The Department of Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine offers a fellowship in surgical critical care, which is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Two pathways are available for this fellowship.
Two-Year AAST Approved Acute Care Surgery Fellowship
In 2015, an Acute Care Surgery Fellowship accredited by The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) was added as an opportunity for further advanced surgical training in a two-year track. The curriculum follows an experiential model, where a fellow is hired as an instructor-level staff member, overseen and supervised by acute care surgery faculty, as a transition to practice experience. This second year is structured to increase autonomy, lead residents through operative cases, and build upon both teaching instructor and research skills while still having continued mentoring by academic surgeons. The fellow splits the year between both level I trauma centers to provide exposure to different systems of care.
Presently, a single fellow continues to the second year. However, the program has been approved for three positions with the expectation of expansion. The designated acute care surgery fellow will rotate onto a cardiothoracic and vascular service at neighboring hospitals during their first year to fulfill the required caseload.