Emergency Medicine Residency Program > Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
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Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship
Director: Natalie Lane, MD
The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship at the Medical College of
Georgia receives its accreditation through the Residency Review
Committee for Emergency Medicine and accepts one applicant a year for a
two year fellowship. Upon completion of the fellowship, the fellow may
sit for the subspecialty boards through the American Board of Emergency
Medicine.
Goals
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To provide the interested candidate with concentrated clinical
training in the care of the acutely ill or injured child. - To train an academic pediatric emergency medicine specialist who will gain the needed expertise to not only practice confidently and proficiently when faced with the ill or injured child, but who will be an expert in the field.
- To become proficient at the supervision and education of others who provide pediatric emergency care
- To learn how to conduct research that focuses on the unique aspects of ill or injured children.
Rotations
First Year Rotations
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine 7 months with 3 weeks of vacation
- Pediatric Critical Care 1 month
- Pediatric Inpatient Wards 1 month
- Neonatology 1 month
- Child Sexual Abuse Clinic ½ month
- Pediatric Anesthesia ½ month
- Research 1 month
Second Year Rotations
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine 7 months with 3 weeks of vacation
- Pediatric Ambulatory Clinic 1 month
- Pediatric Critical Care 1 month
- Research ½ month
- Administration ½ month
- Elective 2 months
Electives
- Pediatric Surgery
- Pediatric Ophthalmology
- Pediatric Dermatology
- Pediatric Neurology
- Pediatric Otolaryngology
- Pediatric Psychiatry
- Pediatric Endocrinology
- Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Pediatric Pulmonology
- Pediatric Nephrology
- Pediatric Infectious Disease
- Pediatric Hematology
- Pediatric Cardiology
- Sports Medicine
- Toxicology
- Children with special health care needs
Curriculum Goals
First Year Goals:
Clinical:
To become clinically proficient at the evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and disposition of pediatric patients with emergent and urgent complaints
Exposure to a broad range of undifferentiated chief complaints in a diverse pediatric population
Gain competency in pediatric emergency skills
Teaching:
To be formally introduced to lecture development, presentation and teaching skills including:
Didactic lessons
Lecture in small and large group settings
Bedside teaching while mentoring students and residents
Administrative:
To become aware of issues involved in running a children’s emergency department and in pediatric health care issues
Shadow a medical director
Be involved in administrative, legislative, and/or EMS-C issues
Be involved in quality assurance issues for the hospital
Be a guest member of committees in the hospital setting regarding children (i.e. code committee, sedation committee, etc)
Research:
Introduction to research and development of a research project including:
Didactic sessions
Assignment of a research mentor
Review of literature, journals
Second Year Goals
Clinical:
To gain autonomy in decision making and running the pediatric emergency department
To help develop clinical guidelines for pediatric emergency medicine patients
To become proficient and to teach pediatric emergency medicine procedures and skills
Teaching:
To teach/lecture at a regional or national convention
To teach/lecture to bodies outside of the subspecialty
To help refine and develop curriculum for the pediatric emergency medicine fellowship
To help with the medical student rotations in the pediatric emergency department
Administrative:
To refine an administrative project
To manage and run the PEM morbidity and mortality conference for the department
To be involved in QA/QI projects within the department
Research:
To continue didactic sessions in research and literature review
Finish research project and complete presentation and publication submission
Miscellaneous Academic Conferences
- General Pediatric Grand Rounds
- Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal Club
- Emergency Medicine Journal Club
- PEM Academic Development Conference
- Morning Case Conference
Funding and Support
- Salary at the PGY 4/5 level
- Benefits including malpractice, life and disability
- Financial support for required courses (ATLS, PALS, NALS, BLS)
- Access to statistical support and administrative support
- Office space with computer and phone
- Travel and meeting funds
Requirements of Applicants
- Completion of approved emergency medicine residency
- Acceptability for Georgia licensure
- Certification in ATLS, PALS, NALS - may be accomplished during first year of fellowship
- Participation is NRMP since 2007
- Accepting applications for academic year 2008
- Applications processed through ERAS
Contact Information
Please contact Rebecca Mueller (Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Coordinator) via email at pedem@mcg.edu or via phone at (706) 721-2613, or you can contact Natalie Lane, MD (Director) at
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For
more information:
See Pediatric Emergency Medicine