PROGRAM INFO
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Medical Toxicology FellowshipThe Medical Toxicology Fellowship program at the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center has been training physicians since 1976. When Medical Toxicology became an Emergency Medicine Sub-specialty, we became officially a part of the Denver Health Emergency Medicine Residency. The fellowship is a two-year program during which the fellow is trained to become an outstanding clinical toxicologist, educator and researcher. Our clinical training has three major components. First, the fellows provide consultations for the Poison Center. The Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center is one of the oldest poison control centers in the US. Our primary service area encompasses Colorado, Montana, Hawaii, Idaho and Clark County, Nevada, though physician phone consultations can extend nationwide. We currently have approximately 200,000 calls per year, and our fellows consult on approximately 5-10 calls per day. Our bedside consultation service evaluates patients at Denver Health Medical Center and at the University of Colorado Hospital. We provide inpatient and Emergency Department consultations on a variety of poisonings. Each fellow can expect to have approximately 300 inpatient consultations during their training. Finally, our fellows participate in Occupational and Environmental Toxicology outpatient evaluations. This training occurs in one of several affiliated private Medical Toxicology practices. Each fellow will have a minimum of 2 outpatient evaluations every six months during their training. At the end of our program our fellows will have a well-rounded experience that will allow them to care for patients all types of poison exposures. Our fellows are also trained to be outstanding educators. The fellows are responsible for leading daily rounds. During rounds, we discuss calls to the Poison Center and use these for case-based teaching of rotating Emergency Medicine, Pediatric and Internal Medicine residents, and Pharmacy and Medical students. The Fellows also provide formal lecture on Toxicology Topics to the Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine residents. At the end of our program each Fellow will have given at least 3 Grand Rounds quality lectures. Research is the final focus of our training program. While we recognize that many Medical Toxicologists will not continue to perform research after their fellowship, we believe that training is necessary to provide insight into the strengths and limitations of new studies. During the fellowship we have weekly didactic sessions on research design, performance and analysis. The focus of these sessions is to provide the fellow with the experience to not only perform research, but to write a quality research paper. Fellows are required to present research at the annual North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology meeting, and must complete one publishable manuscript during their training. For further information please visit the RMPDC website. Contact information:KENNON HEARD, MD |
