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Training Program - Pediatric Emergency Medicine
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The Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship training program prepares physicians to be future leaders in the field of pediatric emergency medicine. The curriculum provides the skills to excel in clinical care, teaching, administration, and research.
The Emergency Department has 40 part- and full-time faculty who are active in research and teaching. The Department received over 100,000 visits in 2011, with the addition of a second emergency department in the most medically underserved part of Washington DC. Children’s National Emergency Department is a level 1 Trauma Center with active trauma services and an integrated Division of Transport Medicine. The PEM faculty members conduct multi-institutional research as one of 20 national members of PECARN (Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network).
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The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship uses the ERAS system for applications. Visit the ERAS site at www.aamc.org/eras to submit your application. Deadline for submission of all application material (through ERAS) for training beginning the following year is August 31.
The required documents for application are the minimum documents requested by ERAS, including 3 to 4 letters of recommendation, with preferably one from your residency program director. Our interviews are on Thursdays from mid-September to late October from 8am to 3pm. We will send out invitations for interviews in the first week of September.
This fellowship program considers applicants who are completing or who have completed a pediatrics residency. Over the next years, we will extend training to those with an emergency medicine residency, but do not do so at this time.
For questions, please contact our administrative secretary, Ms. Hilda Rojas.
Phone:202-476-4177
Fax: 202-476-3573
Email: hrojas@childrensnational.org
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- Health, Dental, Vision
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Life Insurance
- Annual & Sick Leave
- Disability Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Backup Child and Elder Care
A detailed summary of all benefits can be found in our Benefits Guide.
In addition, a yearly stipend is provided for purchase of books and journals. Also, there is an opportunity to complete the Masters Program in Public Health or the Masters Program in Business Administration at the George Washington University with significantly reduced tuition.
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Clinical
Thirteen months are devoted to patient care in the Emergency Department. Pediatric fellows work side by side with pediatric emergency medicine sub-specialists managing acute patients, supervising residents from seven different pediatric and emergency medicine training programs, and learning management skills to oversee a busy ED.
Additional rotations:
- 2 months Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- 2 months Adult Emergency Medicine
- 1 month Adult Trauma
- 1 month Toxicology
- 1 month Wound Management
- 1 month Anesthesiology
- 1 month Emergency Medical Services
Remaining months are devoted to clinical electives such as sports medicine and child protection, and to the completion of an individual research project.
Academic
The academic program includes 4 hours of protected clinical conference time every week. The PEM Fellows’ Conference is presented by the fellows, PEM faculty, and speakers who are invited from other divisions to discuss a broad range of medical topics. Journal club, journal watch, simulation work, code review, and professional development talks are incorporated into the clinical conferences. All fellows have an opportunity to attend major national scientific meetings.
Research
The general research curriculum is overseen by the fellowship Research Director, who guides the trainees and their individual mentors through the curriculum via quarterly review meetings and additional courses during each year of training. Additionally, trainees complete full semester courses in the responsible and ethical conduct of human research and become skilled and experienced in biostatistics and epidemiological methods.
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