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Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Curriculum

The PEM fellowship curriculum for a pediatric residency graduate includes:

PL1
Orientation	4 weeks
Pediatric emergency medicine	16 weeks
Adult emergency medicine	4 weeks
Pediatric anesthesia	4 weeks
Pediatric intensive care	4 weeks
Trauma surgery	4 weeks
Research	12 weeks
PL2
Pediatric emergency medicine	16 weeks
Adult emergency medicine	4 weeks
Ultrasound	4 weeks
Toxicology	2 weeks
Emergency Medical Services	2 weeks
Research	20 weeks
PL3
Pediatric emergency medicine	20 weeks
Adult emergency medicine	4 weeks
Elective	12 weeks
Research	16 weeks

The PEM fellowship curriculum for an emergency medicine residency graduate includes:

PL1
Orientation	4 weeks
Pediatric emergency medicine	24 weeks
Pediatric anesthesia	4 weeks
Pediatric intensive care	4 weeks
Neonatal intensive care	4 weeks
Pediatric outpatient clinics	8 weeks
PL2
Pediatric emergency medicine	28 weeks
Trauma surgery	4 weeks
Ultrasound	4 weeks
Toxicology	2 weeks
Emergency Medical Services	2 weeks
Elective	8 weeks

Rotations no longer coincide with calendar months but rather 2 or 4 week blocks.

Clinical duties in the emergency departments will consist of shift work. In the intensive care units and pediatric inpatient medicine, overnight call will be assigned every fourth night. Fellows will take home call on the toxicology rotation. Trauma surgery will consist of a night float schedule.

Fellow work hours will be fully compliant with ACGME duty hour regulations.

Fellows are given 3 weeks of vacation per year.

Moonlighting

Moonlighting is allowed with the approval of the program director after the first Clinical Competency Committee meeting. By ACGME mandate, moonlighting hours must be reported and included in calculations of total work hours; the sum of fellowship program and moonlighting hours must not exceed 80 hours/week.