POCUS Fellowship- Department of Medicine

One-year fellowship designed for internists to achieve proficiency in POCUS and also to become leaders in this emerging niche of Internal Medicine. Fellows will work clinically part-time in the Division of Hospital Medicine as a night hospitalist at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Responsibilities will include supervision of admitting residents, and direct care of hospital medicine patients on non-housestaff services performing both cross coverage and admitting duties. Nocturnists work 12 hour shifts in a team of 3 in house attendings per night. Fellowship training involves weekly ultrasound shifts with graded supervision by faculty divided between inpatient, outpatient, ED, and ICU; Weekly Quality Assurance, Imaging review, and Journal club; Flexible clinical schedule; Research and project mentorship; Participation in regional and national ultrasound conferences; Development of administrative skills, experience to credential colleagues in POCUS, and experience to conduct a quality assurance program.

Jefferson Health delivers state of the art healthcare services to patients throughout the Delaware Valley and southern New Jersey. Jefferson (Philadelphia University Thomas Jefferson University) provides more than 8,400 students from nearly 40 states and 40 countries with 21st century professional education. Combined, we have over 30,000 employees.

Jefferson Health, with 14 hospitals (seven are Magnet designated by the ANCC for nursing excellence) and 40 outpatient and urgent care locations, offers a broad range of primary and complex, highly specialized care that touches the lives of more than four million patients annually. U.S. News & World Report has ranked Thomas Jefferson University Hospital among the nation’s best in eight specialties. Jefferson Health also includes the NCI designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center; it is one of only 70 such centers in the nation.

Thomas Jefferson University has ten colleges and three schools that offer more than 160 undergraduate and graduate programs. Our University is dedicated to inter-professional and transdisciplinary approaches to learning that offer a vibrant and expandable platform for professional education. Through this unique model, we are preparing our students for current and yet to be imagined careers.

As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.