Curriculum
Our dynamic curriculum and didactics are consistent with core content of Medical Toxicology as established by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. We are constantly looking for opportunities to enhance our education and service.
We know that board review preparation is a major concern for fellowship applicants. To prepare our fellows, we purchase the four-day ACMT board review course for the fellows that happens every two years. Fellows will have protected time to attend this review course during fellowship. Additionally, every fourth Tuesday, our curriculum rotates to cover all board review topics. In a fellows’ two-year fellowship with us, they will complete two board review courses: one by the ACMT that occurs over four days, and another lectured by our faculty over their two years in our program.
Topics
Our Medical Toxicology Fellowship curriculum topics include but are not limited to the following:
- Adverse drug reactions and drug interactions
- American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists for determination of threshold limit values
- Administrative scholarly research methodology
- Clinical care and knowledge
- Evidence-based medicine applications
- Basic science (Pharmacokinetics, Toxicokinetics, Metabolism, Elimination)
- Biostatistics
- Clinical science
- Environmental and occupational toxicology
- Grant writing
- Hazardous materials
- Hygiene procedures for environmental monitoring
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy applications
- Industry research and surveillance
- Laboratory utilization (appropriate use, analytical methods)
- Media relations
- Administrative
- Consultation (telephonic and bedside)
- Teaching methods and Adult Education Theory
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health criteria documentation and standards
- Nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons assessment and management
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations
- Poison Control centers
- Presentations
- Preventive medicine and poison prevention (home and industry)
- Public health issues and regulatory organizations
- Texas Poison Network administration
- Writing