Curriculum (Medical Education)

Lectures will occur every 2 weeks with the fellow via flipped classroom methodology. The fellow will review short core topics which will then be discussed with the Fellowship Leadership. There will also be a monthly Education Journal Club.

• Provide fellows with core education theories and principles and how they apply specifically to medical education.
• Create an educator toolbox allowing fellows to hone their skills to form a platform on which to build a career in medical education (i.e. presentation/lecturing skills, curriculum development, bedside teaching, mentorship, feedback & remediation).
• Aid fellows in developing an understanding of the “adult learner” and how to craft learning directed to this group.
• Support and guide fellows in creating a niche within medical education that will be pursued in ongoing career development.
• Provide guidance and expertise to fellows on becoming familiar and adept with multimedia tools for information dissemination and learning.

• Obtain Emergency Medicine board certification.
• Attend 1 or more national educational conferences (one must be EM focus).
• Identify an area of interest for clinical expertise.

• Deliver effective Grand Rounds lecture presentations.
• Appraise resident and medical student clinical performance and provide appropriate feedback to help improve trainee performance.
• Apply mentorship skills to guide and advise medical students and residents.
• Have knowledge of the implementation and content of remediation programs.
• Describe and demonstrate appropriate bedside or simulation procedural technique teaching.
• Contribute to resident and medical student education through lecturing, simulation, digital education and other modalities.

• Develop a core curriculum to incorporate into the Emergency Medicine Residency.
• Contribute to the Emergency Medicine literature through peer-reviewed and non peer-reviewed products (original research, editorials, magazines, podcasts, blogs).
• Attend the Annual CORD Academic Assembly and apply learned information.
• Demonstrate knowledge, comprehension, and application of theories of medical education and the adult learner.
• Create educator network to broaden expertise, opportunities for teaching and scholarship, and inter-departmental collaboration and learning.
• Demonstrate the professional development skills necessary to become successful in an academic environment.
• Demonstrate effective management and leadership skills.

• Develop, implement, and evaluate one QA/QI project to improve an emergency medicine system.
• Participate in the residency interview and selection process.
• Participate as a member of the Clinical Competency Committee.
• Participate as a member of the Program Evaluation Committee. 

• Master the comprehension, evaluation and translation of the medical literature.
• Design a scholarly project based upon personal academic interests.
• Construct and present the CPC case at the CORD EM Academic Assembly.