A Comprehensive Learning Environment for Future Trauma Specialists

Education is an integral component of the Program in Trauma's mission. The Program provides a comprehensive learning environment for School of Medicine students, residents and fellows — future physicians and trauma specialists who will apply their skills as leaders of trauma centers throughout the United States.

Shock Trauma also serves as the principal training site for U.S. Air Force physicians, nurses, technicians and Special Operations medics prior to their deployment overseas.

Fellowship programs, together with student and resident rotations from national and international institutions, constitute a considerable educational responsibility. Over the past several decades, graduates of the fellowship programs have become leaders in trauma care in the United States and abroad.

The Trauma Fellowship, considered by many to be the world's premier clinical trauma training program, evolved into the ACGME-accredited (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) Surgical Critical Care/Trauma Fellowship in 1994. Currently, Shock Trauma offers several fellowship options that have evolved from this original fellowship.

Based to a large degree at the Shock Trauma Center, the goal of these fellowships is to produce leaders in academic surgery in critical care and trauma. Under the guidance of strong faculty, fellows master the leading-edge techniques of critical care medicine.

A six-month Trauma Anesthesiology Fellowship involves patient care, education, and research. Electives are available in critical care medicine, hyperbaric medicine, acute pain management, and research. All electives are arranged and approved with the fellow's future career goals in mind.

The Shock Trauma Program is considered by many to be the world's foremost Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship. A one-year program, the primary goal of the Shock Trauma Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship is to train orthopaedic surgeons to become clinically proficient in managing the musculoskeletal injuries of the severely or multiply injured patient in an interdisciplinary environment.

• Medical Student and Residency Education
• C-STARS (Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills)
• Shock Trauma Center Fellowships