FELLOWSHIPS

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FELLOWSHIPS EM ORGANIZATIONS
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Why a Fellowship

• Increase knowledge base
• Increase marketability
• Establish expertise
• Build framework for national opportunities
• Develop local, regional and national growth of
  area
• Increase career satisfaction
• Increase confidence as academician

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Fellowships in EM

• PROS
• expertise
• professional contacts
• academic opportunities
• marketability
• personal satisfaction

• CONS
• additional time and training
• marginal costs
• pigeonhole/bias
• possible decrease in clinical skills
• no guarantees ...

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Fellowships in EMAccredited(ACGME)
Non-accredited

• Research
• Administration
• Education
• EMS
• International
• Ultrasound
• Cardiovascular

• Pediatrics
• Medical Toxicology
• Sports Medicine
• Critical Care
• Hyperbaric

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Research Fellowship

• Select your mentor
• Work well together
• Experienced
• Develop your project
• Your idea
• Mentors project
• Apply for funding
• Government
• Foundations
• Corporate

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Pediatric EM Fellowship

• Board Certification by ABEM and AAP
• 2 or 3 years
• Job Opportunities
• Expert in EM group
• Work in Pediatric ED
• Academic faculty

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Medical Toxicology Fellowship

• Board certification
• Two year fellowship
• Job Opportunities
• Expert in EM group
• Manage an inpatient toxicology service
• Poison Control
• Academic faculty

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Sports Medicine Fellowship

• Board Certification by ABEM and ABFP
• 1-2 year fellowship
• Career Opportunities
• Academic EM
• Sports Medicine
• Inpatient service
• Arts medicine

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Administration Fellowship

• EM group or agency
• Individually designed
• One year fellowship
• Career Opportunities
• Group Leader
• Leader in medical organizations
• Government

SAEM Headquarters
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Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Fellowship

• Not a boarded fellowship
• 1-2 year fellowship
• Career Opportunities
• EMS director
• Group EMS director
• Paramedic education
• EMS policy maker

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Critical Care Fellowship

• New idea in EM
• Currently EM grads cannot sit the ABMS CC boards
• Available to EM/ IM graduates
• New Track
• IM EM Critical Care 6 years
• Triple certification

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Cardiovascular Emergencies Fellowship

• 1-2 year fellowship
• Develops EM leaders in cardiovascular field
• Focus on administration or research of
  cardiovascular services
• Echo, exercise testing CT angiography training
• Can be linked to MS or MPH degree
• Job Opportunities
• Chest pain center director
• EMS-Cardiology integration director
• EM Cardiovascular research director
• EM Pediatric Cardiology Director

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Educational Fellowship

• 1-2 year fellowship
• Specialized training in teaching methodology
• Specialty specific
• ACEP/EMF
• EM residency
• University based
• Degree program
• Medical school

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Ultrasound fellowship

• One year fellowship
• Possible American registered diagnostic medical
  sonographer (ARDMS) certification
• Bedside ultrasound by treating physician
• Job opportunity
• EM Ultrasound director
• QA/QI sonographer

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Undersea Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowship

• Board certification
• One year fellowship
• Hyperbaric chamber operation and therapy
• Deep sea diving operations and therapy
• Job opportunities
• HBO medical director
• HBO physician
• Undersea/scuba physician

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International Emergency Medicine
1-2 year fellowship Travel the World Uniquely
trained to be useful in underdeveloped areas
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EM Organizations

• ACEP
• SAEM
• EMRA
• AAEM
• ABEM

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• Largest EM physician organization
• Fellowship available (FACEP) when specific
  requirements are met
• Scientific Assembly annually
• Research Forum in the fall

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Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)

• Teaching Research
• Annual meeting - May
• Students may join
• Committee and task force involvement
• Medical student sessions
• Medical student resources

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Emergency Medicine Residents Association (EMRA)

• Affiliated with ACEP
• Medical student section
• Resources for students
• Printed materials
• Committees
• Web site
• Leadership roles for medical students

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American Academy of Emergency Medicine

• Represents practitioners in Emergency Medicine
• Annual educational meetings
• Medical student section available

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American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM)

• EM licensing board
• Member of the American Board of Medical
  Specialties
• Works in conjunction with other EM agencies to
  advance the specialty.

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Certification Procedure

• Complete approved EM residency program
• Written Certification Examination
• Given in the fall after residency graduation
• Oral Examination
• Series of vignettes of common ED patients
• May take after passing written exam
• Periodic recertification/lifetime learning

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Emergency Medicine Journals

• Many journals are targeted toward EM

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Summary

• Varied career possibilities
• Active and interesting cases

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Author credit-EM FellowshipsWendy Coates MD
David Cheng MD

• Questions

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Postresidency Tools of the Trade CD

• 13) Negotiation Ramundo
• 14) ABEM Certifications Cheng
• 15) Patient Satisfaction Cheng
• 16) Billing, Coding Documenting Cheng/Hall
• 17) Financial Planning Hevia
• 18) Time Management Promes
• 19) Balancing Work Family Promes Datner
• 20) Physician Wellness Burnout Conrad /Wadman
• 21) Professionalism Fredrick
• 22) Cases for professionalism ethics SAEM
• 23) Medical Directorship Proctor
• 24) Academic Career Guide Chapter 1-8
  Nottingham
• 25) Academic career Guide Chapter 9-16 Noeller

• 1) Career Planning Garmel
• 2) Careers in Academic EM Sokolove
• 3) Private Practice Career Options - Holliman
• 4) Fellowship/EM Organizations Coates/Cheng
• 5) CV Garmel
• 6) Interviewing Garmel
• 7) Contracts for Emergency Physicians Franks
• 8) Salary Benefits Hevia
• 9) Malpractice Derse/Cheng
• 10) Clinical Teaching in the ED Wald
• 11) Teaching Tips Ankel
• 12) Mentoring - Ramundo