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D. Procedures

The Fellow is expected to participate in ALL procedures generated on the inpatient service. The Fellow is also expected to perform any outpatient procedure on patients a Fellow follows. Responsibilities include:

1. Ensure consents are signed.
2. Ensure that tests necessary prior to a procedure are performed, e.g. CBC, PT/PTT, US for biopsy marking prior to liver biopsies.
3. Know SBE prophylaxis status and history of medication allergies of each patient.
4. All procedures must also be logged into an Excel folder created for each fellow to track procedures performed.
5. Set-up and possible clean up of endoscopic equipment if a procedure is necessary on weekends or weeknights.

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