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Curriculum

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program

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DUTY HOURS

  • In the row requesting duty hours, the numerator is the usual number of hours/week worked and the denominator is the longest consecutive hours during that week.
  • IH indicates in-house call (IH).
  • Asterisks denote the rotations that are call free.
  • AH indicates at-home call (AH)

Block Diagram for Pediatric Trained Graduates

FIRST YEAR BLOCK DIAGRAM

Month/4wk

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Experience or Rotations

PEM*

PEM*

Anesthesia*

PEM*

PICU

PEM*

PEM*

US*

PEM*

Adult ED*

PEM/EMS*

Trauma*

Duty Hours

40/9

40/9

40/10

40/9

60/14 IH

40/9

40/9

40/10

40/9

40/10

40/9

60/24 IH

SECOND YEAR BLOCK DIAGRAM

Month/4wk

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Experience or rotations

Radiology*

PEM*

Orthopedics*

PEM*

PEM*

PEM*

PEM*

PEM*

Adult ED*

PEM*

Toxicology*

PEM*

Duty Hours

40/10

40/9

40/10

40/9

40/9

40/9

40/9

40/9

40/10

40/9

40/10 AH

40/9

THIRD YEAR BLOCK DIAGRAM

Month/4wk

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Experience or rotations

Admin/PEM

PEM*

PEM*

PEM*

PEM*

PEM*

PEM*

PEM*

PEM*

PEM*

PEM*

PEM*

Duty Hours

40/9

40/9

40/9

40/9

40/9

40/9

40/9

40/9

40/9

40/9

40/9

40/9

 

*According to the program requirements, each fellow is required to have 12 months in an ED caring for patients 21 years old and younger for full spectrum pathologies. 

  • PEM = Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • ED = Emergency Department
  • PICU = Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
  • EMS = Emergency Medical Services
  • A = Administrative (may include duties such as performing a quality review project with the associate ED director, presenting at and attending a hospital peer review committee, specific meetings to attend with the ED director, conference attendance, and others).
  • All PEM months include research. All fellows are expected to work on their research throughout the year
  • 4 weeks of Vacation is built into the PEM months
  • Fellows only have in house calls on PICU and Trauma. All other months either represent shift work only, or are call-free, unless the fellow chooses to spend extra time on call during elective or orthopedic months.

Block Diagram for Emergency Medicine Trained Graduates

FIRST YEAR BLOCK DIAGRAM

Month/4wk

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Experience or rotations

PEM*

NICU

PICU

PEM*

PEM*

Anesthesia*

PEM*

PEM*

PEM*

In-Patient Sub-specialty

PEM*

PEM*

Duty Hours

40/9

40/9

60/14

IH

40/9

40/9

40/10

40/9

40/9

40/9

60/10 IH

40/9

40/9

SECOND YEAR BLOCK DIAGRAM

Month/4wk

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Experience or rotations

Administrative/ Multi-specialty*

PEM*

PEM*

PEM*

Orthopedics*

PEM*

PEM*

PEM*

Radiology*

PEM*

PEM*

PEM*

Duty Hours

40/10

40/9

40/9

40/9

40/9

40/9

40/9

40/9

40/10

40/9

40/9

40/9
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