UCLA-Affiliated Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship (CUS)
Resident Education Experience
Average Number of US
Harbor-UCLA:
- 150-200 by the end of PGY1
UCLA/OV:
- 50 scans per week while on rotation.
Is there a dedicated US month?
Yes: A 2 week rotation is required in the R1 year to develop basic ultrasound skills. We have a flipped classroom model, in which learners are given a curriculum with online didactics and a quiz to be completed prior to the assigned scan shift.
We have a core group of ultrasound faculty that lead one scan shift on a weekly basis so that scan shifts are always supervised by a dedicated US faculty member.
One month mandatory Family Medicine R3 Rotation
Is there an US elective?
> Harbor-UCLA:
- Elective for EM R2/R3
- 10 week selective for EM R3/R4
- Elective for other specialties (IM, neuro, PM&R, etc)
>UCLA/OV:
Yes: 2 week elective blocks are offered to the R3/R4 class to develop advanced ultrasound skills. Internal medicine and family medicine residents, as well as critical care fellows, usually join us on the elective.
In addition to supervised scan shifts in the ED, we use:
- Sonosim simulators
- Feigenbaum Intro to Echocardiography simulator by KeLabs
- UCLA Sim Center with high fidelity simulators like Heartworks and Vimedix
Number of Residents who went on to become US fellows
4
Number of hours Hands-on (i.e. scan shifts)
Habor-UCLA
- 100 scans/ week during elective.
UCLA/OV
- 3-5 scanning shifts per week while on the elective rotation.
Number of hours Image Review
Varies, weekly
Number of hours didactics
Harbor-UCLA:
- Weekly mini-lectures for rotators
- Three dedicated EM conference days/year
- R1 US orientation in July
- R2 full day US orientation in July
UCLA/OV:
- 15-20 hours of didactics (mostly online) per week.
Other Information
- 5 hr didactics during R1 orientation
- Monthly US lecture/workshop during residency conference
- Very popular M4 rotation (about 25-40 students per year) in clinical ultrasound
- Voluntary participation in SAEM SonoGames training sessions
