Clinical Experience

Fellows will have opportunities to manage a wide-array of pediatric pathology during their fellowship training. As the only regional pediatric trauma center, PEM faculty & fellows manage level 1 and level 2 trauma activations as co-leaders with the trauma surgeons and are the lead physicians in managing the airway and medication orders.

Pediatric trained 3-year fellowship curriculum: all rotations are 4-week blocks with option of combining electives into two 2-week blocks.

*Adult ED in 2^nd year will be completed longitudinally with 20 shifts/year.
^3rd year research will also include 10 Pediatric ED shifts/block.

Pediatric ED

Fellows work 8-hour shifts, including overnights and weekends.    Moonlighting shifts may be available for 2nd and 3rd year fellows once request is approved.

• 1^st year: Initial 6 months of training consist of managing patients with supervision by PEM faculty with goal of developing the knowledge and skills necessary to manage patients independently, graduating to precepting of medical students and residents, managing referrals, and triage of EMS calls.
  
  
• 2^nd year: Supervise residents and medical students while part of a care team with PEM attendings. Goals of the 2^nd year are focused on learning ED flow and management while continuing to improve skills in precepting residents and medical students.
  
  
• 3^rd year:   Fellows transition into the role of the being an independent ED provider. Goals include continuing to strengthen autonomy while managing residents and medical students at a high acuity, high volume ED, in preparation of future practice.
  
  

Adult EM

Rotation takes place at University Health, which is adjacent to Children's Mercy Hospital and is a high volume, high acuity, level one trauma center.

• 1st year: 1 month rotation consisting of 14 shifts.
• 2nd year: Longitudinal rotation with 20 shifts per academic year.
  
  

Elective

• Wide range of elective opportunities: 

  • Administrative
  • Burn Unit
  • Disaster Medicine
  • Global Health
  • Interventional Radiology
  • Intervention Cardiology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Oral Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Otolaryngology
  • Pediatric Dental
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Pediatric Procedures
  • POCUS
  • Toxicology
  • Transport Medicine

• Can be taken as a single four week elective or combined in two 2 week electives.

• Includes 2 weekend ED shifts completed at the Adele Hall ED.
  
  

Research

• 14 blocks during fellowship training.