Acute care surgery fellowship training curriculum rotations
| Variable | Length (mo) |
|---|---|
| Required clinical rotation | |
| Surgical critical care | |
| Trauma/surgical critical care (resuscitative and postoperative management of complex surgical illness related to general surgery and trauma) | 6 |
| Electives in critical care (management of complex critical illness such as pediatric surgical critical care, neuro critical care, burns, etc.) | 3 |
| Emergency and elective surgery | 15 |
| Total | 24 |
| Suggested clinical rotationsa) | |
| Acute care surgery | 4∼6 |
| Thoracic | 1∼3 |
| Transplant/hepatobiliary/pancreatic | 1∼3 |
| Vascular/interventional radiology | 1∼3 |
| Orthopedic surgery | 1 |
| Neurological surgery | 1 |
| Electives (burn surgery and pediatric surgery recommended; others could include endoscopy, imaging, plastic surgery, etc.) | 1∼3 |
| Maximize time in above rotations | |
| Total | 15 |
Suggested rotations during emergency and elective surgical experience.
