other Basic Standards for Fellowship Training in Internal Medicine Subspecialties,
physician certified in that subspecialty by the AOA or the American Board of Medical Specialties. One of the AOA-certified
physicians shall be designated as the program director. Other qualified physicians participating in the training of fellows must
submit their curricula vitae and must be approved by the program director. The program director shall be appointed for an
appropriate period of time to assure program continuity.
D. The institution must bear all direct and indirect costs of AOA on-site reviews and their preparation.
E. The institution must comply with all the institutional requirements stipulated in the Basic Standards for Residency Training in
Internal Medicine of the AOA and ACOI, including all of the following areas:
1. Sufficient resources for a quality training program;
2. Notification of the AOA and ACOI of any major change in leadership or governance;
3. Library resources;
4. Study and on-call facilities;
5. Supervised ambulatory site for continuity of care training;
6. Program description;
7. Written policy and procedures manual;
8. Fellow contracts;
9. Fellow certificates;
10. Work hours policy;
11. Fellow files;
12. Timely submission of required materials;
13. Affiliation agreements.
STANDARD IV- PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND CONTENT
A. The general educational content of the program must include:
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1. The neuromuscular component of disease processes in the subspecialty. This
component shall be provided in both clinical and didactic formats.
2. Development of basic cognitive skills and knowledge as pertaining to normal physiology and pathophysiology of body systems
relevant to the subspecialty and the correlating clinical applications of medical diagnosis and management.
3. Opportunity throughout for exposure to issues the fellow will face as a practicing clinician, including health policy, managed
care, health administration, medical ethics, medical liability and practice management.
4. A list of learning objectives to determine learning expectations at yearly training levels.
5. A formal didactic structure including journal clubs, morning reports, case conferences and other programs. Attendance at
these meetings must be documented and faculty must participate in these meetings. This documentation must be made
available during an on-site program review.
6. A written curriculum must be provided for all fellows.
7. The program shall provide adequate exposure to medical research/review skills and methods of presentation, including
information related to changes in the health care delivery system. Documentation of research activities must be kept on file.
Requirements for preparation and submission of medical manuscripts are listed in Appendix A. All fellows must complete one
research project and submit an appropriate research paper during their subspecialty training. A fellow must describe the name
and type of project planned on the first year resident annual report that is submitted to the ACOI. For all fellowships except those
that are only one year in duration, if the planned project is a case project, it must be submitted to the ACOI six months prior to
completion of the fellowship so the Council on Education and Evaluation can ensure that the quality of the report is acceptable
according to the guidelines outlined in Appendix A. For fellowships that are only one year in duration, the case report may be
submitted at the completion of the fellowship. If the planned project is a report of an original clinical research study, the fellows
must submit this report by the completion of their training.
8. All programs must have a credentialing method in place that verifies competence in a procedure before allowing a fellow to
perform that procedure independently.
B. The specific educational content and program requirements for each subspecialty are attached and organized as follows:
1. Educational Program Duration.
2. Facilities and Resources.
a. Description of specific resources required for the subspecialty.
3. Specific Program Content.
a. Clinical requirements.
b. Technical skills requirements.
c. Ambulatory requirements.
d. Specific program content for knowledge areas.
4. Specific Faculty Requirements
C. At least 80% of the graduates of each AOA-approved subspecialty internal medicine fellowship program, averaged on a three
year rolling basis, must take the subspecialty certifying examination of the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine.
STANDARD V- FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION
A. Program Director
1. The program director of the subspecialty fellowship programs shall possess the following qualifications:
a. have practiced in the subspecialty for a minimum of three (3) years;
b. be in active practice in the subspecialty.
2. The program director must attend the Annual ACOI Congress on Medical Education for Resident Trainers a minimum of every
other year. Attendance must occur during the first year of appointment. It is also recommended that any physician anticipating
appointment to the position of program director of a fellowship program attend the Congress prior to assuming the position.
3. The program director must comply with all the other requirements for program directors as described in the Basic Standards
for Residency Training in Internal Medicine of the AOA and the ACOI. (Standard V.B.)
B. Faculty Qualifications and Responsibilities
1. There must be at least two faculty members of the subspecialty participating in the training program, including the program
director. Faculty must be either AOA- or ABIM-certified, or in the process of being certified. Faculty must be recertified in the
subspecialty within the period specified by the certifying body.
2. Osteopathic faculty must teach the application of osteopathic principles and practice in the subspecialty.
3. Faculty must meet all the other requirements as listed in the Basic Standards for Residency Training of the AOA and ACOI.
(Standard V.C.)
STANDARD VI - FELLOW REQUIREMENTS
A. Applicants for fellowship training in subspecialty internal medicine must:
1. Have graduated from an AOA-accredited college of osteopathic medicine.
2. Have completed an AOA-approved internal medicine residency program or an ACGME approved internal medicine program
for which AOA approval has been ranted.
3. Be, and remain, a member of the AOA during fellowship training.
4. Be appropriately licensed in the state in which the training is conducted.
B. During the training program all fellows must:
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1. Submit a fellow annual report to the ACOI by July 31 of each calendar year.Final reports of fellows who complete the program
in months other than June must be submitted within thirty (30) days of completion of the training year. Failure to submit the
annual report to the American College ofOsteopathic Internists:
• within sixty (60) days of the required date will result in the assessment of a $100 late fee for review of the training year;
• within one (1) year of the required date will result in the assessment of a $500 late fee for review of the training year; and
• there will be a $250 late fee for review of each additional fellowship year that is delinquent for one or more years. If, by
completion of the program, all of the annual reports are incomplete, the ACOI Council on Education and Evaluation may
require that the fellow repeat training.
2. Attend a minimum of 70% of all educational meetings as directed by the program director. Fellows must also participate in
appropriate professional staff activities such as tumor boards, mortality review, quality assurance, critical care committees,
pharmacy and therapeutics, infection control and clinical pathologic conferences, and they must participate in institutional
resident/intern/student education.
3. Participate in a research component as indicated in Standard IV.A.7.
4. Complete a service evaluation after each rotational assignment.
5. Maintain a procedures log of all required procedures with a copy to be kept in the Department of Medical Education. Although
not required by the ACOI, it is strongly recommended that in addition to the file copy of the procedures log, each fellow maintain
a permanent copy of all logs and annual reports for use in future privilege requests.
6. Participate in an annual evaluation of program goals and curriculum.
7. Maintain ambulatory continuity logs.
8. Maintain a current e-mail address and provide it to the ACOI upon entering the program.
9. Function in an ethical and professional manner.
STANDARD VII- EVALUATION
A. Each subspecialty internal medicine fellowship program must conform to the standards for evaluation as described in the
Basic Standards for Residency Training in Internal Medicine of the AOA and the ACOI.
APPENDIX A
Requirements for Preparation and Submission of Medical
Manuscripts, Research Papers and Progress Reports
A. All manuscripts must be typed and submitted in an appropriate format acceptable for publication in a standard scientific
refereed journal.
B. An abstract must accompany each manuscript. The cover sheet must list the program for which credit is to be applied and a
statement that the fellow is the primary author, or performed substantive participation in the study and that the paper has been
reviewed and approved. This must be signed and attested to by the program director. Manuscripts shall be submitted in one of
the following formats only:
1. A case presentation of a first reported case or other unusual manifestations of a disease which will add to the medical
literature, which should include a review of the literature and discussion (acceptable only if submitted for publication).
2. A report of an original clinical research study approved by the program director and the institutional review board.
3. A case presentation and discussion which challenges existing concepts of diagnosis or treatment and thus recommends
further investigation. Initially, the fellow should submit a written proposal to the program director for review and approval as
fulfilling the writing requirement. All projects must be performed and prepared under the supervision of the program director or
another physician approved by the program director. Completed manuscripts must be submitted to the ACOI as described in
Standard IV.A.7.
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MEDICAL WRITING AND RESEARCH COVER SHEET
This medical writing and research paper entitled:
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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is being submitted/in progress by:
__________________________________________________________________________, DO
(Name of fellow)
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(Training institution)
for the ____________________________ program, training dates __________ to __________
(Program type, e.g. cardiology, GI, etc.)
__________________________________________________________, DO ______________
(Signature of fellow) (date)
__________________________________________________________,DO/MD ____________
(Signature of program director) (date)
The above signatures attest to the fact that the attached work has been performed by the fellow noted, and has been reviewed
and approved by the program director.
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BASIC STANDARDS FOR RESIDENCY TRAINING IN CARDIOLOGY
American Osteopathic Association and the American College of Osteopathic Internists
Specific Requirements For Osteopathic Subspecialty Training In Cardiology
This is part of the Basic Standards for Fellowship Training in Internal Medicine Subspecialties, which govern and define training
in the subspecialties. The Basic Standards are incorporated into this document by reference.
I. Education Program - The residency training program in cardiology shall be three (3) years in duration and shall provide
supervised clinical experience and didactic programs to enable the resident to develop sufficient skills and knowledge in the
performance and interpretation of cardiovascular diagnostic modalities, and in thecare of patients with cardiovascular diagnoses.
II. Facilities and Resources
A. Inpatient and outpatient facilities with an appropriate number of patients of a wide age range and a broad variety of
cardiovascular disorders;
B. Laboratories for cardiac catheterization, electrocardiography, exercise and pharmacologic stress testing, Doppler
transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography and ambulatory ECG monitoring;
C. Facilities for nuclear cardiology, including ventricular function assessment, myocardial perfusion imaging and the study of
myocardial viability;
D. Facilities for management of patients with arrhythmias, including electrophysiologic testing, arrhythmia ablation, signal
averaged ECGT and tilt table testing as well as the evaluation of patients for pacemakers and implantation of pacemakers and
automatic defibrillators;
E. Faculty and resources for clinical research;
F. Modern intensive care facilities;
G. Surgical program for all cardiac procedures and surgical intensive care services;
H. Facilities for assessment of peripheral vascular disease, pulmonary function and cardiovascular radiology;
I. Faculty and program for diagnosis and follow-up care of patients with congenital heart disease;
J. Faculty and facilities involved in the instruction of preventive cardiology, risk factor modification, management of lipid disorders
and cardiac rehabilitation;
K. Access to comprehensive library facilities;
L. Ambulatory clinic facilities where the trainee will follow an independent panel of patients for a minimum of one-half day per
week on a continuity basis for the entire 36 month program.
III. Specific Program Content
A. Integration of Osteopathic Principles and practice in the treatment of patients with cardiovascular disorders;
B. A core curriculum in the basic medical sciences of cardiovascular medicine, to include physiology, anatomy, histology and
pharmacology;
C. A clinical sciences curriculum that shall include formal, regularly scheduled lectures, cardiac catheterization conference,
mortality and morbidity review and literature review. Teaching rounds must be conducted in a regular and organized fashion;
D. There shall be Training in the principles of operation and function, indication, limitation, risk vs. benefit ratio and cost
effectiveness of the various technical procedures used in the diagnosis, therapy and management of cardiovascular disorders;
E. Procedural Training
Procedural training shall adhere to the guidelines established by the Core Cardiology Training Symposium (COCATS) as
approved by the American College of Cardiology:
Level 1: Basic level of training required of all trainees to be competent as consulting cardiologists;
Level 2: Additional training in one or more specialized areas enabling a cardiologist to perform or interpret specific procedures at
an intermediate skill level;
Level 3: Advanced training in a specialized area enabling a cardiologist to perform, interpret and train others to perform and
interpret specific procedures at a high skill level.
1. Level 1 training shall be achieved in all areas by all trainees;
2. Level 2 training shall be required of all trainees intending to achieve primary operator status in the areas of cardiac
catheterization, echocardiography and nuclear cardiology;
3. Level 3 training shall be offered based on faculty and facilities for any or all of the above areas of expertise;
4. Training and attainment of competency in electrophysiology and interventional cardiology may not be accomplished during the
36 month cardiology fellowship. This may be accomplished by separate programs requiring 12 months of additional training in
the area of interest;
5. Rotational requirements include a minimum of: Eight (8) months clinical non-laboratory practice activity with a minimum
of three (3) months in the CCU/ICU;
Four (4) months of echocardiography;
Four (4) months or a minimum of 100 cases in the cardiac catheterization laboratory;
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Two (2) months in electrophysiology and pacemaker service;
Four (4) months of ECG, Stress Testing, Holter interpretation and various stress modalities;
The remaining 12 months shall include exposure to pediatric cardiology, transplant cardiology and other areas of interest as
determined by the Program Director.
F. Specific Rotation Requirements
1. Clinical Cardiology
Clinical cardiology must encompass a broad range of cardiac disease states. The trainees must spend a minimum of eight
months in clinical cardiology. This experience must include daily inpatient management of cardiovascular diseases and
cardiology consultation. At least three of these months must be spent by the trainee in the coronary care unit or the intensive
care unit during the trainee’s 36-month program. If the trainee has extensive coronary care unit experience from his/her internal
medicine residency, then this requirement can be met by ongoing patient interaction in the CCU supervising medical residents
over the three-year period. Either alternative must enable the trainee to gain exposure to hemodynamic monitoring,
postoperative patient care, as well as other aspects of critical/acute care cardiology; i.e.: myocardial infarction, congestive heart
failure, postoperative coronary artery bypass grafting and transplant.
2. Cardiac Catheterization and Interventional Cardiology
A minimum of four months in cardiac catheterization must be spent by the trainee, or exposure to a minimum of 100 cases.
During this time, the trainee must gain exposure to valvular hemodynamics, right and left cardiac catheterization and limited
exposure to interventional cardiology. The trainee must participate in a minimum of 300 left heart catheterizations as primary
operator to achieve Level II proficiency. The trainee must also maintain a procedure log for accurate documentation. Level II
trainees must also perform at least 10 intraaortic balloon pumps during the 36-month training period.
3. Non-Invasive Testing
a. Exercise Stress Testing, Electrocardiography and Nuclear Cardiology The trainee must spend at least two months in the
exercise testing facility. As an alternative, this may be incorporated into other rotations, such as heart station or noninvasive. This
is to expose the trainee to all types of exercise testing. The trainee at the end of his/her time, By completion of the fellowship, the
trainee must be capable of performing and interpreting the electrocardiographic portion of the treadmill and pharmacological
testing. The trainee must also be competent in the test protocols and the appropriateness of ordering tests. A minimum
interpretation of 150 exercise tests should be performed. Dobutamine and stress echocardiography requirements are in addition
to this. Interpretation of standard 12-lead electrocardiograms should be incorporated in the entire 36-month training period. In
order for the trainee to become proficient in interpretation and gain exposure to a wide variety of ECG abnormalities, it is
recommended that a minimum of 3,500 studies be reviewed.
4. Echocardiography
a. The trainee must spend a minimum of four months in the echocardiography lab. As an alternative, this maybe incorporated in
other rotations such as heart station or noninvasive. During this time, the trainee will gain exposure in performing and interpreting
2 D and M Mode echocardiography and cardiac Doppler. A minimum of 300 studies must be interpreted to obtain Level II
proficiency in echocardiography. These studies must include a wide variety of cardiac abnormalities, such as valvular heart
disease, endocarditis, prosthetic valve evaluation, myocardial ischemia, primary and secondary diseases of the heart, pericardial
disease and diseases of the great vessels.
b. The trainee must have attained proficiency in standard 2 D and M Mode echocardiography and cardiac Doppler prior to or
parallel with obtaining expertise in transesophageal echocardiography. A minimum of 25 intubations supervised by an
experience transesophageal echocardiographer, as well as performing 50 transesophageal echocardiographs are necessary to
achieve proficiency in this area.
c. The trainee must obtain proficiency in standard echocardiography prior to or parallel with obtaining proficiency in stress
echocardiography and dobutamine echocardiography. A minimum of 100 stress/dobutamine echocardiographic studies are
recommended for proficiency in this area.
5. Nuclear Medicine
Individuals wishing certification in nuclear medicine/nuclear cardiology require special training. The Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has set specific guidelines for licensure in this field. Trainees interesting in obtaining licensure must adhere
to these guidelines.
6. Electrophysiology
The trainee must have a minimum of two months of electrophysiological exposure. During this time, the trainee must gain
exposure to the appropriateness of electrophysiological studies, interpretation of basic electrophysiological studies, technique
involved, indication for pharmacological and non pharmacological management of arrhythmias and indications for temporary and
permanent pacemakers. A minimum of 10 temporary transvenous pacemakers should be inserted during the 36-month training
period, as well as a minimum of eight elective cardioversions in the 36-month training period. Exposure to permanent pacemaker
insertion must be available to cardiovascular trainees. A minimum of 50 permanent pacemaker implantations must be performed.
The ability for the trainee to participate in pacemaker follow-up is mandatory for those performing pacemaker implantation. One
hundred (100) pacemaker follow-up visits must be performed. The pacemaker clinic must allow the trainee to gain experience in
a variety of pacemaker programmers, as well as pacemaker follow-up and management.
7. A model rotation schedule for the three year general cardiology fellowship is posted on the ACOI website (www.acoi.org).
G. Ambulatory Clinical Experience
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Ongoing outpatient clinical experience is mandatory for all cardiovascular trainees. At least one-half day per week in an
outpatient setting with appropriate supervision throughout the 36-month period must be provided. This will allow the
cardiovascular trainee to gain experience and exposure in the management of cardiovascular problems in the outpatient setting.
H. Elective Time
1. Four months elective time should be allotted to the trainee to pursue special interest in other fields of cardiology; i.e., Adult
Congenital Disease, Lipid Management, Preventive Cardiology, Transplant/Cardiomyopathy, or to allow extra time in areas in
which the trainee may be deficient.
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Seven Core Competencies of the Osteopathic Profession
Throughout your training, you have undoubtedly heard, and will, without question, continue to hear about the seven core
competencies of the osteopathic profession. Please familiarize yourself with these very basic tenets of training, as they are the
fundamental basis of all fellowship evaluations. All fellow case presentations must reflect all seven core competencies; each
monthly fellow evaluation of service addresses each competency, and the fellow is evaluated on each competency during every
rotation, etc. The following section fully explains each of the seven core competencies; also, attached is our fellowship core
competency workbook / plan. If you have any comments, questions or concerns on how these competencies will be fulfilled
during your training, please consult this section of the manual, or ask your program coordinator .
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Osteopathic Philosophy and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Medical Knowledge
Patient Care
Interpersonal and Communication Skills
Professionalism
Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
Systems-Based Practice
Competency 1: OSTEOPATHIC PHILOSOPHY /OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE
MEDICINE
DEFINITION:
Residents are expected to demonstrate and apply knowledge of accepted standards in Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment
(OMT) appropriate to their specialty. The educational goal is to train a skilled and competent osteopathic practitioner who
remains dedicated to life-long learning and to practice habits in osteopathic philosophy and manipulative medicine.
REQUIRED ELEMENTS:
1. Demonstrate competency in the understanding and application of OMT appropriate to the medical specialty.
2. Integrate Osteopathic Concepts and OMT into the medical care provided to patients as appropriate.
3. Understand and integrate Osteopathic Principles and Philosophy into all clinical and patient care activities.
Competency 2: MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE
DEFINITION:
Residents are expected to demonstrate and apply knowledge of accepted standards of clinical medicine in their respective
specialty area, remain current with new developments in medicine, and participate in life-long learning activities, including
research.
REQUIRED ELEMENTS:
1. Demonstrate competency in the understanding and application of clinical medicine to patient care.
Competency 3: PATIENT CARE
DEFINITION:
Residents must demonstrate the ability to effectively treat patients, provide medical care that incorporates the osteopathic
philosophy, patient empathy, awareness of behavioral issues, the incorporation of preventive medicine, and health promotion.
REQUIRED ELEMENTS:
1. Gather accurate, essential information for all sources, including medical interviews, physical examinations, medical records,
and diagnostic/therapeutic plans and treatments.
2. Validate competency in the performance of diagnosis, treatment and procedures appropriate to the medical specialty.
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3. Provide health care services consistent with osteopathic philosophy, including preventative medicine and health promotion
that are based on current scientific evidence.
Competency 4: INTERPERSONAL AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS
DEFINITION:
Residents are expected to demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that enable them to establish and maintain
professional relationships with patients, families, and other members of health care teams.
REQUIRED ELEMENTS:
1. Demonstrate effectiveness in developing appropriate doctor-patient relationships.
2. Exhibit effective listening, written and oral communication skills in professional interactions with patients, families and other
health professionals.
Competency 5: PROFESSIONALISM
DEFINITION:
Residents are expected to uphold the Osteopathic Oath in the conduct of their professional activities that promote advocacy of
patient welfare, adherence to ethical principles, collaboration with health professionals, life-long learning, and sensitivity to a
diverse patient population. Residents should be cognizant of their own physical and mental health in order to effectively care for
patients.
REQUIRED ELEMENTS:
1. Demonstrate respect for patients and families and advocate for the primacy of patient’s welfare and autonomy.
2. Adhere to ethical principles in the practice of medicine.
3. Demonstrate awareness and proper attention to issues of culture, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, and mental and
physical disabilities.
Competency 6: PRACTICE-BASED LEARNING AND IMPROVEMENT
DEFINITION:
Residents must demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate their methods of clinical practice, integrate evidence-based medicine
into patient care, show an understanding of research methods, and improve patient care practices.
REQUIRED ELEMENTS:
1. Treat patients in a manner consistent with the most up-to-date information on diagnostic and therapeutic effectiveness.
2. Perform self-evaluations of clinical practice patterns and practice-based improvement activities using a systematic
methodology.
Competency 7: SYSTEMS-BASED PRACTICE
DEFINITION:
Residents are expected to demonstrate an understanding of health care delivery systems, provide effective and qualitative
patient care within the system, and practice cost-effective medicine.
REQUIRED ELEMENTS:
1. Understand national and local health care delivery systems and how they impact on patient care and professional practice.
2. Advocate for quality health care on behalf of patients and assist them in their interactions with the complexities of the medical
system.
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Core Competencies Workbook
A. How are you implementing training in the seven Core Competencies?
List objectives and expectations for each below or on an attached separate sheet:
1.
Osteopathic Philosophy/Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Fellows are being trained in osteopathic philosophy and osteopathic manipulative medicine via a DVD-ROM education
series, in addition to monthly didactic lecture. The objective is that they demonstrate competency in his/her
understanding and application of OMT.
Department of Cardiology Fellows are expected to:
1. Integrate osteopathic concepts and OMT into patient care as appropriate; and, that they and understand and
integrate osteopathic principles and philosophy into clinical and patient care activities as appropriate.
2.
Medical Knowledge
All fellows will receive comprehensive training in echocardiography, nuclear medicine and electrophysiology as part of
the three-year program. Morbidity and mortality conferences are held once a month to review missed information,
inappropriate management, technical errors, etc.. Fellows present structured critical appraisals of articles verbally s
part of their journal club responsibilities. Preparation for patient care. The fellows are encouraged to present research
papers at a variety of scientific meetings. Self directed learning. Feedback from attending physicians and faculty.
Core and curriculum conferences. Information obtained from literature search, Braunwald club, Journal club is then
applied to their patient population and monitored by their attending supervisor and program director. Fellows must
demonstrate knowledge about established and evolving biomedical, clinical and cognate (e.g. epidemiological and
sociobehavioral) sciences and the application of this knowledge to patient care.
Department of Cardiology Fellows are expected to:
1.
Demonstrate an investigatory and analytic thinking approach to clinical situations
2.
Know and apply the basic clinically supportive sciences which are appropriate to the cardiovascular discipline.
3.
Analyze practice experience and perform practice-based improvement activities using a systematic
methodology.
4.
Locate, appraise, and assimilate evidence from scientific studies related to their patient’s health problems.
5.
Obtain and use information about their own population of patients and the larger population from which their
patients are drawn.
6.
Apply knowledge of study designs and statistical methods to the appraisal of clinical studies and other
information on diagnostic and therapeutic effectiveness.
7.
Use information technology to manage information, access on-line medical information; and support their own
education.
8.
Facilitate the learning of students and other healthcare professionals.
3.
Patient Care
Training includes daily opportunities to practice and improve interpersonal and communication skills interacting with
patients, patient’s families and health care staff. Training also includes daily opportunities to communicate with
patients about their diagnosis and treatment plans. Daily opportunities to develop a professional approach while
interacting with patients and healthcare staff in the OR, on the floor and in ambulatory facilities. Morbidity and Mortality
conferences are held monthly to review missed information, inappropriate management, technical errors etc. Fellows
have access to the internet which enables their medical education and provides information relevant to patient care.
Information obtained from literature search, Braunwald club, Journal Club etc., is then applied to their patient
population and monitored by attending physicians and faculty. Fellows must be able to provide patient care that is
compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the treatment of health problems and the promotion of health.
Department of Cardiology Fellows are expected to:
1. Communicate effectively and demonstrate caring and respectful behaviors when interacting with patients and their
families.
2. Gather essential and accurate information about their patients.
3. Make informed decisions about diagnostic and therapeutic intervention based on patient information and
preferences, up-to-date scientific evidence, and clinical judgment.
4. Develop and carry out patient management plans.
5. Counsel and educate patients and their families as appropriate.
6. Use information technology to support patient care decisions and patient education.
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7. Perform competently all medical and invasive and non-invasive procedures considered to be essential for the area
of practice.
8. Provide health care services aimed health problems or at maintaining health.
9. Work with health care professionals, including those from other disciplines, to provide patient-focused care.
4.
Interpersonal and Communication Skills
Fellows observe attending physicians and faculty interacting with patients on a daily basis. Training includes daily
opportunities to practice and improve interpersonal skills and interacting patients and healthcare staff; daily
opportunities to develop professional, ethical, and humanistic approach while interacting with patients and health care
staff; daily opportunities to communicate about patients by writing in patient charts. Fellows must be able to
demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that result in effective information exchange and teaming with
patients, their families and professional associates.
Department of Cardiology Fellows are expected to:
1. Create and sustain a therapeutic and ethically sound relationship with patients.
2. Use effective listening skills and elicit and provide information using effective nonverbal, explanatory, questioning
and writing skills.
3. Work effectively with others as a member or leader of a health care team or other professional group.
5.
Professionalism
All fellows will receive training in the form of didactic lecture and seminar in medical ethics. Professionalism is
modeled by attending physicians, faculty, chief fellows, nurses, preceptors, etc. Training includes daily opportunities to
develop a professional and ethical approach while interacting with patients and healthcare staff in the OR, on the floor
and in ambulatory facilities. Faculty and attending physicians discuss issues related to gender, culture, age and
disability when in the clinical setting. Fellows must demonstrate a commitment to carrying out professional
responsibilities, adherence to ethical principles, and sensitivity to a diverse patient population
Department of Cardiology Fellows are expected to:
1. Demonstrate respect, compassion, and integrity; a responsiveness to the needs of patients and society that
supersedes self-interest; accountability to patients and society, and the profession; and a commitment to
excellence and on-going professional development.
2. Demonstrate a commitment to ethical principles pertaining to provision or withholding of critical care,
confidentiality of patient information, informed consent, and business practices.
3. Demonstrate sensitivity and responsiveness to patients’ culture, age, gender and disabilities.
6.
Practice Based Learning and Improvement
Morbidity and mortality conferences are held once a month to review missed information, inappropriate management,
technical errors, etc. Preparation for and participation in evidence based Journal Club. Fellows present structured
critical appraisals verbally as part of their journal club responsibilities. Preparation for patient care. The fellows are
encouraged to present research papers at a variety of scientific meetings. Monthly journal clubs are used as an
avenue to discuss research design and statistical analysis. Didactic lectures by faculty and attending physicians and
visiting professionals. Self-directed learning. Feedback from attending physicians and faculty. Fellows must be able to
investigate and evaluate their patient care practices, appraise and assimilate scientific evidence, and improve their
patient care practices.
Department of Cardiology Fellows are expected to:
1. Analyze practice experience and perform practice-based improvement activities using systematic methodology.
2. Locate, appraise, and assimilate evidence from scientific studies related to their patients health problems
3. Obtain and use information about their own population of patients and the larger population from which their
patients are drawn.
4. Apply knowledge of study designs and statistical methods to the appraisal of clinical studies and other information
on diagnostic and therapeutic effectiveness.
5. Use information technology to manage information, access online medical information and support their own
education.
6. Facilitate the learning of student and other healthcare professionals
7.
System Based Practice Competencies
These issues are discussed in Fellow didactics to create awareness of cost without reducing quality of patient care.
Faculty and attending physicians serving as role models afford an opportunity for fellows to witness cost effective
healthcare in practice. Fellows regularly deal with a multi-system, multi-task health care arena that provides them
ample opportunities, if sought after, with understanding the component of well thought out patient management and
efficient health care delivery system with effective cost management and quality medical care. Daily opportunities to
be a patient advocate and provide information and coordination to the patient for his and her own understanding and
ability to deal with the multifaceted and sometimes problematic dealings with health care managers and third party
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providers. Fellows must demonstrate knowledge about established and evolving biomedical, clinical and cognate (e.g.
epidemiological and sociobehavioral ) sciences and the application of this knowledge o patient care.
Department of Cardiology Fellows are expected to:
1.
Demonstrate an investigatory and analytic thinking approach to clinical situations.
2.
Know and apply the basic and clinically supportive sciences which are appropriate to the cardiovascular
discipline.
3.
Analyze practice experience and perform practice based improvement activities using a systematic
methodology.
4.
Locate, appraise and assimilate evidence from scientific studies related to their patient’s health problems.
5.
Obtain and use information about their own population of patients and the larger population from which their
patients are drawn.
6.
Apply knowledge of study designs and statistical methods to the appraisal of clinical studies and other
information on diagnostic and therapeutic effectiveness.
7.
Use information technology to manage information, access online medical information; and support their own
education.
8.
Facilitate the learning of other students and fellows and other healthcare professionals.
B. How are you evaluating each resident/ fellow?
Each fellow will be evaluated for his or her performance at the completion of each month of training by the trainer of
that service. Fellows are further evaluated bi-annually at the completion of an individual case presentation. Each of the
core competencies is addressed in this evaluation. Evaluations that fall out of the expected performance levels will be
addressed on a case-by-case basis and may be prompt specific remedies as determined by the program director. The
evaluations are meant as a tool to be used for the director and fellow to follow his or her progress of learning. A new
360 degree evaluation will be used beginning academic year 2006-2007. It will consist of the fellow(s) being evaluated
by persons with whom they work. Patients, nurses and fellow housestaff will complete these evaluations. They will be
given unannounced. The evaluations of the program are due at the end of each rotation. Failure to comply will result
in a meeting with the director. Further delays will result in corrective action at the discretion of the program director.
Form Currently Used: Attachment A ; 360 degree evaluation forms
C. How is each resident/fellow evaluating each rotation and the teaching faculty,
resident(s) and fellow(s) on that rotation?
Each fellow will provide feedback in the form of a formal evaluation form that critiques the teaching and training he/she
is receiving. Honest evaluation in this area is helpful in improving the quality of the training that this program can offer.
Evaluations should be completed in a timely fashion.
Form currently used: Attachment B
D. Beginning with the end of the 2005-2006 academic year, the program director must complete an AOA Program
Director’s Annual Evaluation Report every year for each intern, resident and fellow in their program. The last page of
the Annual Report is to be completed only for housestaff in the final year of their program. We must have copies of this
report for the trainees file.
Appendix E has been completed and submitted to UMDNJ-SOM /GME prior to the completion of this report; copies of
which are attached hereto.
E. How are you presenting core competencies in your orientation program for new housestaff?
All housestaff new to the system are required to attend part of the Internship Orientation which includes Core Competencies
Orientation. In other words, GME already reviews the core competencies with out of system housestaff coming into your
programs as part of the Internship Orientation program. We will only need to know how you will cover the competencies with
someone coming from another program mid year. (Very rare.) Core competencies are addressed in detail in our program manual
and are 1) updated annually and distributed to all fellows at orientation.
F. What two methods of assessment are you using to evaluate the housestaff on core competencies?
Fellows bi-annual evaluations and 360 degree evaluations; Monthly service rotation evaluations (Attachment A); Faculty
supervisors evaluate the application of fellows knowledge daily as they supervise them in both in and outpatient settings as well
as ambulatory clinic settings; Competency will be evidenced through journal club activities and research paper activity; Faculty
and attending physicians monitor fellows understanding of core competencies and how it directly affects the overall patient care
system; Fellows are evaluated bi-annually at the completion of a case-presentation at which all 7 core competencies must be
addressed. Core competency areas are evaluated annually as part of the fellow’s end of year comprehensive examination.
Attachments:
Attachment A, adapted for Dept. of Cardiology, Attachment B, adapted for Dept. of Cardiology
Appendix E, completed for 2005-2006 Dept. of Cardiology Fellows
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Submitted 06/30/2009
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John N. Hamaty, D.O. FACC, FACCOI,
Program Director
General Program Description
Overview
The three-year osteopathic cardiology fellowship training program at UMDNJ-SOM is an AOA approved program that provides
comprehensive training in cardiovascular diseases with exposure to all facets of cardiology. Satisfactory completion of this
program will provide American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine (AOBIM) eligibility, leading to Board certification. Eligible
physicians for enrollment in this program must be graduates of an AOA accredited medical school who have satisfactorily
completed and osteopathic internship, atleast two years of an AOA approved Internal medicine residency, or three years of an
“alternative pathway” internal medicine residency. Osteopathic physicians completing allopathic residencies may seek retroactive
AOA approval as set by the AOA guidelines.
All fellows will receive comprehensive training in echocardiography, nuclear medicine and electrophysiology as part of the threeyear program. Fulfillment of the recommendations of the ACC for adult cardiology training is expected upon successful
completion of this program.
Program Philosophy
The UMDNJ-SOM program is deeply committed to providing the best training in cardiovascular disease possible. A standard of
excellence is achieved and maintained by strictly adhering to and complying with AOA / ACOI Basic Standards of Residency
Training in Cardiology which is based upon the standards and recommendations of the American College of Cardiology. The
program will be closely maintained by review, audit and input from the program director, attending physicians and fellows.
General Description
The basic cardiology fellowship program is an AOA approved program that upon satisfactory completion will provide board
eligibility by the AOBIM in cardiovascular diseases. This is a well rounded adult cardiology training program that promotes
excellence in the field of cardiovascular diseases. Graduates will secure exceptional exposure in this field that should more than
further satisfy additional credentialing in pursued hospital privileges and professional societies.
Training Tracks
This program will offer two tracks of training, a non-invasive clinical cardiology track and an invasive/non-invasive track leading to
independent operator status in diagnostic heart catheterization and angiography. Additionally, training in the invasive track will
satisfy the pre-requisites needed for further training in interventional cardiology should the trainee elect to pursue it and both
tracks provide the pre-requisites for further training in non-invasive or electrophysiology training.
Non-Invasive Track
9 Months clinical cardiology
5 Months cardiac/surgical/intensive care
8 Months nuclear cardiology/ECG/Stress testing
6 Months echocardiography
4 Months cardiac cath lab
2 Months electrophysiology
2 Months electives
(Includes vacation and nuclear certification)
Invasive Track
8 Months clinical cardiology
5 Months cardiac/surgical/intensive care
4 Months nuclear cardiology/ECG/Stress testing
6 Month echocardiography
10 Months cardiac cath lab
2 Months electrophysiology
1 Month elective
(Includes vacation and nuclear certification)
Satisfactory completion of the non-invasive track can lead to level two (independent operator status) expertise in
echocardiography and satisfy pre-requisites for licensing in nuclear medicine. Satisfactory completion of the invasive track can
lead to independent operator status in cardiac catheterization and angiography, and level two expertise (independent operator
status) in echocardiography.)
Requirements for Completion
All fellows must have successfully completed all the academic requirements as outlined in this document and as specified in the
requirements for training by the AOA. Additionally, the fellow must maintain completion and submission of an acceptable fellow
research paper. The fellow is expected to maintain the proper decorum and professionalism expected of a physician, that is, no
outstanding disciplinary issues, violations as indicated in this document must be breached.
Fellow Performance Evaluation (Monthly Rotation) / Core Competency Attachment A
Fellow Evaluation of Service (Monthly Rotation) / Core Competency Attachment B
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Each fellow will be evaluated for his or her performance at the completion of each month of training by the trainer of that service.
Evaluations that fall out of the expected performance levels will be addressed on a case by case basis and may prompt specific
remedies as determined by the program director. The evaluations are meant as a tool to be used for the program director and
fellow to follow his or her progress of learning through the program. Fellows will also be evaluated annually via a 360 degree
evaluation. This evaluation consists of evaluations being done by the people you work with and for. Patients, peers, and support
staff will complete these evaluations in addition to attending physicians. They will be given unannounced and the results of
which will be discussed with the fellow at the following quarterly evaluation. Monthly evaluations of service are due at the end of
each month and are to be turned in to your program coordinator. Failure to comply may result in a meeting with the program
director. Further delays will result in corrective action at the discretion of the program director.
Likewise, each fellow will provide feedback in the form of a formal evaluation form that critiques the teaching and training he/she
is receiving. Honest evaluations in this area are helpful in improving the quality of training that this program can offer.
Evaluations musts be completed promptly at the end of each rotation along with the attending rotation evaluation.
Procedure Logs / Tracking Protocol
It is critically important for satisfactory completion of cardiology fellowship training and for further considerations of staff privileges
in hospitals where fellows may practice that an accurate record of required procedures be maintained. It is also and AOA/ACOI
requirement that certain procedures (as listed in the Annual Resident Report) are logged and submitted annually. All required
clinical procedures that are part of training requirements are maintained by the program coordinator for quantifying and record
keeping purposes. Logs are collected and reviewed on a quarterly basis. (Due two/three weeks prior to quarterly evaluations)
Beginning July 1st, 2008 all procedure logs will be done utilizing New Innovations RMS software, much like duty hours
are logged. Your logs must be accurate, complete and on time. A record of all procedures will be part of your permanent record
and will be used for future inquiries from hospitals and professional societies to which you wish to apply.
The following procedures require logs:
 Nuclear Stress Testing
 Echocardiography /Echo Stress Testing
 Transesophageal echocardiography / Intubations
 Cardiac Catheterization / Conscious Sedation
 Office Patients (Specify New Pt. Vs. Follow-up)
 Inpatient Consults / Continuity Log
 EP (tvp/ permanent pacer placement, cardioversion)
Also recommended:
Special Procedure Log: Pulls and insertions, Swans, etc.
Cardiovascular disease training requires excellence in several laboratory skills and proper exposure and documentation is critical
to the eventual credentialing in order to perform these skills as an adult cardiologist. Careful, comprehensive maintenance of a
procedure log is a necessity and represents the fellow’s record when applying for future privileges in their hospitals of practice.
The log forms used by the fellowship are contained herein and it is a program requirement that is updated quarterly. Failure to
properly document any procedures can result in a loss of credit for these procedures and could significantly impact on the
fellow’s future privileges and ability to graduate from the fellowship.
Duty Hours:
All cardiology fellows are required to log their duty hours on New Innovations. Hours can be logged at any time during the
month, and must be complete by 4:00pm on the last day of the month. It is necessary to log all duty types accurately, i.e.,
rotation / office hours / education session as well as the correct location. Your NI duty hours are used by multiple institutions for
tracking work hour policy compliance as well as for Medicaid and medicare billing purposes.
Conferences / Lectures / Didactic Functions
It is expected that the fellow attend as many of the offered didactic conferences that he/she can in order to be exposed to the
academic that our program has to offer. While not all fellows will be able to attend all after hour dinners, lectures, conferences
etc., it is expected that a concerted effort be made to attend as many functions as possible within reason. There are, however,
some didactic functions which require mandatory attendance. For these functions, you will receive advance notice.
A monthly Journal club is held at the South Jersey Heart Group office in Cherry Hill. You can find the monthly articles for Journal
club on the SJHG website. Each fellow will present an article in detail including statistical relevance, practice applications and an
appropriate critique. Journal club articles must be submitted in PDF format to the chief fellow not later than the 3 rd or 4th of each
month. Journal club is held on the third Wednesday of every month.
Braunwald club is a fellow driven series designed to enhance your learning. This is in preparation for cardiovascular boards.
The schedule for Braunwald is posted on the SJHG website calendar. Braunwald club is routinely held in the SJHG Cherry Hill
office.
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A monthly ECG conference is held during our weekly Thursday lecture series. Strips are made available for review in advance
on our sjhg website, and following the monthly conference, answers and additional ECG training information can also be found
on the website. This conference is also fellow driven and led by Dr. Siegal.
Academic Lecture Program
Every Thursday your academic time is from 1pm-5pm. During these times your formal academic lectures will be given by the
attending staff and visiting lecturers. You will also participate by giving several formal, well-researched case presentations.
Your case presentations will address all 7 core competencies and be evaluated on those same core competencies by
an attending faculty member. Lecture topics include, but are not limited to cath, echo, case review and a broad range of other
topics geared toward making this a well rounded academic experience. Unless otherwise noted, lecture begins PROMPTLY at
1:00pm in the SJHG Cherry Hill office and attendance is mandatory. If you are unable to attend lecture for any reason, please
notify the program director or program coordinator in advance.
Fellow Case Presentation
The object of the case presentation is to pick a topic for you to learn and master. I strongly encourage basic cardiovascular
disease states such as valvular heart disease, coronary disease and congestive heart failure. In conjunction with the case the
fellow should also provide follow up care and management of that disease state. The case must follow the guidelines in
addressing all seven (7) core competencies. You will be graded based on these core competencies and your outline of these
during your case presentation.
Lastly, the last 15 minutes of the topic should refer to the standard of care guidelines provided for that disease state. These are
accessible on the acc.org website or any other standardized guideline reference.
I want to emphasize that the case should be appropriate for your level of training. An example for the first years would be basics
of ischemic heart disease, stress testing, heart failure and or valvular heart disease. A second year case may involve
complexities of the care involving aggressive hemodynamic monitoring or cath lab interpretation. A third year course should be a
master of it’s topic, it’s appropriate management and follow-up of patient with complex and multiple disease states.
I would be happy to discuss your case with you prior to presentation. Again, the goal of this lecture is to help you to learn and
understand a particular topic with reference to the standard guidelines and treatment and management.
Morning Report
Nearly every morning at 8am morning report is help which provides a review of interesting cases presenting in the hospital or
lectures on pre-specified topics. South Jersey Heart Group supervises morning report at Our Lady of Lourdes on Thursday from
8-9am and at Kennedy Memorial Hospital on Thursday from 7-8am. There will be scheduled morning reports at Kennedy
Memorial Hospital, Stratford; these will be assigned and a mandatory function.
During most of the academic year a grand rounds conference will be held on Wednesday afternoons that will usually be lectures
from both full and part-time faculty and also visiting lecturers. These are mandatory if you are on a rotation in the institution.
Also, each fellow will present grand rounds two times a year at Stratford and at Our Lady of Lourdes.
Second Year Cardiology Module
During the month of September the second year student cardiology module will be given in the medical school and the fellows
are encouraged to attend some of these lectures. These lectures will be core topics emphasizing the basics of cardiovascular
medicine and can be a significant enhancement to the full understanding of the trainee in adult cardiology training. You will
actively participate in this course.
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CARDIOLOGY FELLOWSHIP
CASE PRESENTATION EVALUATION
FELLOW:_____________________________ATTENDING PHYSICIAN:___________________________
TOPIC:________________________________________________________________________________
DATE:_____________________________________
1 = Did Not Meet Basic Standards
2= Met Minimum Standards
3= Met All Standards
Osteopathic Philosophy / Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
1. Osteopathic concepts and/or OMT was integrated into
Presentation.
Medical Knowledge
1. Demonstrated Competency in the understanding and application
Of clinical medicine as applied to topic presented.
2. Knows and applies the foundations of clinical and behavioral
Medicine.
3. Demonstrates strong understanding of standard of care
Guidelines for presented disease state.
Patient Care:
1. Gathered accurate, essential information from all sources
Including histories and physical exams, medical records,
Diagnostic/ therapeutic plans and treatments.
2. Validated competency in the performance of diagnosis, treatment
And management.
3. Provided Insight into health care consistent with osteopathic
Philosophy, including preventative medicine and health promotion
Based on current scientific evidence and guidelines.
Interpersonal and Communication Skills:
1. Exhibited effective written and oral skills, both with regard to
Doctor/patient/peer relationships; as well as in preparation and
Presentation of this case.
Professionalism:
1. Adhered to ethical principals in the practice of medicine
2. Demonstrated awareness and proper attention to issues of
Culture, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, and mental
And physical disabilities.
Practice-Based Learning and Improvement:
1. Addressed presentation in a manner consistent with the most
Current information on diagnostic and therapeutic effectiveness
2. Understood and applied research methods, medical informatics
And the application of technology as applied to medicine
Systems-Based Practice:
1. Demonstrated awareness of local health care delivery system
And how it affects patient care and professional practice.
4= Exceeded All Standards
(1)
(2)
(3)
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Please Complete Both Sides of Form
CARDIOLOGY FELLOWSHIP
CASE PRESENTATION EVALUATION
Written Comments:
Strong Points:
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Areas for Improvement:
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Primary Evaluator
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Printed Name
Date
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Fellow Signature (After Review)
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Print Name
Date
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Program Director
Date
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Teaching Objectives
The following guidelines have been established on the basis of standards as set forth in the Basic Standards for Residency
Training in Cardiology, which in turn is based upon recommendation of the American College of Cardiology. These teaching
objectives are to be used by fellows as specific, time-oriented goals and by the attending physicians as teaching guidelines.
Reaching these goals by completion of fellowship is expected. The timetable for individual trainees may vary depending
primarily on the scheduling of electives.
First Year
Upon completion of the first year of training the fellow should be able to:
1. Be able to conduct a complete and comprehensive history; especially cardiovascular history and be able to confidently
assess the patients needs for further testing and treatment.
2. Perform a complete and comprehensive physical examination especially of the cardiovascular system, which includes
thorough palpation and auscultation of the heart and blood vessels and categorize the cardiac and vascular
abnormalities based upon the examination.
3. Understand and recognize the osteopathic abnormalities associated with pathology of the cardiovascular system.
4. Understand the basic electrocardiogram and be adept at interpreting the vast majority of the electrocardiographic
abnormalities that are clinically encountered.
5. Recognize the chest radiographic manifestations of diseases of the heart and great vessels and understand the normal
structures of the heart and cardiac silhouette.
6. Know the indications and usefulness of the echocardiographic and doppler studies of the heart and be able to
recognize the normal structures seen on two-dimensional and M-Mode echocardiography. A fundamental
understanding of ultrasound imaging and doppler flow including color signal definitions should also be attained. The
common abnormalities of the echocardiographic examination should also be attained.
7. Understand the indications, contra-indications and basic interpretations of exercise and ambulatory
electrocardiography and arrhythmia monitoring.
8. Have a fundamental understanding of the radiopharmaceuticals used in nuclear cardiology and a basic ability to
recognize normal and abnormal findings, along with the indications for the various studies.
9. Understand the basics of the electrophysiologic examination and its indications and contraindications.
10. Recognize the more common arrhythmias and their evaluation and treatments.
11. Understand the fundamentals of artificial pacing, its indications and usefulness. Additionally, a basic recognition of
pacemaker malfunction; and uses and operation of defibrillators should be attained.
12. Understand the indications and contra-indications of cardiac catheterization. And be able to interpret the basic cardiac
angiogram and hemodynamic tracings.
Second Year
Upon successful completion of the second year of training the fellow should be able to:
1. Have adequately attained all of the requirements of the first year of training as noted above.
2. Perform a highly accurate cardiovascular history such that his diagnostic skills are approaching the accuracy of the
attending cardiologist.
3. Perform a highly accurate cardiovascular physical examination with the ability to comprehensively determine the
presence and nature of any cardiac structural abnormalities and vascular pathology. Recognition of essentially all the
murmurs and heart sounds should be mastered
4. Interpret with high accuracy essentially all the electrocardiographic abnormalities encountered in clinical practice.
5. Perform an exercise stress study independently and be able to provide an accurate interpretation of the findings.
6. Accurately interpret any ambulatory arrhythmia study encountered in clinical practice.
7. Perform a hands-on echocardiographic study with attainment of all the views used in the study to degree that it is
interpretable.
8. Interpret essentially all of the abnormalities of the echo and doppler study.
9. Interpret most of the nuclear studies typically encountered in clinical practice.
10. Understand the basic findings of the electrophysiology study.
11. Accurately read most cardiac angiograms.
12. Thoroughly understand the hemodynamics of most of the cardiac abnormalities typically encountered in clinical
practice.
13. Understand the array of pacemaker parameters and settings used for the cardiac abnormalities encountered.
14. Dictation of basic echocardiography and stress testing as well as cath will begin with supervision.
Third Year
Upon successful completion of the third year the fellow should be able to:
1. Have adequately attained all of the requirements of the second year of training.
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4.
5.
Have mastered all of the facts of invasive and non-invasive testing, and clinical findings, and be able to understanding
it to a depth that he/she can provide teaching of all of the material at a student and resident level.
Have completed an AOA approved fellow research paper.
Proficiently teach and mentor fellow physicians.
Mastered dictation of all cardiovascular studies.
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Scientific Research Requirement
The AOA and ACOI require that one scientific research project be submitted by each cardiology fellow during his or her training.
Please refer to the AOA/ACOI research requirements and guidelines as listed below. In order to provide for a scientific research
report that meets AOA/ACOI requirements and that is submitted in a timely fashion, it will be required that each fellow provide a
periodic progress report during the fellowship. A timetable has been established as follows.
Citi Program for IRB approval (Due January 30th, first year of fellowship):
Completion of this online program is a first and necessary part of your fellowship research project. This online program must be
completed absolutely not later than January 30th of your first year of fellowship. Please furnish your program coordinator with a
copy of your completion certificate.
First report (due end of first year)
By midway through the first year of the fellowship program each fellow should have already established a least the type of report
(original research, case report) title, and co-investigators (authors) who will be involved in his or her project. At the very least, a
project outline should already be established, such as hypothesis, methods, patient groups etc. This is due to the ACOI by the
end of the first year.
Second Report (due July 1st of the third fellowship year)
By the end of he second year of training, the fellow should have essentially completed their research project and have it
submitted in initial rough draft. This will allow enough additional time for any needed changes, corrections etc. so that a final
report, ready for submission can be completed on time.
Third Report (due December 30th of third year of training)
The final product, ready for submission to the ACOI, should be given to the program director by the last day of December. The
reports will then be copied and filed and subsequently submitted to the ACOI prior to the required deadline, which is by
December of the third year. Case presentations must be in December of the third year. The ACOI will have it reviewed and if
need be, any changes can be made prior to graduation.
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Scientific Research Project
Progress Report
NAME:____________________________________
DATE:____________________________________
PART I (Due June 30th of First Year of Fellowship)
Requirements:
Category:
____________ Original Research
____________ Case Presentation
Project Title:______________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
Author(s):________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
Please attach project outline (hypothesis, methods, patient groups, etc.)
PART II (Due July 1st Third Year of Fellowship)
Requirements:
Initial Rough Draft
Date Submitted:____________
Date Reviewed and Returned by Program Director:____________
PART III (Due December 30th, Third year of fellowship)
Requirements:
Completed Report (As outline in ACOI requirements)
Date Submitted:____________
Date Accepted:____________
Date Reviewed and Returned by Program Director:____________
Project Submitted to ACOI:
Date:____________
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Cardiovascular Services / General Information
Included in this section of your fellowship manual is information for specific services in our cardiology fellowship training program.
The outlines provide an introduction to the service and the fellow’s expectations; additional information will be given once rotating
through that service. These are general guidelines to orient you to the particular service but some minor variations may exist,
depending upon the specific trainer to which you are assigned. Naturally, each trainer will have slightly different expectations
and methods of conducting his or her service and it is expected that the fellow comply with the wished of he individual trainer.
Every attempt will be made on each service for the trainers to achieve 100% compliance with the teaching objectives. It is
expected that each trainer will be fair in his or her evaluation of the fellow and it is also expected that the fellow be fair in his or
her evaluation of the service and the trainer.
Clinical Cardiology
Responsibilities will include inpatient care and outpatient department evaluations. Each attending will have his or her own
approach to rounds, teaching etc. The general guidelines regarding fellows responsibilities are outlines below.
Inpatient Service:
During the fellow’s assignment to a clinical cardiology service you are expected to
1) Supervise any students, interns and residents presently assigned to that service
2) Provide comprehensive admissions, histories and physicals, daily management and discharge instructions of the
comprehensive care of the patients
3) Provide thorough and accurate progress notes to be presented to the attending cardiologist and
4) Provide any requested academic presentations to the attending physician and assigned house staff for mutual learning
purposes.
Admissions
Admissions to the hospital are your responsibility. The complete history and physical must be written to specifically address all
cardiovascular issues. An assessment and plan must be outlined. A complete review of systems and physical are to be
documented OMM evaluation with treatment options must be documented. You are responsible for discussion and presentation
to an attending physician. Also the house staff must be taught and their H&P must be reviewed.
A problem list should be included on every patient note. It includes room for listing all diagnosis and pertinent study results and
procedures. This should be completed on admission and updated during hospitalization as necessary. Completeness and
accuracy is important since this form becomes part of the patient’s permanent record. The usefulness of this form cannot be
overstated. It becomes very useful for evening and weekend and weekend on-call fellow when he/she is asked to evaluate a
patient he/she is unfamiliar with. Sign out to the person on call is essential for all critical patients.
Daily care is also your responsibility. You are expected to act as an attending. You should see all patients and discuss the
cases with the house staff. It is expected that you begin to develop a differential diagnosis and institute a plan. As you develop
your skills during training, more responsibility should be taken. As always, an attending will be available to round.
Discharges
Upon discharge a standard discharge summary needs to be completed at the time of discharge. Up to date problem lists
significantly facilitate completion. A standard set of discharge orders must also be written for each patient. These orders must
include a discharge diet, follow-up instructions, activity instructions, medications and other instructions such as endocarditis
prophylaxis, scheduling of outpatient visits and testing, etc. It is preferred that these orders are written on the day before
discharge. These orders are used by the nurses for patient teaching purposes and unit secretaries for scheduling purposes,
such as follow-up stress test, outpatient visits, etc. Prescriptions for the patient should also be written for Saturday discharges;
this prevents the Saturday on-call fellow from being inundated with unnecessary work. Remember you will be on Saturday call
too! Help each other out. All aspects of the discharge form must be filled out. If a patient is intolerant to medicines that are
normally used for that disease state, this must be addressed. You must dictate that it is contraindicated or not medically
necessary.
Transfers
When a patient requires transfer to another service, for example, the Medical Intensive Care Unit, the transfer orders and a
summary should be written. The attending whose service the patient is transferred to must be specified in the orders. Verbal
sign out to the transferring service is required.
When a patient is transferred from another service, likewise they should be accompanied by orders, transfer note and a verbal
sign-out (no verbal sign out is usually given from the Surgical Intensive Care Unit). The receiving fellow should review the
transfer orders to check for completeness and should see the patient on the same day of transfer.
Patients that get transferred from another hospital to OLOL must have the H&P done and orders written for transfer.
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Outpatient Service
Fellows are expected to attend the various outpatient activities assigned during each particular service such as private and
clinical office hours, and part of the requirements is long-term care and follow-up care of patients throughout his/her three years
of training. You are required to attend clinic ½ day per week for 36 months and maintain a log of patients seen. All patient
encounters must be kept in the log. Please note new patient encounters versus follow-up visits. The program coordinator keeps
these logs in your file. I would recommend you also keep a copy for yourself.
If an outpatient requires admission at the time you are seeing him/her, one dictation and an admission history and physical is all
that is required. Please note during the dictation that it is a history and physical when dictating.
Miscellaneous
Additional instructions regarding your service responsibilities will be given to you by each individual attending cardiologist. Each
physician has his/her own special way of doing things and therefore more specific guidelines cannot be given at this time.
Please be attentive to the wishes of your attending cardiologist since he/she is the only one who is ultimately responsible for the
patients care. It is hoped for that you will be able to attend all educational activities such as conferences, journal club etc., while
on all services at UMDNJ; please make your attending cardiologist aware of your attendance to these functions. If you need to
be inaccessible from your service for any period of time during the day, such as to leave the building to run an errand, etc.,
please choose an opportune time to do so and do not leave the service without the permission of the attending physician.
Arrange for coverage during your period of absence.
Fellows may elect to seek specific clinical rotations in areas such as pediatric cardiology, congestive heart failure clinics, lipid
clinics, etc. but only as approved in advance by the program director. All of the requirements noted above also apply to any of
the clinical options. No outside rotations will be granted outside of Southern New Jersey.
CCU Rotation
While assigned to any of the critical care services (CCU,ICU,CVU,SICU) the fellow will be required to:
1) Supervise all assigned house staff
2) Provide comprehensive progress notes for presentation to the attending staff
3) Provide academic presentations as assigned to him/her
4) Rapidly assess and attend to any appropriate emergency department admissions or in house emergent or urgent
unstable patients already in one of the unites or in need of a transfer to the appropriate unit
5) Timely and efficient treatment and ultimate transfer of a unit patient to a general medical or step down floor
6) Provide courteous interaction with the nursing staff and other ancillary staff involved in the critical care of the patient
and likewise is expected to involved these ancillary personnel in his/her academic presentations and teaching so as to
promote a sense of unity and learning progress as a cooperative critical care team.
7) While in the coronary care unit you are responsible for all intraoperative transesophagealechocardiograms performed
on the surgical patients. You are to get down to the operating room before patients are placed on bypass and perform
the pre-operative TEE. You then should return to the intensive care unit and begin your rounding responsibilities. The
post-operative TEE’s are usually performed mid-morning and you are to go back and perform the post-op procedures.
The remainder of the time in the CCU is dedicated to patient care, rounding with housestaff and writing appropriate
notes on patients. It must be emphasized that your responsibilities are to all of the patients in the unit regardless of
what group they are from. You will oversee the resident in performing any procedures.
Please refer to the subspecialty basic standards for specific numbers for certification. All TEE’s must be maintained on a log and
supplied to your program coordinator.
Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Intensive Care Fellow Responsibilities
The fellow, when on duty in the Intensive Care Unit:
1) Is in the unit at all times, carries a beeper and notifies the charge nurse when leaving the ICU.
2) Is in charge of the care of all patients in the ICU and serves as a focal point of communication between surgeon,
cardiologist, anesthetist and family. He should be personally certain that all problems are brought to the attention of
the ICU staff. You are required to provide care to all cardiology group patients.
3) Discusses each postoperative patient immediately upon arrival in the ICU with the anesthetist, the surgeon and the
physician in charge of the ICU.
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Discusses with the anesthetist and physician in charge of the patient the immediate postoperative orders. Fellow
coordinates patient care with the primary nurse.
The ICU fellow should fill out the doctor’s order form of each assigned patient as completely and clearly as possibly,
including medication, IV fluids, etc. These may be changed as necessary. SICU does not use verbal orders! Accepts
verbal orders from attending physicians.
Check pacemaker function and availability of standby equipment when the patient is being paced.
Writes a note in the chart of each assigned patient daily. The note should include pertinent procedures such as
subclavian and arterial line insertions, dialysis, catheter insertion, cardioversion, etc. The note should also detail drug
infusions, wound condition, foley catheter and chest tube drainage and pertinent physical findings.
Writes a full consultation note when consultation is requested. You may not dictate consults. Makes every effort to
speak directly to the consultant to minimize communication problems and delays. No consults are to be ordered
without direct approval of the ICU staff, primary surgeon or primary cardiologist.
You are responsible to coordinate care with the appropriate cardiothoracic surgeon. Please be advised that Our Lady
of Lourdes Hospital the ultimate patient responsibility in the SICU is the surgeons and therefore you must respect
those decisions. Please commit to your recommendations on the chart, but all orders should be discussed with the
appropriate attending.
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Electrophysiology / Pacemaker Services
During assignment to the EP services the fellow will be exposed to all of the aspects that this subspecialty entails. He/she will be
required to perform EP consultations that often will require the evaluation of ecg’s and rhythm strips. He will be required to
perform complete admissions, history and physicals and complete patient work-up.
Responsibilities in the lab will be under the direction of the attending. Exposure to all lab aspects of EPS including pacemakers,
ICD’s and biventricular pacers will be provided. Office management of EP patients will be at the Washington Twp. and Cherry
Hill offices.
Electrophysiology Syllabus
Importance:
Complex cardiac arrhythmias are managed with expertise in cardiac electrophysiology, the use of implantable pacemakers,
ICD’s, antiarrhythmic agents and techniques utilizing electrophysiologic mapping and ablation.
Scope of the Training:
Within the cardiology core training program, level 1 training will comprise of atleast 2 months of clinical cardiac electrophysiology
rotation. This will assist the trainee to:
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Acquire knowledge in the diagnosis and management of brady and tachy arrhythmias
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Learn the indications and limitations of invasive EP testing, ambulatory ECG monitoring, event recorders and stress
testing for arrhythmia assessment.
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Gain experience in the arrhythmia consultation service.
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Learn the fundamentals of cardiac pacing; recognize normal and abnormal pacemaker function and learn indications
for temporary and permanent pacing.
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Learn indications for ICD’s and biventricular pacing.
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Understand pacing modes, interrogation, programming and surveillance of pacers and ICD’s.
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Learn/perform cardioversions.
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Learn indications for tilt table testing for evaluation of syncope.
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Gain exposure to interpretation of complex arrhythmias on the surface ECG.
EP Fellowship Lectures
Introduction to EP
Indications for EP Testing
Syncope – Diagnosis and Management
Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology
SVT
Management of AFib/Flutter
Cardiac Channelopathies
VT
Pacemakers – Temporary / Permanent
Sudden Cardiac Death and ICD Trials
ECG Review
Antiarrhythmic Drugs
Pacemakers – Trouble Shooting
EP Tracing Review
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Non-Invasive Laboratory
The non-invasive laboratory offers training in electrocardiography and echocardiography. Fellows rotating on the service will
participate in the interpretation of ecg’s and the performance and interpretation of transthoracic echocardiograms. The daily
organization of activities will be discussed at the beginning of the rotation. The following are general guidelines regarding
activities in the laboratory.
Electrocardiography
Electrocardiograms performed on both inpatients and outpatients are reviewed by the fellows. EKG’s are delivered to the
reading room. Fellows should spend time between echocardiography cases reviewing ekg’s.
Basic EKG interpretation
Most ekg tracings come with computer-generated interpretation. They have to be reviewed and approved or properly revised (on
an interpretation sheet) first by the fellows and then by the attending cardiologist (on the ekg space allotted for interpretation)
before editing and rendering of final reports by the ekg technicians.
Some ekg tracings recorded by the floor nurses using ekg machines come without computer interpretation capability will come
with an interpretation sheet. This sheet must be completed and initialed by the fellow.
1. Complete the form with rate, intervals and axis.
2. Identify the rhythm
3. Comment on abnormalities of condition (arrhythmias, intraventricular conduction delays etc.)
4. Comments on abnormalities of the P waves, QRS complex, ST segment, T waves
5. Note any other abnormalities (infarction, hypertrophy, etc.)
6. Note any changes from previous tracings
7. When pacing is present, comment on evidence for sensing and capture, the appropriate chambers paced (when
possible based upon the tracing) and the abnormalities or pacing.
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EKG TOPICS
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EKG TOPICS
GENERAL
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2010
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ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIAS
Measurments
Premature atrial beats
Calibration
Ectopic Atrial Rhythm
P waves
Ectopic Atrial Tachycardia
Q waves
Paroxysmal Atrial Tachycardia
QRS complex
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia
ST waves
Atrial Flutter
T waves
Atrial Fibrillation
General approach to EKGs
JUNCTIONAL RHYTHMS
ATRIAL ABNORMALITIES
Junctional rhythm
left atrial abnormality
right atrial abnormality
VENTRICULAR ABNORMALITIES
Left ventricular hypertrophy
Junctional tachycardia
AV nodal reentrant tachycardia
VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS
Prmature ventricular complexes
right ventricular hypertrophy
VT vs. Abberency
biventricular hypertrophy
Idiopathic ventricular rhythm
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Accelerated idioventricular rhythm
Left bundle branch block
Ventricular Tachycardia
Right bundle branch block
Ventricular Flutter
Intraventricular conduction delay
Ventricular Fibrillation
Polymorphic ventricular
tachycardia
Left anterior fascicular block
Left posterior fascicular block
AXIS DEVIATION
Torsades de Pointes
ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCKS
Left axis deviation
First degree AVB
Right axis deviation
Second degree Mobitz I
ISCHEMIA, INJURY, INFARCT
Second degree Mobits II
Ischemia (T wave inversion)
2:1 AV block
Injury (subepicardial injury)
Third degree (complete) ABB
Injury (subendocardial injury)
PREEXCITATION
Q waves
Wolff-Parkinson-White
Inferior
AV renetrant tachycardia
Posterior
Lown-Ganong-Levine Syndrome
Anterior
Mahaim type of Preexcitation
Lateral
Pseudoinfarction
localization of bypass tract
DRUGS
acute MI
Digoxin
recent MI
Antiarrhythmic Agents
age undetermined MI
old MI
Psychotropic Agents
ELECTROLYTE
ABNORMALITIES
reciprocol ST and T changes
Hyperkalemia
ST AND T WAVE CHANGES
Primary changes
Secondary changes
PERICARDITIS
Hypokalemia
Hypercalcemia
Hypocalcemia
Hypermagnesemia
Pericarditis
PULMONARY DISEASE
Hypomagnesemia
Sodium abnormalities
COPD
Acute pulmonary embolus
pH abnormalities
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
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CONGENITAL HEART
DISEASE
CNS effects
ASD
HYPOTHERMIA
VSD
PDA
Coarctation
Hypothermia
MISCELLANEOUS
Mitral valve prolapse syndrome
Pulmonary stenosis
skeletal abnormalities
Tetology of Fallot
Nonspecific ST and T changes
Ebstein's Anomaly
Prolonged QT
Dextrocardia
Abnormal U waves
Corrected Transposition
Misplacement of Limb Leads
ARRHYTHMIAS
Misplacement of precordial leads
SINUS RHYTHMS
Poor R wave progression
Normal sinus rhythm
Sinus Arrhythmia
Low voltage
PACEMAKERS
Sinus Bradycardia
Pacemaker codes
Sinus Tachycardia
Single chamber
Sinus Pause
Duel Chamber
Sinus Arrest
Sinoatrial Block
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Echocardiography
During the rotation in the echo laboratory the fellow will be responsible in working closely with the echo technician in an effort to
obtain hands on skills with the ultimate goal of becoming expert in obtaining a complete echocardiographic and Doppler study.
He/she will interpret the majority of the studies done within the laboratory and review these studies with the attending cardiologist
in order to learn proper interpretation skills. He/she will be responsible for the careful handling of the esophageal probe and
learn proper manipulation and imaging with the probe under the supervision of the attending cardiologist. At times he/she may
be required to complete an interpretation report or dictate a comprehensive report. The fellow will also be responsible for
exercise and pharmacological stress testing during his rotation through the echo laboratory, including non-echocardiographic
stress testing as his/her time allows. At the beginning of the second year, the fellow will begin to learn dictation of echos. Mmode studies will be evaluated and discussed. It is well recognized that the technical staff have a great deal of expertise to offer
the fellows in the acquisition of technically excellent images. The technologists are also skilled in interpretation. The fellow
should approach his/her experience in the echo lab as a student recognizing that his/her teachers will be technical as well as the
physician staff. The physician staff will be more oriented towards the instruction in the interpretation of echocardiograms.
Evaluations of fellow will reflect their acquisition of both technical and interpretive skills and will be based upon the judgments of
both the technical as well as the physician staff.
Standards for Image Acquisition
In this section is a checklist of standard views required on all transthoracic echocardiograms as well as additional reviews
required for specific clinical problems. It is expected that on each study the fellow will acquire images in the standard format.
Even a specific view is technically suboptimal is should be acquired on tape to demonstrate that an attempt was made to acquire
the image. It also will serve as an opportunity to instruct the fellow on how to improve suboptimal image when they occur.
The fellow should take the opportunity to do a brief cardiac examination on the patient prior to performing an echo. The should
guide the fellow in the use of color flow doppler during acquisition of each of these five views.
Specific techniques for identifying valvular lesions and other abnormalities will be taught in the laboratory. A checklist will be
used to assure that standard views are obtained and that in-depth investigation of specific cardiac abnormalities occurs with all
cases. For quality assurance, 3 echos per month will be read and logged on the forming the noninvasive lab.
2-D Study
Each study should have at least 10 beats of each of the following views:
1) Parasternal long axis (include off-axis tricuspid view)
2) Parasternal short axis (include off-axis tricuspid/ pulmonic views)
3) Apical Four chamber
4) Apical Two chamber
5) Subxiphoid
Doppler
When indicated, all valves should be interrogated by doppler. The specific valves and lesions include:
Aortic Stenosis:
Flow velocities from
Apical Four Chamber
Suprasternal Notch – Pedoff transducer
Right Upper parasternal – Pedoff transducer
Aortic Insufficiency: Color flow and PW when color flow signal poor
Parasternal Long axis
Parasternal Short axis
Apical Four chamber
Mitral Stenosis:
Pressure half-time measurements from
Apical four chamber
Apical Two chamber
Mitral Insufficiency: Color flow and PW when color flow signal poor
Parasternal Long axis
Apical Four chamber
Apical two chamber
Tricuspid Insufficiency:
Color flow and PW when color flow signal poor
Parasternal Long axis (off-axis tricuspid view)
Parasternal Short axis (off-axis tricuspid view)
Apical four chamber
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Subxiphoid
Interpretation of Transthoracic Echocardiograms
Immediately following the completion of the study, the study should be reviewed by the attending cardiologist or the senior
noninvasive fellow (at the discretion of the attending cardiologist.) The fellow performing the procedure should write up the study
with the following format:
Chamber measurements (from M-mode and 2D_
Doppler measurements
2-D Narrative
Chamber sizes
Left ventricular function
Right ventricular function (if abnormal)
Aortic valve morphology and function
Mitral valve morphology and function
Tricuspid valve morphology and function
Pulmonic valve morphology and function (if abnormal)
Other abnormalities
LVH
Intracardiac masses
Pericardial abnormalities
Aortic abnormalities
Septal defects
Doppler Narrative (may immediately follow the related 2D findings)
Valve abnormalities (regurgitation or stenosis)
Shunts
Other flow abnormalities
Estimated systolic or mean PA pressure
LV dp/dt
Estimated systolic RV pressure (in VSD)
Pressure half-time of AR flow velocity
Reporting of transthoracic echocardiograms
If the study was performed on a patient from the outpatient clinic, the attending cardiologist ordering the study should be called
as soon as the study has been reviewed. The hand-written report is then given to the secretary for the transcription and
signature of the attending cardiologist.
Transesophageal Echocardiography
Indication of Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
Ambulatory Patients:
1. Difficult and inadequate TTE
2. Evaluation of prosthetic valve malfunction
3. Evaluation of bacterial encocarditis
4. Evaluation of intracardiac mass
5. Evaluation of aortic dissection
6. Evaluation of congenital heart disease, especially atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale
7. Better assessment of severity of mitral regurgitation
8. Evaluation of the source of systemic emboli
Operating Room and ICU or ER settings:
1. Cardiac evaluation in open chest trauma patients
2. Pre-operative evaluation of valvular or congenital lesions
3. Immediate postoperative assessment of the results of cardiac or aortic surgery
4. Monitoring of left ventricular function during surgery
5. Checking of intracardiac air immediately after surgery
6. Evaluation of the cause of heart failure or low output state after surgery
7. Evaluation of cardiac tamponade after surgery
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Procedures for performing TEE:
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Informed consent is obtained
Nothing by mouth for at least 4 hours prior to TEE
Sedation, if required, using Versed, Demerol or Valium, etc.
Xylocaine or Benzocaine local anesthetic gargle and orapharnageal spray to facilitate probe entry
Nasal oxygen and suction stand-by
Every 3 minute check of blood pressure, pulse and oxygen saturation, the latter if preceded by IV sedation
Patient lies in left lateral position with head anteflexed
Introduction of TEE probe through mouth into esophagus and further advanced into stomach
Imaging at 3 standard position, namely: gastric, lower esophageal and high esophageal with proper flexion and rotation
of the probe
Interpretation of the TEE:
While manipulating the TEE probe to optimize the cardiac images, structural findings are noted and with the aid of color flow
imaging, flow patterns across the valves and the intracardiac defects are observed. Important findings are communicated to
the surgeons whenever the examiner see fit. Video recording of the displayed images are made for permanent record.
Procedures for reporting results of TEE:
The TEE report includes not only the TEE findings but also the pre-medications given, the patients tolerance of the
procedure and the presence or absence of complications and proper remedial steps undertaken and the final outcome.
Emergency TEE:
Emergency TEE at night or during the weekend is performed by echo attending on call.
Dobutamine Echocardiography
Indications:
1. Detection of viable hibernating myocardium
2. Diagnosis of significant CAD in patients unable to exercise
3. Cardiac risk stratification post-MI inpatients unable to exercise
4. Pre-operative cardiac risk evaluation
Contra-indications:
1. Significant uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias
2. Atrial fibrillation with uncontrolled ventricular response
3. High grade AV block
4. Severe hypertension (Systolic >200 mmHg / Diastolic >120 mmHg)
5. Hemodynamic instability
6. Severe valvular disease
7. Unstable angina
8. Acute myocardial infarction within the past 5 days
9. New York Heart Association Class III or IV
10. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
11. Technically poor echocardiographic windows
12. Allergy to dobutamine
13. Atropine is contra-indicated in patients with glaucoma and prostatism
Before Dobutamine Echocardiography:
1. Schedule the test with Echo personnel before entering the order into the computer system
2. Beta-blocker therapy should be discontinued 24-48 hours prior to study
3. Nothing by mouth (except for medications) for three hours prior to testing
Evening and Weekend Studies
There will be instances in which transthoracic echocardiograms are necessary during the evenings and on weekends. In all
such instances the attending on-call should be notified. If a fellow who is on call is experienced in echocardiography, he or
she may perform the study. The study should be discussed with the echocardiography attending as well as with the
physician ordering the study. When performing echo, all studies must be recorded and documented, even if it is brief and or
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technically limited. Technicians are available 24 hours a day to guide your study. An attending must be notified if a stat
study is to be done.
Transesophageal echocardiograms requested as urgent or emergent procedures must be performed in collaboration with
the echocardiography attending on-call. Advanced fellows meeting case-load requirements for credentials in
echocardiography may be allowed to do emergent or emergent echocardiograms at the discretion of the echocardiography
attending on-call, but it is expected that this will occur infrequently and the attending must be present.
Please refer to current policies and procedures for all STAT echos and order accordingly.
Electrocardiography and Exercise Stress Testing
During the nuclear cardiology rotation and at times during echo and clinical rotations the fellow will be responsible in learning the
proper and safe way to perform treadmill and pharmacologic stress testing. He/she will need to be able to properly assess the
patient and determine the appropriateness of the test being performed and adequately explain the procedure to the patient and
obtain a signed consent. He/she will supervise the test from beginning to end and act accordingly to the needs of the patient
should any complications or instability occur. He will provide the interpretation of the study, review it with the attending
cardiologist for accuracy, and provide a completed interpretation form for dictation. It is important that he/she learn the proper
dosing of any pharmacologic agents used in testing and know how to accurately calculate and assess the proper intravenous
concentration of the drug as prepared by the pharmacy.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission requirements for nuclear certification will be met over the course of three years for the
noninvasive track. You must perform a certain number of studies and dictate as well. Also you will have the appropriate lectures
and exposure to nuclear agents. You will perform the daily quality assurance testing in the nuclear lab with the nuclear medicine
technologist.
Every month you will complete the four nuclear quality assurance studies and complete the form and turn it in to the technologist
for evaluation.
Nuclear Cardiology
In addition to the responsibilities noted for exercise stress testing above, there are specific expectations of the fellow during his
assignment to nuclear cardiology. The nuclear regulatory commission has very specific requirements for any personnel working
in a laboratory that uses radioactive materials and these requirements must be referred to an adhered to in a strict manner. The
fellow will need to learn the proper handling of these materials and know their pharmacology and uses in clinical cardiology.
Proper and accurate description to the patient is needed and at times consents for their use must be obtained by the fellow. The
fellow will learn how to evaluate and interpret the nuclear studies under the guidance of an attending physician, and learn the
optimum agents and their limitation for each clinical situation.
Reporting Hours during Stress Rotation at SJHG / Cherry Hill
Effective July 1st, 2007 all fellows on a stress rotation at SJHG/CH will report to the Cherry Hill office not later than 6:30am on
Tuesday and Wednesday in order to complete the morning nuclear QA. This time may change to 6:00am depending on patient
scheduling; please check with Fran the day before for your exact reporting time. This daily QA is part of your nuclear
credentialing process. The fellow will do the morning QA on those days and give copies of the daily report to Kate for archiving;
Fran will counter-sign the report. Fran will go over the QA form with you, as there are tasks done on a weekly, monthly, bimonthly and quarterly basis. You will be responsible to complete the daily and weekly items; and ideally will be exposed at some
point during your rotation to those procedures performed on a quarterly basis. Some of these objectives will be discussed during
your Nuclear Stress lectures.
The goal of this initiative is to give the fellow proficiency in the nuclear lab in order to prepare for credentialing at an independent
operator status.
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CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LABORATORY
CURRICULUM
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:
Educational purpose and rationale or value as part of training of interventional cardiologist
1st year fellow: The primary goal is to gain experience and expertise in the performance of right heart catheterization and arterial
access to prepare the on call fellow for procedures that may need to be performed during the call. The secondary goal is to gain
familiarity with a left heart catheterization.
2nd and 3rd year fellows: The primary goal is to gain experience and expertise in the performance of left heart catheterization.
All trainees should learn the appropriate selection of patients for cardiac catheterization, both left and right heart, and the
specifics outlined below.
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Learn the risks and benefits of cardiac catheterization.
Learn how to assess which patients are at risk for developing renal failure and to minimize that risk.
Learn how to take a history for dye induced allergic reactions and to minimize that risk.
Learn the use of pre-medications and medications in the cath lab for conscious sedation.
Learn indications for the use of ionic vs. nonionic contrast media.
Become familiar with how to organize the schedule of a busy laboratory performing same day outpatient to inpatient to
emergency procedures.
Learn how to acquire a pre-catheterization history and physical and document the same.
Learn the technique of obtaining arterial and venous access.
Learn the technique of left and right heart catheterization, and right heart biopsy.
Learn how to interpret the results of a left and right heart catheterization.
Learn how to convey the results of a catheterization in the patient chart.
Learn how to remove arterial and venous sheaths and maintain hemostasis.
For groins with larger arterial puncture sites, learn the use of mechanical device compression to gain hemostasis.
The above goals require invasive fellows to develop extraordinary set of communication and interpersonal skills. These skills are
honed daily with the teaching and guidance from attending physicians.
CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LABORATORY
CURRICULUM GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:
Per COCAT requirements, exposure to percutaneous coronary interventions will occur during your three years of cardiac
catheterization training. As a first year fellow, general observations regarding PTCA / stents will be performed. Educational
experience will include cath / PTCA case conference. You will be exposed to indications and contraindications of these
procedures, patient selection and techniques utilized to perform these procedures.
Second and third year fellows will build on the first year base with the addition of gaining understanding of the catheters / devices
and drugs used in the treatment of patients with coronary artery disease and acute myocardial infarction, as well as improved
patient selection as dictated by the literature and the attending staff. You will become familiar with indications / contraindications
of primary angioplasty as supported by medical literature.
Per the COCAT requirements you will gain exposure and hands on experience at the discretion of the attending physicians. This
is not a level 3 training program for interventional cardiology so your academic and hands on training experience is limited to
Level I certification which is defined as exposure to interventional cardiology.
The American College of Cardiology training guidelines state that programs that do not have an interventional training program
should have exposure to cardiac intervention and this is provided in our program at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center under
the direction and supervision of the interventional cardiologists.
Methodology of Teaching Goals and Objectives
Principal Teaching Method
The principal method for teaching will be directly interacting with the patient, scrubbing in shoulder to shoulder with the attending
physician and interpreting the results of a catheterization with the attending physician.
The catheterization laboratory currently performs 2,000 procedures per year. These include coronary intervention, diagnostic left
heart catheterization for patients with valvular heart disease and chest pain disorders, right heart catheterization for patients with
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congestive heart failure and diagnostic catheterization for patients being evaluated for organ transplantation such as liver and
kidney.
It is anticipated that each fellow will participate in not less than 60 left heart catheterizations per month during a typical cath
rotation.
It is the responsibility of the attending physician to be an example for the invasive fellow particularly in terms of interpersonal and
communication skills to patients and patient’s families. Through personal example of the attending physician will show the
invasive fellows how to implement system-based practice as well as practice-based learning. The invasive fellow will be a role
model for the general cardiology fellow in the cath lab. The senior fellow will take the lead role in the cath lab and introduce the
first, second and third year fellows to the nuances of he cath lab and will remain a teaching tool o the general cardiology fellows.
Educational Content
Mix of Disease
The recommended text is Grossman’s Fifth Edition of Cardiac Catheterization.
Formal conferences consist of a monthly cardiac catheterization conference. This conference will stress the relation of history
and physical findings to the hemodynamic and angiographic criteria for the selection of patients for medical, surgical and
interventional therapy. Interaction with the cardiac surgeons at this conference is very important. The relation of non-invasive to
invasive testing will be stressed. The presentation of original non-invasive studies will be important.
There is a mix of social economic status among our patients providing an abundant supply of diverse patient
population. Through example the invasive fellow will learn responsiveness to the needs to patients in all social
economic groups. This will include a commitment to respect and compassion towards all patients. All fellows will
strive to excellence and ongoing professional development.
Method of Evaluation
Fellows will be evaluated by written critique on a monthly basis with input from all academic cath lab attendings. This critique will
include interpersonal skills, knowledge of cardiology, technical skills in the cath lab and the quality of the cath conference
presentations. Likewise, the fellow will evaluate the cath rotation and attendings on a monthly basis. These written evaluations
will be made available to and discussed with the fellow during quarterly evaluations.
Patients for Cardiac Catheterization
Patients who will be going for cardiac catheterization will be worked up and pre-medicated by the catheterization fellow and the
cath film will be reviewed by the catheterization attending with the clinical attending and you, the assigned fellow.
The cath results are almost always discussed with the patient and their family on the same day. It is usually the fellow’s
responsibility to discuss these results, write a note and record the results on the face sheet; however, this is left up to the
discretion of the attending physician.
YOU MUST SEE EVERY CATH PATIENT AND EXAMINE THEM PRIOR TO PERFORMING ANY PROCEDURE ON A
PATIENT.
You must identify yourself as a fellow in training prior to any patient contact.
Specific iodine prep is outlined as well as elevated creatinine. Please see the protocol sheet.
Adult Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
General Instructions:
We are performing cases daily between 7:00am to 5:30pm. Our morbidity and mortality from cardiac catheterization are better
than the national average. Our prime concerns are the safety of the patient, patient care, then teaching.
You are responsible for a full and complete evaluation of the patient prior to the cath. The patient should be presented to the
attending and the case discussed.
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To meet these requirements, we ask you to follow the instructions carefully and to read the enclosed article, which may be
helpful to you.
Everyone in our labs is willing to help you train as an invasive cardiologist and we ask for you full cooperation.
The list of patients for catheterization for the next day will be available in the late afternoon, and can be found in our OLOL office.
EACH PATIENT SHOULD THEN BE SEEN BY THE FELLOW AND EXAMINED WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO
THE FOLLOWING:
Cardiac Catheterization and Angiography
The fellow will be expected to provide the proper pre-catheterization work up and preparation of his/her assigned patients and be
knowledgeable enough to adequately explain the procedure to the patient and obtain informed consent. He will work exclusively
under the guidance of an attending cardiologist who will be scrubbed with the fellow during the performance of the procedure.
Under the attending cardiologists instruction the fellow will be given various levels of hands on involvement in the lab. Ultimately,
the fellow would be expected to be capable of performing a complete study under the guidance of an attending if he/she is
enrolled in the invasive track, while the expectations of the non-invasive fellow would be less. He needs to learn the proper
procedure for obtaining homeostasis at the completion of arterial and venous puncture studies such as manual pressure and the
use of clamps and various other devices used in the closure of the puncture site. He/she will be responsible for providing the
appropriate pre and post cath orders for the patient and the supply of discharge instructions for the safe transition to the
outpatient for his or her return to home. He/she is expected to be capable of learning the accurate interpretation of any obtained
hemodynamics and angiograms, and may be expected to provide a written interpretation for the patient’s records. During the
course of this rotation the fellow will need to be able to learn the appropriate options of care for the patient based upon the
hemodynamic findings and angiograms (i.e., surgical, medical, catheter based treatment options). You will have regularly
scheduled cath conferences which are a mandatory didactic fellowship function.
Pre-cath Instructions:
Pre-cath orders should be written the evening before the procedure. Routine orders are as follows:
1. NPO past midnight
2. Prep both groin and arm only as indicated
3. Pre-med with Benadryl 50mg p.o.
These medications should be administered at 6:30am for all first morning cases and “on=call” for all other cases. Dosages of
pre-medications may be adjusted in individual cases (elderly, COPD, thin patients, etc). Management of diabetic patients should
be discussed with the attending prior to the cath. Generally these patients should be scheduled early in the morning if possible,
especially insulin dependent diabetic patients, severe CHF, etc. Patients with allergy to contrast, protocols are available and will
be given to you during your rotation. Coumadin should be discontinued before admission. If a patient is on Heparin, it should be
discontinued at least 2 hours prior to cath except for patients with unstable angina.
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The catheterization procedure and risk should be discussed with the patient and their family. The family should be
asked in the next day (in the morning, if possible.) Contact the attending and discuss the cases and procedures
planned.
Informed consent must be obtained by the fellow after explaining the procedures to the patient. The cath lab booklet
must be given to the patient.
During Catheterization and Post-Catheterization Instructions:
1. During the cath lab procedure, please remember that the patient is awake. Unnecessary talk or discussion is not
allowed.
2. DO NOT GIVE ANY INFORMATION TO THE PATIENT, since the finding s on video or not as good as one the cine
film.
3. At the end of each case, the progress note must be written detailing the type of procedure done, any complications, the
attending that performed the procedure, the location of the catheter entry, and the post-cath status of the pulses. Also
a brief preliminary report should be written. The day following the catheterization, a short follow-up note should be
placed on the chart.
4. All calculations, ejection fractions, A-V differences, and oxygen consumption values should be calculated and filled out
on the data sheet. Please discuss with the appropriate attending regarding any questions.
5. All data sheets and pressure tracings must be delivered to the Cath Lab office by the end of the same day
6. Post-cath orders are to be completed by the fellow and reviewed by the attending.
7. The cath site should be examined for the presence of a hematoma and the peripheral pulses should be evaluated. A
note should then be recorded on the daily progress note sheet. The cath lab attending must be notified of all
complications resulting from catheterization. Also, all complication report forms should be sent to the Cath lab office,
since it has to be entered into the database of the cath lab.
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Contrast Dye Allergy Prophylaxis: Assess with individual attending.
Cath Lab Protocols
I.
Iodine Allergy
Prednisone 40 mg. 10pm. Night before procedure
Zantac 150 mg.
6am Day of procedure
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Creatinine
1.5 – 2.0 OR
GFR
< 60 on CMP
I. Mucomyst
600 mg. P.O. BID One day before procedure
II. 3 Amps. NaHCO3 +1000cc D5/W
100 cc/hr. Start 1 hr. before procedure
Creatinine
> 1.2
STOP nephrotoxic drugs especially NSAIDS pre-cath
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Latex Allergy: Notify pre-admission testing and cath-lab Patient needs isolation upon admission
Thank You,
Anil G. Kothari, M.D,
05/26/06
Cathlab Equipment
Lead aprons, glasses and any other cath lab equipment will be purchased by OLOL. These arrangements must have prior
approval from the Program Director before speaking to the Cath Lab director for purchasing. This is done on a group basis,
not on an individual basis.
Appointments to order your lead will be scheduled with the appropriate parties by your program director and/or program
coordinator.
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Night / Weekend / Holiday Call Coverage
The fellow call schedule will be decided by the program director. Responsibilities include two weeknight calls per week
unless you are on the weekend. Weekend call will involve approximately 14 weekends per year. Call begins 5:00pm Friday
and ends Monday 9:00am. You will be first call for all hospitals and outpatient calls. There is a backup attending on call
with you. You are expected to address the calls and make decisions as a junior attending. Any issue may be discussed
with the attending. You are responsible to go into the hospital if the situation warrants it. Again, each case should be
discussed with the attending if warranted. You are not required to stay in house for the calls.
Holiday coverage is one major and one minor holiday per calendar year.
Rounding in the hospitals will be with an attending. You are responsible to decide how the weekend rounds will be divided
with the attending. Full notes and plan are to be done by the fellow. Notes are to be on the charts by the time the attending
rounds. You will then discuss the case with the attending and your plan will be evaluated.
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Vacation Scheduling
Each fellow will be granted 4 weeks of vacation time (20 work days) each academic year. Vacation scheduling forms are
available from the program coordinator. Requests for vacations must be submitted by the first of the month preceding the
month in which the vacation will occur. For example, the vacation is October, time off must be formally requested by
September 1st. It is preferred and highly encouraged that fellows try to avoid taking vacation time while on clinical service
at UMDNJ. If you need vacation time during these scheduled vacations, please discuss this need in advance with your
program director.
Your program coordinator maintains a time-off book, before requesting any time off, please consult the book to make sure
that there is adequate fellow coverage. Blank time off and conference request forms are in the book and are turned in to the
program coordinator for approval.
After completion and submission of your time off request, both the program director and the chairman of cardiology will
review the request and all reasonable requests will be honored on a first-come, first-served basis.
It is expected that prior to leaving for vacation you complete all of your responsibilities such as medical records; discharge
summaries, catheterization reports, nuclear and echo QA, monthly service evaluations, monthly timesheets, etc. If a fellows
medical records etc. are significantly behind or other requirements have not been brought up to date, this could possibly
lead to a denial for requested vacation. Staying up to date with your responsibilities should not be difficult.
The 20 days of vacation time given each year must be used during that academic year and cannot be carried out into the
next academic year unless a special circumstance exists and permission is granted by the program director and chairman of
the department. Any unapproved or un-notified absence from the hospital could possibly result in loss of vacation time as
judged by the program director. If you become ill and cannot report to your rotation, please follow the protocol as listed in
the manual.
Addendum—
This document will be a formal attachment to your cardiology manual. It is to clarify the vacation, personal leave and family
leave time off. This is in conjunction to the agreement between the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New JerseySchool of Osteopathic Medicine and the Committee of Interns and Residents. As you know in this agreement it states
clearly what amount of time off you have available to you. One area that needs clarification is the requirement for fellowship
and coordination in conjunction with your time off. If you were to utilize all of the time that is available to you, you would not
meet the attendance requirements to graduate from your fellowship. Therefore, effective immediately, you will have your 4
weeks off per year. In addition you may take an additional 3 personal days and 5 sick days. Any additional time taken
beyond this must be made up in order to graduate from your fellowship.
I would like to be clear that certainly this time is available to you and you may utilize it in its appropriate fashion, but after
vacation, personal and 5 sick days the time must be made up before you can graduate from the fellowship program. All
time off, regardless of the reason must be submitted in writing on the appropriate form.
Conferences
South Jersey Heart Group provides conference time. Conferences are to be related to fundamental cardiology and cardiac
principles. These conferences are expected to enhance your fundamental knowledge of cardiology as a fellow. All conferences
with regard to topic must be discussed with your program director prior to committing to the conference.
South Jersey Heart Group will refund $1,500.00 towards the cost of your conference’s travel, meals and hotel. Anything above
this amount you will be responsible for. Al receipts must be submitted in total up to that amount prior to reimbursement.
South Jersey Heart Group will allow two (2) days of conference time beyond your vacation allotment. If you chose to take a
longer conference, vacation time must be used to cover the missed time.
Again pre-approval must be obtained by the program director prior to any consideration for reimbursement. You will be allowed
to attend one (1) conference per academic year.
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FELLOW TIME OFF REQUEST
NAME: ______________________________________________
DATE SUBMITTED:__________________________________
DATES REQUESTED:
__________________ VACATION
PERSONAL COMP DAY SICK DAY
__________________ VACATION
PERSONAL COMP. DAY SICK DAY
__________________ VACATION PERSONAL COMP.DAY SICK DAY
__________________ VACATION PERSONAL COMP. DAY SICK DAY
FELLOW SIGNATURE:__________________________________________________
Approved:__________________________
Not Approved:______________________
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CONFERENCE REQUEST
NAME: ______________________________________________
DATE SUBMITTED:__________________________________
DATES REQUESTED: **TWO WORK DAYS ONLY**
__________________ CONFERENCE NAME_____________________________
__________________ CONFERENCE NAME_____________________________
__________________ CONFERENCE NAME_____________________________
FELLOW SIGNATURE:__________________________________________________
Approved:__________________________
Not Approved:______________________
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Fellow Dress Code
Fellows are expected to maintain the highest professional standards of dress and behavior. At all times the fellows should have
a legible name tag and / or hospital identification badge in plain view. You are issued two (2) new lab coats at the beginning of
the year. Your lab coats are expected to be clean, neat and pressed at all times.
Appropriate male attire includes shirt with tie*, dress pants (no denims), no open- toe shoes / sandals and a white UMDNJ-SOM
issued Lab coat with name tag and identification badge in view. Appropriate female attire includes dresses, skirts or dress pants
(not denim) with appropriate blouses; no open-toe shoes/ sandals and a white UMDNJ-SOM issued lab coat with name tag and
identification badge in plain view.
Scrubs are the property of the medical center and are to be worn only when in the respective medical center(s). Scrub suits are
not to be worn outside or removed from the medical centers.
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cleaned on a regular basis to prevent cross-contamination and the transmission of infection
** Please refer to attached policy addendum for complete dress code guidelines.**
Kennedy Memorial Hospital – University Medical Center
Dress Code Guidelines – Students and House Staff
It is the policy of the Kennedy Healthy System that all care givers present a professional appearance. General dress should
reflect good judgment and create a favorable, positive image as a representative of the medical profession, SOM and Kennedy
Health System.
Medical students, interns, residents and fellows are expected to look and dress professionally when in any patient care area.
This includes the hospitals, family health center, surgical center, health care center and wound care center.
Personal Appearance Guidelines:
 Kennedy ID badges must be visible at all times
 \White coats are to be worn at all times in the hospital, even if wearing scrubs
 Attire, including lab coats, must be clean, pressed and in good condition
 Clothing that is torn, even if the tear is part of the design, is not acceptable
 Shoes must be clean and functional for work responsibilities. Closed toe shoes must be word in patient related areas.
Clean clogs are acceptable in the OR’s and L and D
 Hosiery / socks must be worn with all types of shoes in patient related areas
 Hair, including facial hair, must be neatly trimmed. Specific areas / specialties may restrict the length of hair due to
infection control and personal / patient safety
 Hair longer than shoulder length should be tied back in patient care areas for infection control reasons
 Men are expected to wear shirts with collars unless wearing scrubs
 Jewelry may be worn around the neck, wrists, ankles or ears provided it is safe and not excessive. In general, body
piercing is not acceptable, but it is recognized that some piercing may have religious / cultural significance and may be
tastefully worn
 Fingernails must be clean, neat and well groomed at all times and kept and ¼ inch in length. Freshly applied, nonchipped nail polish in a soft color is acceptable
 Artificial nails are not permitted due to their harboring more bacteria than natural nails
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The following articles of clothing are not acceptable in patient care areas:
 Blue jeans
 Tee-Shirts
 Sweatshirts
 Halter tops
 Shorts / Capri pants
 Shirts with writing on them
 Sandals or flip-flops
 Skirts / dresses more than two inches above the knee
Any medical student or house staff member who does not adhere to the dress code may be asked to leave the facility
by a member of the medical staff, manager or administrator. He/she may return to the facility when the attire meets
acceptable standards.
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** Program manual addendum 12/14/2007/kmj
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Corrective Actions
Grievance Procedure (as per the CIR contract)
1.
2.
3.
Purpose. The purpose of this procedure is to assure prompt, fair and equitable resolution of disputes concerning terms
and conditions of employment arising from the administration of the Agreement by providing the sole and exclusive
vehicle set forth in this article for adjusting and setting grievances. In no event shall matters concerning academic or
medical judgment by the subject of a grievance under the provisions of this article. Matters pertaining to nonreappointment shall be grievable under this agreement only upon this basis of claimed violations involving
discriminatory treatment in violation of Discrimination or Article VII, individual contracts.
Definition. A grievance is an allegation by housestaff officer of the housestaff organization of the University of
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, an Affiliate of the Committee of Interns and Residents (herinafter referred to as
HOUMDNJ/CIR) that there has been:
a. A breach, misinterpretation or improper application of he terms of this agreement; or,
b. An improper or discriminatory application of, or failure to act pursuant to, the written rules, policies or
regulations of the University or statutes to the extent that any of the above established terms and conditions
of employment which are matters which intimately and directly affect the work and welfare of housestaff
officers and which do not significantly interfere with inherent management prerogatives pertaining to the
determination of public policy.
Preliminary Informal Procedure. The parties agree that all problems should be resolved, whenever possible, before the
filing of a grievance and encourage open communication between the University and the housestaff officer so that
resort to the formal grievance procedure will no normally be necessary.
A housestaff officer may orally present and discuss a grievance with his or her Chief resident, or with the University’s
approval, an appropriate designee, who may, if the circumstances warrant, arrange an informal conference between
the appropriate administrator and the grievant. The grievant may, at his or her option, request the presence of a CIR
representative during attempts at informal resolution of the grievance. If the housestaff officer exercises this opinion,
the administrator may determine that such grievance be moved to the first step. Informal discussion shall not serve to
extend the time within which a grievance must be filed, unless such is agree to in writing by the University official
responsible for the administration of the first formal step of the grievance procedure.
Any disposition of a grievance by a Chief Resident will be subject to confirmation by an appropriate administrator.
4.
Formal Steps.
a. Step One. If the grievance is not informally resolved, the CIR may file a written request for review with the
appropriate Dean or designee within thirty (30) calendar days after the date on which the act(s) occurred or
twenty-one (21) calendar days from the date on which the individual housestaff officer should reasonably
have known of it’s occurrence.
The Dean or designee shall review the grievance and where he or she deems it appropriate, witness may be
heard and pertinent records received. The hearing shall be held within fourteen (14) calendar days of receipt
of the grievance, and the decision shall be rendered in writing to the housestaff officer within fourteen (14)
calendar days following the conclusion of the review.
b.
Step two. If the CIR is not satisfied with the disposition of he grievance at Step One, the CIR may appeal to
the vice-president of human resources or his/her designee within fourteen (14) calendar days of receipt of
the step one decision. Hearings must be scheduled within fourteen (14) calendar days, excluding holidays,
of receipts of the appeal. The decision shall be rendered in writing to the housestaff officer and the CIR
representative within fourteen (14) calendar days from the conclusion of the hearing.
If the grievance involves a non-contractual grievance as defined above, the Vice-president for human
resources may alternatively within fourteen (14) calendar days of receipt of the appeal, convene a committee
described below which shall hear the merits of the grievance and shall deliver its findings to the vice
president of human resources within fourteen (14) calendar days following the date of its hearing. The
committee shall consist of two (2) members appointed by the housestaff officers who shall be officers with
atleast two (2) years of service at the University and three (3) members appointed by the vice president for
human resources, one of whom shall be the associate vice president for academic administration or his/her
designee who shall serve as chairperson. For the purposes of conducting the housestaff and two (2)
members appointed by the vice president for human resources.
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The vice-president for human resources will review the committee’s recommendation as to the disposition of
the grievance and within fourteen days following receipt of the committee’s written report and
recommendation render a final and binding decision to the grievant.
No complaint informally resolved or grievance resolved at either step one or two shall constitute a precedent
for any purposes unless agreed to in writing by the vice president for human resources and CIR acting
through its representative.
c.
Step Three. If the grievance involves a contractual violation of the agreement as
Defined above, the CIR may, upon written notification to the vice-president for human resources or his / her
designee, appeal he step two decision to arbitration. Said notice must be filed with the public employment
relations commission within twenty-one (21) calendar days following receipt of the step two decisions. It
must be signed by a CIR representative or official.
The arbitrator shall conduct a hearing and investigation to determine the facts and render a decision for the
resolution of the grievance. The parties agree that the decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding.
The arbitrator shall neither add to, subtract from, modify, or alter the terms of this agreement or determine
any dispute involving the exercise of a management function, which is within the authority of the University
as set forth in Article III (management rights). Arbitration shall be confined solely to the application and/or
interpretation of this agreement and the precise issue(s) submitted. The arbitrator shall not substitute his or
her judgment for academic or medical judgments, nor shall the arbitrator review such decisions except for the
purpose of determining whether the decision has violated this agreement. Any cost resulting from this
procedure shall be shared equally by the parties.
Arbitrators shall be selected, on a case-by-case basis, under the selection procedure of the public
employment relations committee.
5.
Procedural Rules.
a. A grievance must be filed at Step One within twenty-one (21) calendar days from the date on which the act(s)
which is the subject of the grievance occurred or twenty-one (21) calendar days from the date on which the
individual housestaff officer should reasonably have known of it’s occurrence.
b. Where the subject of a grievance suggests it and where the parties mutually agree, such grievance may be
initiated at, or moved to, Step Two of this process.
c. Time limits provided for in this Article may be extended by written mutual agreement of the parties at the
level involved.
d. No reprisal of any kind shall be taken against any housestaff officer who participates in this grievance
procedure.
e. Where a grievance directly concerns and is shared by more than one housestaff officer, such group
grievance may, upon mutual agreement properly be initiated at the first level of supervision common to the
several grievants. The presentation of such group grievance will be by the appropriate HOUMDNJ/CIR
representatives and one of the grievants designated by the HOUMDNJ/CIR. A group grievance may be
initiated by the HOUMDNJ/CIR. Where individual grievance concerning the same matter are filed by several
gievants, I shall be the option of the university to consolidate such grievances for hearing a group grievance
provided the time limitations expressed elsewhere herein are understood to remain unaffected.
f. Should a grievance not be satisfactorily resolved, or should the employer not respond timely as prescribed
above either after initial receipt of the grievance or after movement of the grievance to Step Two, the grievant
may exercise the option within twenty-one (21) calendar days to proceed to the next step.
g. If, at any step in the grievance procedure, the university decision is not appealed within the appropriate
prescribed time, such grievance will be considered closed and there shall be no further appeal or review.
Disciplinary Action (as per the CIR contract)
Housestaff officers may be disciplined or discharged for cause. Disciplinary actions shall be grievable, and in the event the
involved housestaff officer files a grievance, the burden of proving just cause shall be upon the university.
The University shall give five (5) working days advance notice, in writing, of any intended disciplinary action to the affected
housestaff officer and the CIR. The notice shall state the nature and the extent of discipline, the specific charges against the
housestaff officer and describe the circumstances upon which each charge is based.
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A housestaff officer whom University has given notice of disciplinary action may be removed from service without (5) working
days notice where his/her continued presence is deemed to imperil patient safety, public safety, or the reassignment shall be
contained in the University’s written notice of intended disciplinary action. Where a housestaff officer has been removed from
service, the University may concurrently remove the housestaff officer from its payroll.
If it is later discovered that the housestaff officer was wrongly removed from service, the housestaff officer shall be reinstated
with full back pay. In addition, if the housestaff officer, as a result of the wrongful removal from service, is required to work
beyond the end of the residency year to complete his or residency, the housestaff officer shall remain on university payroll until
such time as the residency has been completed.
Appeals of disciplinary actions shall be presented at Step Two of the grievance procedure. Such appeals shall be made within
14 days of receipt of the charges and disciplinary penalty. A hearing must be held within fourteen calendar days, excluding
holidays, of receipt of the appeal.
The step two decision by the vice president of human resources or his/her designee may be appealed to arbitration by filing with
the public employee relations commission. Such an appeal must be filed within twenty-one (21) calendar days of receipt of he
written step two decision.
Arbitration decisions in disciplinary actions shall be made in accordance with step three of the grievance procedure. The remedy
in disciplinary actions will be limited to back pay and/or reinstatement to the housestaff officer’s position. Housestaff officers may
not seek post-residency damages under this agreement. However, this agreement shall not preempt or preclude a housestaff
officer from seeking appropriate relief for any post-residency damages in any judicial forum or administrative agency.
Additional Grievance Policies / Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center
While on service at any of the Our Lady of Lourdes hospital institutions (Camden, Burlington) you will follow all of the practice
and procedures outlined in your manual as well as for the institution of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. If a grievance arises at
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Camden Division, Dr. Jan Weber will be the intermediary regarding this grievance between you
and the parties involved. As program director, I certainly will be involved in the process, but Dr. Weber would have final
discretion regarding final resolution regarding any grievance. I encourage you to meet with Dr. Weber immediately and to notify
this office immediately should a grievance arise.
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NPI Application:
All UMDNJ-SOM cardiology fellows must apply for and receive their NPI number before the end of their first
month of fellowship. While this is not currently state mandated, it is ever becoming more and more of a
necessity. If you already have an NPI, please give that number to your program coordinator. If you do not,
please plan on applying for one.
Fellows can apply for their individual NPI number online at:
https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/NPPES/Welcome.do
The application is free and should take about 20 minutes to complete and about 10 days to process.
For further information, read the attached article.
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Universal Protocol for the prevention of wrong site, wrong procedure, wrong person surgery
KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITALS – UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
Policy:
Universal Protocol for the
Prevention of Wrong Site,
Wrong Procedure, Wrong
Person Surgery
Manual:
Operating Room/Same
Day Surgery
Function: Patient Care
Policy Number:
3.22/324
Implementation Date: April 2000
Last Revision:
October 2006
Page:
1 of 8
Author:
Distribution:
Medical Staff
Surgical Services
Daniel Herriman
Perioperative Nurse Managers
Universal Protocol for the Prevention of Wrong Site,
Wrong Procedure, Wrong Person Surgery
POLICY:
The purpose of this policy is to structure the responsibilities of members of the surgical team in preventing wrong-site, wrong procedure, and wrong person
surgery. This process involves a pre-operative verification process, marking of the surgical site and a “Time Out” which is done immediately prior to the start of
the surgical procedure. It is usually referred to a “Universal Protocol.” Every member of the team has specific responsibilities to prevent errors.
PURPOSE:
Patient Selection
This policy applies to patients undergoing procedures involving right/left distinction, multiple structures (such as fingers or toes), or multiple levels (such as spinal
surgery).
It is not necessary to mark the surgical area where:

The surgical side or level is readily apparent to all operating room personnel because the site has been identifiably marked prior to arriving in the
operating room (e.g., breast lumpectomy with pre-operative needle localization).

The surgical incision and planned procedure are midline, do not involve spinal segments and are not affected by laterality e.g., thyroidectomy,
uvulectomy, mid line sternotomy, Cesarean section and laparotomy and laparoscopy. In endoscopic and laparoscopic procedures where the target
site is for organs that are paired, site marking is required to indicate the intended side, even though the site of insertion of the instrument is midline.
The patient should be marked near the proposed site or near the proposed incision/insertion site.

Cardiac catheterization and other interventional procedures for which the site of insertion is not predetermined.

The marking of teeth is also exempt from the site marking requirement BUT, indicate operative tooth name(s) on documentation OR mark the
operative tooth (teeth) on the dental radiographs or dental diagram.

In spinal surgery where the approach is anterior. (It is encouraged that determination of spinal level be determined intraoperatively)
SCOPE:
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Order requirement – none
Consent requirement - none
Responsibilities – Surgical Team
Approval - None
Definition of Terms – none
Equipment –none
Procedure
A. The Operating Surgeon:
1.
Key Points
To identify the correct surgical/procedure site, the
surgeon/physician performing the procedure checks
medical records, films, and other indicators of proper
surgery site. When appropriate and patient status
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permits participation (awake and aware), the
surgeon/physician asks the patient to indicate the correct
surgical site.
2.
After proper identification has taken place, the
surgeon/physician performing the procedure marks the
surgical site at or near the incision site. The site is to be
marked with the physician’s initials. Do Not mark any
non-operative site(s) unless necessary for some other
aspect of care.
3.
Marking may take place in the preoperative area or in
the operating room prior to the patient receiving any
sedation.
4.
Using a surgical marker to sign/initial the operative site
of the patient.
An “X” is not used to identify the
correct or incorrect site.
Do not write over pressure sensitive areas (carotid
artery) or in cosmetically sensitive areas. It is
acceptable to sign in areas immediately adjacent to the
surgery site.
If a diagnostic imaging study is used to determine the
correct site and the patient or record (e.g., the X-ray
lacks a right or left mark) does not substantiate the
correct site, an X-ray or an image intensifier is used prior
to making an incision to verify the site.
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B.
5.
The surgeon is not to proceed with surgery unless the
signature is visible after prepping/draping the area for
surgery unless it is technically or anatomically impossible
or impractical to do so.
6.
It is not appropriate to mark the side of the patient that is
not to be operated on.
Nursing Personnel
1.
2.
3.
C.
Key Points
Blades will be removed from the scrub table and
passed off to the circulator when the case is
opened.
Blades are not to be returned to the table until the
time out portion of the universal protocol is
completed.
If the case does not require a blade no
instrumentation is to leave the scrub table until the
time out is completed.
Other Surgical Team Members
As part of the Universal Protocol, it is the responsibility of the
surgical team to conduct a “Time Out” prior to the initiation of the
procedure. The process takes place with every member of the
surgical team (Surgeon, Anesthesiologist/Anesthetist, Circulating
Nurse, Scrub Nurse, and Resident if present). Time out is to be
conducted immediately prior to incision or initiation of the
surgery or procedure.
All activity ceases in the OR/Procedure room while the time out
is being conducted.
1.
The universal protocol is conducted utilizing the medical
record and the patient identification band.
2.
The surgical permit is reviewed and the patient is
identified by name and medical record number against
patient identification band.
3.
The team will confirm laterality, multiple structures or
levels and the signature/initials of the operating surgeon
at the proper site.
4.
The team will confirm procedure to be performed is the
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correct procedure.
D.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
5.
The team will confirm that the patient’s position is
correct.
6.
Review of the chart will include review of the patient
allergies. The statement of “no known allergies” will be
used or the allergies that the patient has identified will be
reviewed as part of this process.
7.
The circulating nurse is responsible for confirming with
the surgeon the availability of correct implants and any
equipment or special requirements.
Key Points
Anesthesia Department
1. Anesthesiologist/ Anesthetist
administer anesthetic agents only
after the correct site has been
marked by the surgeon’s
signature/initials.
Special Considerations for Spinal Surgery
The Operating Surgeon
1.
Reviews all necessary documents that indicate the level at
which to operate.
2.
For posterior approaches, marks the operative site with a
radiographically visible marker and positions the patient on the
operative table.
3.
Obtains and interprets pre-incision radiographs to assure the
proper operative level and exposure.
4.
Uses reliable techniques to again identify the level intraoperatively:

Exposes the lamina at the operative site.

Marks the intended level using an instrument or clip at the level
of the exposed lamina.
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Performs an intra-operative spinal radiograph to determine the
exact location and level. Personally interprets the X-ray with
the marking in place

Indelibly marks the site using a cautery, stitch, or “bone bite”
before moving the X-ray marker.
5.
The orthopedic and radiology departments will collaborate in
implementing using a consistent “level” terminology. The
preferred terminology will define spinal interspaces by their
upper and lower limits (e.g. “L3-4”, not “L3”) when reporting all
spinal levels.
E.
Discrepancies
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A discrepancy at any point in time must stop the case from
proceeding until resolved.
All team members and patient (if possible) must agree on the
resolution to the identified discrepancy.
The discrepancy and resolution must be documented by the
registered nurse.
F.
Special Considerations

For ophthalmology surgery a site mark will be made adjacent
to the eye and must be visible after the patient is prepped and
draped. Adhesive markers must only be used as an adjunct to
the site marking.
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Procedure

Adhesive markers may be applied when team members need
to perform a treatment (i.e. anesthesia block) or medication
administration prior to site marking and should follow the
patient identification process.

In the case of a surgical emergency, a site mark maybe
omitted, but a surgical "time out" should be performed unless
the risk outweighs the benefit.

If a patient refuses to have the site marked, the patient's
physician will review with the patient the rationale for site
marking. If the patient still refuses site marking, the physician
will document this in the medical record. The patient's
operative/procedure consent will be validated with the patient
as to right procedure and right site in place of marking. This
document will then be used during the surgical "time out" to
validate correct site.
Key Points
AGE SPECIFIC TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS: None
DOCUMENTATION: None
REFERENCES:
1.
Administrative Decision
ORIGINAL APPROVAL DATE : April 2000
REVIEW DATES Annually through December 2005
REVISION DATES: January 2005, October 2006
APPROVAL OF REVISIONS:
Perioperative Management Committee
Service Line Committee, Perioperative Services
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UMDNJ-SOM / South Jersey Heart Group P.C. Cardiology Fellowship Manual, updated, June 30th, 2009.
______________________________
John N. Hamaty, D.O., FACC, FACOI
Program Director
______________________
June 30th, 2009
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Kate Jurman, CMA
Program Coordinator
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June 30th, 2009
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