About the Program
MetroHealth Medical Center, Northeast Ohio’s most experienced Level I Adult Trauma Center, offers a 12-month post-graduate fellowship program for Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) in trauma, surgical critical care, and emergency general surgery (EGS).
This role has dual responsibility as a student and clinical APP in MetroHealth’s Division of Trauma, Critical Care, Burns, and EGS.
The APP fellow will fulfill educational responsibilities in cadence with growth of clinical skills and incrementally increased clinical responsibility. The curriculum will include didactic and clinical experience under the guidance of experienced, nationally recognized physicians and APPs in the trauma, EGS, and surgical critical care fields.
Fellows will learn to perform a thorough trauma assessment and implement high-quality, well-rounded critical care at an American College of Surgeons (ACS) verified Level I Adult Trauma Center and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center.
Fellows will also have an opportunity to work and learn in MetroHealth’s American Burn Association (ABA) and ACS Committee on Trauma—verified Adult and Pediatric Burn Center.
Mission
Our mission is to lead the way in the education and professional growth of advanced practice providers (APPs) by fostering leadership, promoting professional advocacy, and immersing APPs in a culture of inclusion, diversity, and racial equity, while developing advanced clinical decision-making and surgical technique in the traumatically injured and critically ill patient.
Overall Objectives
- Become an effective team leader during the initial trauma evaluation in the resuscitation bay
- Demonstrate proficiency in medical decision-making and care plan implementation for the traumatically injured patient, including cost-effective workup and treatment
- Evaluate and treat critically ill trauma patients including but not limited to ventilator management, identification of need for operative intervention, interpretation of hemodynamics and laboratory data, and choice in appropriate antibiotic therapy and medication management.
- Become proficient in the treatment and management of multiple organ dysfunction, surgical infections, and shock
- Demonstrate understanding of indications, contraindications, and appropriate dosage of medications used in surgical critical care setting
- Achieve proficiency in pertinent procedural skills for trauma, surgical critical care, and emergency general surgery (EGS)
- Effectively first assist in common operations for trauma and EGS
- Independently provide routine perioperative care
- Develop a passion for research and continued education in the field of Trauma Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, and EGS
- Empower the APP to become an advocate for their role on the Trauma Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, and EGS multidisciplinary team
Credential Awarded
Upon completion of the MetroHealth Medical Center’s Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship in Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency General Surgery, participants will receive a certificate of completion signed by the Medical Director, Program Directors, and the Division Chief and Service Line Director for Trauma, Burns, Critical Care, and Emergency General Surgery.
Web-based Information Sessions
- Would you like more information or do you have more questions about the MetroHealth Trauma APP Fellowship? Attend one of our web-based informational sessions!
- Register for our next WebEx Information Session
What our Fellows say:
“The fellowship has offered me a breadth and diversity of experiences that would have taken years to amass in most positions available to new grads …”
“…finished this fellowship with a comfort level and confidence in my abilities as an APP that I could not have imagined when I started…”
“I would still choose the fellowship route if I were making the choice again. I think the level of training I have received is worth the sacrifices I knew I was making going into this…”
“…learning and practicing documentation and preparedness with the APP team was very beneficial for me; I learned great habits.”
“I am able to adjust to the differences in our service week by week and I can attribute this to my experience rotating through [the MetroHealth] services.”
“Absolutely! Yes. I would still choose [the fellowship] if I could do it all over again.”
