Fellowship Clinical, Research and Teaching Responsibilities

Clinical

Fellows have clinical responsibilities in the Emergency Department akin to the staff physician but under direct guidance and supervision of an attending physician. They participate in teaching medical students, pediatric residents and other rotating house-staff.

Research

PEM Fellows attend EMBERS course along with Core Curriculum series to get a strong background in research design and methodology and basic biostatistics. They can initiate their own project with faculty guidance or pick a proposal from the Research Interest Group at Children’s Hospital and CCIR (Center for Care Innovation and Research).

Teaching

Fellows are required to be PALS instructors and teach PALS. Also, they will conduct mock codes with the residents at least twice a year. Other teaching responsibilities for medical students and nurses will be requested during the 3 years. During the second and third year of fellowship, the fellow will supervise pediatric, family practice and medical students in the emergency departments under the direct supervision of the pediatric emergency medicine attending. Fellows are to give lectures at the fellow meetings on PEM topics and present resuscitation cases at staff meetings. Fellows are expected to present pediatric grand rounds at least once.