EMERGENCY MEDICINE/CRITICAL CARE RESIDENCY

Department of Clinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 Phone: (970) 221 - 4535 FAX: (970) 491 - 1275 Email: wwingfie@vth.colostate.edu OR thackett@vth.colostate.edu

OBJECTIVE

The objective of the three-year combined residency program is to provide advanced training in veterinary emergency and critical care medicine. The residency is designed to meet training requirements for certification in the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ACVECC). All residents must be accepted and enrolled in the Graduate School. Graduate work leading to a Master of Science degree in Clinical Sciences will be completed during the residency.

PROGRAM GOALS

The goals of the program are to develop a resident with a broad knowledge of emergency medicine, critical care and related disciplines. The training is obtained through patient care, teaching rounds, seminars, graduate courses and clinical research. In the majority of cases, residents will assume primary case responsibility with a senior clinician as advisor.

• 1. Clinical Rotations. The approximate distribution of the time spent in clinical rotations is as follows:

  Critical Care/Emergency Medicine - 53%

  Internal Medicine - 15%

  Anesthesia - 8%

  Surgery - 8%

  Cardiology - 4%

  Neurology - 3%

  Oncology - 3%

  Ophthalmology - 2%

  Radiology - 2%

  Clinical Pathology - 2%

• 2. Committee Time. A period of time free from routine clinical responsibility (other than emergency duty) will be provided each resident. This time is to be utilized for advanced study, doing research and preparing publications. The resident must submit to his or her graduate/resident advisor an outline of plans for committee time and submit a summary of what is accomplished during committee time.
• 3. Outside Rotation. The third-year resident should develop an outside rotation with a medical school or human hospital to permit further development in emergency medicine/critical care. The rotation length will vary but should be for a minimum of one month and a maximum of two months. The outside rotation must be approved by the graduate/resident committee. Upon completion of the outside rotation the resident will present a seminar at which his/her activities during the outside rotation will be summarized and discussed.

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  RESIDENT RESPONSIBILITIES

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  • 1. The resident must select a graduate/resident advisor and committee by December 15th of the first year of the residency program.
  • 2. During clinical rotations, the resident will be responsible for patient care, case management and completion of records.
  • 3. The resident will be responsible for emergency duty rotations.
  • 4. The resident must participate in the vaccination clinics of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
  • 5. The resident will convene the residency/graduate committee members at least yearly and will provide a written report of the proceedings.

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  CLINICAL LOG

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  The resident must maintain a clinical log of all cases for which he/she is the primary clinician.

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  RESEARCH

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  The resident must conduct one research project during the residency program. The research may be either a clinical or basic science project. The research proposal must be approved by the resident's committee and be submitted to a funding agency by June 30th of the first year of the residency program, or sooner if required by the funding agency.

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  PUBLICATIONS

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  The resident must prepare and submit three papers for publication in a refereed journal prior to graduation. These papers must be approved by the graduate/resident committee and submitted for publication according to the following schedule:

  1st Paper: Prior to June 30th of the first year.

  2nd Paper: Prior to June 30th of the second year.

  3rd Paper: 60 days before the final graduate oral examination.

  Two of the three papers must have been accepted for publication in a refereed journal 60 days before the oral examination.

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  PARTICIPATION IN ADDITIONAL RESEARCH/PUBLISHING PROJECTS

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  The resident may participate in research projects and the preparation of papers for publication in addition to those necessary to meet the requirements of the residency program IF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET:

  • 1. All such research and publishing projects must have prior approval of the student's graduate/resident committee.
  • 2. A copy of all articles for publication must be submitted to the Chairman of the Department of Clinical Sciences prior to submission of the article to the publisher. The statement "This article in its final form has been read and approved by the resident's committee" must appear on this copy and must be signed by the graduate/resident advisor.

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  COURSES

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  During the first year and second year of the program the resident is required to take the Postgraduate Medicine Courses (VS 701-704). Postgraduate Medicine deals with various topics in veterinary internal medicine and related disciplines. The course stresses fundamental and recent developments in clinical medicine. The course presumes an advanced level of knowledge.

  During the first, second and third years the resident is required to enroll for the departmental seminar. Departmental seminar involves the presentation of seminars by all residents and graduate students in the Department of Clinical Sciences to give the results of their research projects.

  Additional courses in the Department of Clinical Sciences and other academic departments are selected with the approval of the resident's graduate committee. During the three year residency/master's program the student will be required to register for a total of 48 credit hours of course work.

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  BOARD CERTIFICATION

  The resident will be encouraged to sit for the ACVECC Boards at the end of the third year of the residency program.

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  ANNUAL RENEWAL

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  Annual renewal of the residency program is contingent upon satisfactorily meeting the academic requirements of the Graduate School and all of the other requirements set forth in this document.

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  SMALL ANIMAL FACULTY

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  Faculty Name	Section	Board Specialty	Other Interests
  Dr. Wayne Wingfield	Critical Care	ACVECC, ACVS	Cardiology
  Dr. Tim Hackett	Critical Care	ACVECC	Respiratory
  Dr. David Twedt	Internal Medicine	ACVIM	Gastroenterology
  Dr. Greg Grauer	Internal Medicine	ACVIM	Urology, Nephrology
  Dr. Deb Greco	Internal Medicine	ACVIM	Endocrinology, Pharmacology
  Dr. Mike Lappin	Internal Medicine	ACVIM	Immunology
  Dr. Dennis Macy	Internal Medicine	ACVIM (Internal Medicine and Oncology)	Oncology
  Dr. William Dernell	Oncology	ACVS	Oncology
  Dr. Steve Withrow	Oncology	ACVS, ACVIM (Oncology)	Oncology
  Dr. Greg Ogilvie	Oncology	ACVIM (Internal Medicine and Oncology)	Oncology, Nutrition and Cardiology
  Dr. Mary Smith	Neurology	ACVIM (Neurology)	Neurology
  Dr. Paul Cuddon	Neurology	ACVIM (Neurology)	Neurology
  Dr. Cynthia Powell	Ophthalmology	ACVO	Ophthalmology
  Dr. Rod Rosychuk	Dermatology	ACVD (Dermatology)	Dermatology
  Dr. Steve White	Dermatology	ACVD (Dermatology)	Dermatology
  Dr. Jamie Gaynor	Anesthesiology	ACVA	Anesthesiology
  Dr. Peter Helyer	Anesthesiology	ACVA	Anesthesiology
  Dr. Khursheed R. Mama	Anesthesiology	ACVA	Anesthesiology
  Dr. Ann Wagner	Anesthesiology	ACVA, ACVCP	Anesthesiology
  Dr. Eric D. Monnet	Small Animal Surgery	ACVS	Small Animal Surgery
  Dr. Chris Orton	Small Animal Surgery	ACVS	Cardiology
  Dr. Charles Kuntz	Small Animal Surgery	ACVS	Orthopedics, Oncology
  Dr. Howard Seim	Small Animal Surgery	ACVS	Small Animal Surgery

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  Revised April 14, 1998