The ATS Resident Boot Camp is a two-day in person course for internal medicine and pediatric residents (as well as chief residents and hospitalists) scheduled for Friday May 16 and Saturday, May 17, 2025, in San Francisco. The Boot Camp is for fellows who matched into a fellowship program for July 2025.

The goal of the Boot Camp is to prepare fellows entering an adult or pediatric pulmonary or critical care fellowship with the information, confidence and knowledge needed to flourish on the first day of fellowship. The course will include large and small group breakouts and hands-on workshops. The Boot Camp recruits the best faculty from across the country to teach at this course. If you are interested in teaching at the Resident Boot Camp, please contact Lauren Lynch (llynch@thoracic.org)

Participation in the ATS Resident Boot Camp will allow attendees to:

• Acquire knowledge of basic techniques and principles of mechanical ventilation, airway management, and bronchoscopy (indications, techniques, and limitations).
• Attain skills in vascular, thoracic, and pleural ultrasound image acquisition for ultrasound-guided procedures and diagnosis (pneumothorax, thoracentesis, line placement, right ventricular dilation/dysfunction, volume status).
• Improve knowledge base in cardiopulmonary physiology.
• Develop strategies to successfully manage common clinical emergencies encountered as a fellow.

Application to the 2025 Resident Boot Camp will open in early December.

• The 2025 Resident Boot Camp course is for:
  •  internal medicine residents (U.S. and international) as well as hospitalists who have been accepted into a pulmonary or critical care fellowship program beginning July 2025. 
  • pediatric residents (U.S. and international) accepted into a pediatric pulmonary fellowship beginning July 2025
• Acceptance to the course will be determined by a randomized lottery.
• Results of the lottery will be emailed in March 2025
• If you have questions about criteria or eligibility, please email Lauren Lynch at llynch@thoracic.org.