Denver Health Medical Center
Fellowship Program
Length of Fellowship
12 months
Salary
Commensurate with PGY level, as per the local GME salary scale with the opportunity for moonlighting over the 6 shift minimum.
For salary scale, please visit: https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/graduate-medical-education/CUGME-benefits/stipends
Additional Funds
Personal portable hand-held ultrasound
$3,500 CME stipend
Funded travel for accepted research
Dedicated ultrasound fellow desk in EM offices
Number of Clinical Hours
6, 8-hour shifts/month (with the opportunity to moonlight two additional shifts at the attending hourly rate)
Other Duties
Education Duties:
Scan shifts: 1/week
Conference (didactics, EBM review, and image review): 4-5 hours/week
Deliver 1 Grand Rounds lecture
Primary Teaching Duties:
Instruct EM PGY-1 and PGY-3 on the ultrasound rotation
Lecture and teach at local, regional, national educational offerings
Serve as the Course Director for one US CME course
Complete one educational design project
Administrative Duties:
Assist with ultrasound program administration (machine maintenance, departmental and hospital wide meetings, billing and documentation)
Assist with departmental quality assurance
Complete one administrative/quality improvement project
Scholarly Duties:
Complete 1 research project
Number of Sites
Main Site: Denver Health Department of Emergency Medicine, Level 1 Trauma Center
Denver Health Pediatric Emergency Department, Level 2 Trauma Center
Other sites:
Winter Park Ski Resort Emergency Room
Denver Health Adult Urgent Care
Children's Hospital Colorado
University of Colorado
Number of Positions Per Year
2
Additional Opportunities
Fellows will also have opportunities to teach and lecture at ultrasound courses given locally, regionally, and nationally.
Educational Experience
Please see www.denverultrasound.org
Image Review
Clinical and educational studies are uploaded to a hospital wide cloud-based system. Image review is performed weekly at US conference.
Deadline for Fellowship Application
Fellows Chosen
The Denver Health Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship participates in the NRMP Fellowship Match process.
For further details on this process, please visit: https://www.nrmp.org/intro-fellowship-matches/