Fellowship Description
Clinical | Education | Research
Clinical
Cincinnati Children's Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) Fellowship provides a rich clinical experience. Being one of the busiest Pediatric Emergency Departments in the country, averaging 240 patient visits per day, enables the fellows excellent clinical education in dealing with a wide variety of illnesses and injuries. The Emergency Department is staffed by PEM faculty, fellows and clinical staff with 24-hour faculty / fellow coverage. Procedural and resuscitation competency is augmented by periodic educational time with the state-of-the-art Human Patient Simulator.
| Rotations | Time |
| First Year |
| Emergency Department | 7 Months* |
| Anesthesia | 1 month |
| Pediatric Critical Care | 1 month |
| Trauma | 1 month |
| Toxicology | 1 month |
| General Emergency Medicine | 1 month |
| Second Year |
| Emergency Department | 6 months* |
| Orthopedics | 1 month |
| General Emergency Medicine | 2 months |
| Child Abuse | 1 month |
| EMS | 1 month |
| Elective | 1 month |
| Third Year |
| Research | 12 months* |
* Includes 4 weeks vacation
(+) Curriculum for Emergency Medicine Residents includes a minimum of four months which may include General Pediatric Outpatient and Subspecialty Rotations in place of Emergency Medicine / Trauma and Toxicology.
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Education
Throughout the fellowship there are multiple opportunities to become an expert educator. The fellows participate, with guidance, in teaching multiple conferences, including:
- Divisional Journal Club
- Case conference
- UC Combined EM/PEM conference
- ED Resident conference
- Regional EMS conferences
- PALS
- Medical student clinical skills
- PEM conference in the Dominican Republic
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Research
The three-year Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center offers physicians an opportunity to greatly enhance skills required for conducting independent research.
This flexible program provides 12 months devoted to research. In addition, during Emergency Department months, approximately 40 percent of fellows' time is available for research and other academic pursuits.
Required formal courses in biostatistics, epidemiology and clinical research methods are offered during the first and second year. More advanced training in biostatistics, computing, epidemiology and clinical research methodology is offered through the University of Cincinnati College of Environmental Health.
The University of Cincinnati has special programs to enhance the skill set of the fellows. A master's of Epidemiology or Biostatistics program is available and generally is completed during the three years. A new program -- Master's of Medical Education -- is also available.
Laboratory-based basic and translational research, clinical research and health services research are available within the Division, or in some cases, within the Department of Pediatrics.
Research mentors may be within the division or, in conjunction, with other faculty from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Opportunity is provided to acquire computer skills including word processing, database design and management, statistical analysis, graphics and presentations, and online medical database searching and retrieval.
It is expected that at least one major and one minor project be completed during the fellowship. Project development is under the guidance of one or more Pediatric Emergency Medicine faculty members. The division has a regularly scheduled research conference and journal club.
Collaboration with faculty members in other divisions is encouraged based on research interest. Practical experience includes research design and implementation, the grant process, data analysis, abstract writing and presentation, and manuscript preparation.
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For more information regarding the Emergency Medicine Fellowship at Cincinnati Children's, please contact Kathryn Triplett (kathryn.triplett@cchmc.org) or Constance M. McAneney, MD, Director (connie.mcaneney@cchmc.org).
