Medical Education in Emergency Medicine Fellowship Curriculum

The Medical Education in Emergency Medicine Fellowship program’s curriculum has its foundation in the recommendations from “Education Scholarship Fellowships: An Emerging Model for Creating Educational Leaders” and “A suggested core content for education scholarship fellowships in emergency medicine” with updates to address the needs and interests of current medical educators.

Teaching

Fellows are actively involved in regular educational sessions with both residents and medical students. This teaching occurs in large group, small group, bedside, and simulation settings. Fellows have the unique role of being directors of our Intern Curriculum, a separate monthly curriculum for our junior residents.

Fellows also serve as assistant clinical instructors, working with trainees as attendings in the emergency departments at William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital, Parkland Hospital. 

Scholarship

Fellows receive training in education research methods and complete education scholarship with the intent for dissemination and/or publication. Fellows are provided a generous CME allotment that allows them to attend multiple external didactic conferences and national conferences for the purposes of supplementary education, professional development, and networking within the medical education community. 

Program Administration

Fellows have the opportunity to be members of multiple departmental and institutional committees. This, in addition to their teaching activities and directorship of the Intern Curriculum, allows them to experience the role of an acting Assistant Program Director.

Career Development

Fellows get a jump start on a successful academic career through discussions, activities, and experiences related to the promotion and tenure process, identification of a niche, mentoring, time management, goal setting, and teacher identity development.