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In order to perform procedures independently at Abington Memorial Hospital, residents must

1. Complete the cognitive curriculum (see program administrator / Chief residents for details)
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2.  Log a minimum number of supervised procedures

The following are the minimum number of successfully completed supervised procedures required to be logged into our database for a resident physician to able to perform a procedure independently at Abington Memorial Hospital:

All procedures must be logged into Meditrek.com.  Only after successful completion of the minimum number of procedures are you allowed to perform them independently.

Arterial Puncture                     5
Arterial line                               3
Insertion of NG Tube              3
Abdominal Paracentesis         3
Central Venous Access
    Internal Jugular                   5
     Subclavian                           5
Lumbar Puncture                     5
Thoracentesis                          5
NG tube with guidewire          3
Arthrocentesis                         3

If your supervising attending does not have a password into Meditrek to sign off, please print out the the Meditrek form that you have completed, have the attending sign off on it and return it to Heather.