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Curriculum

Didactics

The EMS Fellow will enjoy a wide variety of weekly didactic experiences to include lectures and guided discussions, dynamic lectures in the field, run reviews/morbidity and mortality conferences, simulation scenarios, administrative seminars and educational workshops to include formal process improvement training. The topics of instruction have carefully been chosen to emphasize and amplify key topics in EMS as well as expose the fellow to topics that may not be covered in the mainstream educational avenues. Content experts will teach and participate in the sessions which promise to be highly informative, interactive and high yield.

Reading Program/Journal Club

The textbook Emergency Medical Services Clinical Practice and Systems Oversight is required reading in the fellowship program and is a component of the overall reading program. In addition to the textbook, the fellow will review key position statements, government regulatory documents as well as read published research manuscripts on a weekly basis for discussion with the fellowship faculty. An EMS-focused Journal Club will occur on a quarterly basis where the fellow will discuss pertinent and timely EMS journal articles.

Research

A formal research project that leads to an abstract and manuscript submission is an important component of the EMS Fellowship. The fellow will receive research-focused lectures on a monthly basis provided by members of the Emergency Medicine Research Group, mentorship from the EMS Fellowship Program Director, the Vice Chair for Research, the Director of Research Operations and guidance from the departmental research committee. Support will be provided as funds allow for the fellow to present their research during the fellowship.