Nuvance Health - Vassar Brothers Medical Center
Resident Education Experience
Average Number of US
65 residents rotate yearly through the Ultrasound Rotation:
20 EM residents (EM residents rotate once as a PGY1 and again as a PGY2)
25 IM residents (as PGY3s)
6 Anesthesia residents
6 Family Medicine residents
8-10 Medical students/PA students
Each resident is required to complete 100 POCUS exams during their rotation plus any all clinically performed US exams by residents and faculty, average 6500+ pocus exams to review annually
Is there a dedicated US month?
EM residents have two dedicated months, one month as a PGY1, which runs alongside their anesthesia rotation and one month as a PGY2.
IM residents have a dedicated month in their PGY3 year.
Anesthesia has a dedicated month during their transitional year and opportunity for elective as a PGY3.
Family Medicine residents have a dedicated month during their PGY2 with opportunity for elective as a PGY3 year.
Is there an US elective?
Yes
Number of Residents who went on to become US fellows
1
Number of hours Hands-on (i.e. scan shifts)
28 per week, (7 hours of supervised scanning time per day, 4 sessions per week)
Number of hours Image Review
2 - 4 per week
Number of hours didactics
4-6 hours per week (1-1.5 hours per scanning shift, 4 per week), not including monthly fellows academic half day conference.