Burn fellowship certified by American Burn Association

In 2024, the Blocker Burn Unit was officially certified to offer an American Burn Association Verified Burn Fellowship Program.

Whereas the program has been offered at Blocker for decades, ABA established a formalized way of recognizing/verifying burn fellowship programs in 2024.

The fellowship program is intended to promote consistent education in support of high-quality burn care and ensure that the unit has the most up-to-date training on the care and rehabilitation of burn-injured patients.

Burn Fellows are expected to gain and exhibit competence in six areas:

1. Compassionate, appropriate and effective patient care
2. Medical knowledge about established and evolving biomedical, clinical and cognate (e.g. epidemiological and social-behavioral) science
3. Practice-based learning and improvement that involves the investigation and evaluation of care for patients, the appraisal and assimilation of scientific evidence and improvements in care of burn patients. 
4. Interpersonal and communication skills leading to the effective exchange of information and collaboration with patients, their families and other health professionals.
5. Professionalism, as manifested through a commitment to carrying out professional responsibilities, adherence to ethical principles and sensitivity to patients of diverse backgrounds. 
6. Systems-based practice by demonstrating awareness of and responsiveness to the larger context and system of health care, as well as the ability to call effectively on other resources in the system to provide optimal health care.