Maxwell Thompson, MD, Assistant Professor and Program Director, Emergency Medicine Ultrasound FellowshipThe Department of Emergency Medicine's Ultrasound Fellowship has received a three-year accreditation from the Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Accreditation Council (EUFAC). The accreditation application process was led by Maxwell Thompson, MD, Program Director of the Ultrasound Fellowship.

EUFACrepresents several prestigious emergency medicine organizations with a common goal of quality subspecialty training in ultrasonography, including the Society of Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships, the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, the American College of Emergency Physicians, and others. Itwas created to provide subspecialty fellowship program accreditation for Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Fellowships. To be granted accreditation, programs must complete an application process which evaluates them in comparison to published accreditation standards. Programs earning EUFAC accreditation are recognized as top emergency medicine ultrasound training programs. Only graduates of fellowships with EUFAC accreditation are eligible to sit for certification through the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Among other requirements, programs must demonstrate excellence in faculty and fellow evaluation, scholarly activity and educational work, professionalism, teamwork, and quality improvement.

By earning EUFAC accreditation, UAB joins over 100 other institutions which have demonstrated excellence in this area.

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