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[ Anesthesia Fellowship | Pulmonary Medicine Fellowship | Thoracic Surgery Fellowship | Pathology Residency | Radiology Residency | Nursing ] The three (3) year residency training program is integrated among the other four hospitals: East Avenue Medical Center, National Kidney and Transplant Institute, Philippine Heart Center and Philippine Children's Medical Center under the National Center for Specialized Health Services (NCSHS) of the Department of Health. While the two (2) year fellowship in Thoracic Anesthesia, provides the environment and resources for the trainee to develop expertise and competence in the field of thoracic anesthesia. Services offered includes not only intra-operative anesthesia care but also outpatient services in the form of pain management as well as ambulatory care services. Trainees are also encouraged and required to do research. All of these are in keeping with the institution's mission-vision: that is to be one of the top 3 institution in pulmonary diseases in terms of training, research and service.
The Department of Pulmonary Medicine offers a two-year Fellowship Training Program in Pulmonary Medicine designed to provide training and experience at a sufficient level for the trainee to acquire the competency of a specialist in the field of Pulmonary Medicine. The program is accredited by the Philippine College of Chest Physicians (PCCP). Applicants must have completed Residency Training in Internal Medicine in an accredited program and certified by the Specialty Board of Internal Medicine. Training Program involves rotations in the different units of the hospital: General Wards, Out-patient Service, Emergency Room, Intensive Care Unit (ICU); rotations to other hospitals (Philippine Heart Center and East Avenue Medical Center) are arranged to augment the fellows exposure to ICU, Pulmonary Rehabilitation programs. Trainee will also perform duties in other areas of rotation: Pulmonary laboratory/Respiratory care laboratory (RCL), Bronchoscopy section, Oncology section, Pulmonary rehabilitation, Radiology and Pathology. Regular conferences and lectures are held as part of the training program: case conferences, mortality/morbidity conferences, radiology conferences, pre-op and post-operative conferences, pulmonary lectures/didactics, journal reports, and surgico-pathological conferences. Evaluation of trainees includes quarterly written examinations, yearly oral examinations, and performance evaluations during the different assigned rotations.
Structure of the Training Program The Program provides three (3) continuous years
of clinical training in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. First Year:
The initial stage in the mastery of thoracic anatomy, physiology,
pathology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and management of thoracic
surgical diseases. The fellow-in-training is tasked to perform
diagnostic thoracic surgical procedures (including transthoracic needle
biopsy, pleural biopsy, rigid/fiberoptic bronchoscopy or eesophagoscopy).
He also assists in major thoracic surgery performed by the senior fellow
and is deeply involved in the care of service patients. Second Year:
The trainee takes up his cardiac surgery exposure and training at
the Philippine Heart Center.
He is also sent to the Philippine General Hospital, TCVS Section for
his training in cardio-thoracic trauma and peripheral vascular
surgery. Third Year:
The trainee is given administrative function in addition to his
clinical responsibilities. He is given the chance to perform
all major thoracic surgical procedures on service cases under the
strict supervision and able guidance of the Thoracic Surgery staff. This training
program is accredited by the Philippine Association of Thoracic and
Cardiovascular Surgeons, Incorporated (PATACSI) Conferences: Pre-operative and post-operative conference,
Mondays, 2 hours: attended by the entire medical-surgical
staff: It provides a venue for discussing possible
treatment options for patients who are candidates for Thoracic
surgery. Likewise, operative findings of patients who had
surgery are reviewed and the need for further surgical treatment
if any is discussed. Surgical audit, first week of the
month: Individual cases are reviewed, radiographic films,
operative findings, and pathologic findings are correlated. Morbidity and mortality conference, 2nd
week of the month: Serves as a very important venue where
constant improvement of surgical technique and management is
sougt. Surgical-Pathologic Conference, 3rd
week of the month: Interesting clinical-pathologic
correlations are discussed. Journal club, 4th week: The
merits and significance of most recent journals are discussed. Research: Lung
Center has voluminous and varied clinical material in general
thoracic surgery. Each trainee receives training in research
methodology and data management during the course of their training,
under the auspices of the Department of Research and
Development. Scientific papers produced by trainees are
evaluated by the Technical Review Board before they are finalized,
presented in an Annual Research Forum and published in the
institution's - Scientific Proceedings and other journals.
DURATION OF TRAINING AND PROGRAM CONTENT The radiology residency-training program of the Lung Center of the Philippines is a four-year program accredited by the Philippine College of Radiology.The program requires, at first, a closely supervised practice, with the opportunity for increasing responsibility in the final years, so that the resident near the end of training can function as a general radiology consultant. The first two years essentially focus on diagnostic radiology, including plain, contrast & fluoroscopic studies. While the third and fourth year residency training program shall focus on the application of advanced imaging modalities (ultrasound, mammography, computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, Invasive radiology & Nuclear Medicine) in the diagnostic and evaluation of the different disease conditions. The residency may be followed by one or more years of fellowship training in a subspecialty discipline, as the residency-training program is not intended to provide a subspecialty level of expertise. ROTATION TO DIFFERENT HOSPITALS In order to complete the required training objectives, resident are rotated to the following Specialty Centers:
BASIC SKILLS TRAINING FOR NURSES Didactic
- 80 hours This course aims to develop nurses' knowledge, skills and attitude in the performance of techniques and procedures with an understanding of the principles involved.
IV Therapy Training Didactic - 24 hours Primarily designed to comply with PRC, Board of Nursing Resolution No. 08 series of 1994, with the provision of the Philippine Nursing Act of 1991, RA 7164 (Article V Section 37) and to ensure safe practice in Intravenous Therapy. This program aims to enhance the nurse's knowledge and skill in the delivery of their expanded role as intravenous nurse therapists. Post-Graduate Course in Pulmonology Nursing Didactic
- 24 hours This program is conceptualized in line with the hospital-based nurses of the future, a stepping stone toward a clinical nurse specialist as far as respiratory care is concerned. The health care system of the future scenario will inevitably be fragmented because of the competitive health market hence, there is a need for intensifying our knowledge and skill through an understanding of underlying principles and concepts in order to develop a high degree of expertise in the care of patients with respiratory diseases. Oncology Nursing Didactic
- 20 hours This course deals with basic concepts in cancer and the principles in cancer therapy, focusing on the roles and responsibilities of the nurse in cancer management. Post-Graduate Course in Critical Care Nursing Didactic
- 40 hours The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a specialized unit requiring a new type of nurse, on who possesses the essential knowledge, skills and qualities that will assist him/her to perform effectively in a more sophisticated and technologically advanced environment. With the greater responsibilities that an ICU nurse carries, it is necessary that adequate training be provided to help him/her cope with the demands and challenges in critical care setting.
Respiratory Emergency Nursing Didactic
- 80 hours Respiratory Emergency Nursing connotes a compelling urgency and is seen as something immediate and challenging to nurses. Nursing practice in the emergency room demands the best of our energies and capabilities in accurate assessment, utilization of sound clinical judgment where life support and effective intervention is the main concern.
In-House Programs:
Didactic
- 12 hours This program aims to prepare nurses to be effective and efficient member of the surgical team and make her aware of her vital role as caregiver to patients peri-operatively.
Didactic - 12 hours This course provides the participants with the essential knowledge and skills in the performance of basic, yet vital nursing procedures as well as equipping them with up-to-date techniques in assisting patients.
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