Main ContentPediatric 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 | 8 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 inpatient medicine | 4 weeks |
Pediatric anesthesia | 4 weeks |
Pediatric intensive care | 4 weeks |
Neonatal intensive care | 4 weeks |
Pediatric outpatient clinics | 4 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 coincide with calendar months.
Clinical duties in the emergency departments with 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 month of training. 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.