Academic Curriculum
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
PEM fellowship conferences occur every Wednesday with a rotating schedule of topics covered each week and all topics below are covered every month. Fellows are expected to attend 80% of these required conferences.
PEM simulation curriculum
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Monthly high-fidelity simulation with 2 PEM fellows as team leaders
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Opportunity to have participation of ED personnel (nurses, pharmacist, respiratory therapist) with use of the trauma rooms and equipment in the ED
PEM simulation courses
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Regional Bootcamp: 3-day simulation bootcamp attended by 1st year PEM fellows
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Children’s Mercy Critical Care Simulation Bootcamp: Eight 4-hour sessions attended by 1st year fellows from PEM, Critical Care Medicine, and Hospital Medicine
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Cadaver Lab: 2 day session attended by 2nd year PEM fellows with EM residents to gain skills in low-frequency, high-risk procedures like advanced airway placement, pericardiocentesis, central lines, & chest tubes
PEM core curriculum
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Monthly didactics presented by PEM fellows, faculty, and subspecialty content experts
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Core Content Lectures encompass a 3-year curriculum designed to cover the required PEM content specified by the American Board of Pediatrics
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PREP Board Review Questions presented by PEM fellows
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Interesting Case Conference presentation of 1-2 cases by both PEM fellows & faculty with case discussion & brief learning points
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Radiology Cases presented quarterly by a pediatric radiologist utilizing case-based learning to emphasize core radiology topics for PEM providers
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Journal club presented monthly by 2 PEM fellows to PEM faculty and co-fellows
- Longitudinal Pediatric POCUS curriculum
- PEM toxicology conference that covers toxicology content specified by the American Board of Pediatrics
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement (PSQI) Conference".
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Quarterly conference
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Case summaries prepared by ED & Quality/Safety leadership
GME common fellowship curriculum
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Hospital-wide program to address topics common to all fellowship programs
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In-depth education for second and third year fellows
- Common Curriculum and Didactics
Our Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship team
Frances Turcotte Benedict, MD, MPH, FAAP
Program Director
(816) 302-3152
fgturcotte@cmh.edu
Vivek Dubey, MD
Associate Program Director
vpdubey@cmh.edu
Michelle DePhillips, MD
Associate Program Director
mdephillips@cmh.edu
Sydney Noller, BBA
Fellowship Coordinator
sbnoller@cmh.edu