The resident's working day begins by making independent rounds. Every morning the residents meet with the faculty at morning rounds, review all patients, and develop a plan of care for each patient. Between 7:00 AM and 8:00 AM, there are appropriate teaching conferences. At 8:00 AM, our operating schedule begins. There are five scheduled teaching conferences every week enhanced from lectures of visiting experts in the field. National and international experts compliment our coursework at various intervals. The curriculum and course outline follow the Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery guidelines.

Typical Vascular Meeting Schedule
Vascular Case Presentation and Angiography meet Mondays Weekly/1 hour.

Morbidity and Mortality meets bi/monthly on Wednesdays/1 hour.

Core Curriculum meets weekly on Tuesdays/ 1 hour.

Journal Club Review meets monthly on Thursdays /1 hours.

Vascular Grand Rounds (GS) and/or Visiting Professors meet Fridays Monthly/1 hour.

Clinical Case Discussion / Morning Report meets Daily / 30 min.

Typical Course Outline

Subject

Vascular Wall

Hemostasis

Hemodynamics

Vascular Ultrasound I-IV

Fundamentals of Radiography & Radiation Safety

Angiography Diagnostic and Interventions

Health Behaviors & Medical Management of Vascular Disease

Carotid Disease

Supra-aortic Vessels

Upper Extremity & Thoracic Outlet

Vascular Grafts

Aorto-iliac Occlusive Disease

Infra-inguinal Occlusive Disease

Evidence Based Medicine & Surgical Outcomes & Statistics I-V

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Peripheral & Visceral Aneurysm

Information Technology & Healthcare

Renal Vascular Hypertension

Visceral Ischemia

Venous Insufficiency I-III

Vascular Trauma

Acute Arterial & Graft Occlusin,Graft Infection

Graft Infection

Lymphatic Disease

Quality Initiatives

Thoraacoabdominal

Practice Management

Ethics

Two-Year Program

Team Schedule

1. This schedule assumes that there will be two residents per year and either one or two per year thereafter. There will be some overlap in duties, and residents will have primary but not exclusive responsibility for inpatient or outpatient services. We will pair PGY 6 and 7 into clinical teams with rotating general surgery residents. Research endeavors will be encouraged.

Resident 1

PGY 6		PGY 7
July 1 - Dec 31	Jan 1 - June 30	July 1 - Dec 31	Jan 1 - Jun 30
-Inpatient Service -Surgical Unit -Intensive care -Inpatient consult	-Outpatient Service -Interventional Lab -Noninvasive Lab -Outpatient consult -Radiology -Research	-Administrative Chief Resident -Inpatient Service -Surgical Unit -Intensive care -Inpatient consult	-Outpatient Service -Interventional Lab -Noninvasive Lab -Outpatient consult ->Research

Resident 2

PGY 6		PGY 7
July 1 - Dec 31	Jan 1 - June 30	July 1 - Dec 31	Jan 1 - Jun 30
-Outpatient Service -Interventional Lab -Noninvasive Lab -Outpatient consult -Radiology -Research	-Inpatient Service -Surgical Unit -Intensive care -Inpatient consult	-Outpatient Service -Interventional Lab -Noninvasive Lab -Outpatient consult -Radiology -Research	-Administrative Chief Resident -Inpatient Service -Surgical Unit -Intensive care -Inpatient consult