Morristown Medical Center’s Emergency Medicine Services (EMS) Fellowship consists of the following rotations:
Two Week Rotation
Clinical and Field Exposure
- Three MICU ground shifts
- One air shift
- One specialty care transport unit (SCTU) shift
- One physician response vehicle shift
- One communication center and patient transfer center shadow shift
Education and Administrative Exposure
- Attendance at weekly Friday fellowship didactic sessions
- Presentation of topic of interest on second week of rotation
- Attendance at weekly Wednesday emergency medicine residency conference
- Attendance at monthly medical oversight board meeting*
- Attendance at monthly quality assurance meeting*
- Attendance at monthly Journal Club*
- Attendance at monthly ‘Cases and Cocktails’*
Participation in any other EMS associated meetings or events (mass gathering/tactical etc.) that happen to overlap with your rotation.
*If overlaps with your time on rotation.
Four Week Rotation
Clinical and Field Exposure
- Five MICU ground shifts
- Two air shifts and one specialty care transport unit (SCTU) shift
- Three physician response vehicle shifts
- One communication center and patient transfer center shadow shift
- Three emergency medicine clinical shifts with EMS attending
Education/Administrative Exposure
- Attendance at Friday fellowship didactic sessions
- Presentation of topic of interest on second week of rotation
- Presentation of QA/QI project on fourth week of rotation
- Attendance at weekly Wednesday EM residency conference
- Attendance at monthly medical oversight board meeting
- Attendance at monthly quality assurance meeting
- Attendance at monthly Journal Club
- Attendance at monthly ‘Cases and Cocktails’ QA/QI project with abstract write-up
Participation in any other EMS associated meetings or events that happen to overlap with your rotation.
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Full Schedule of Learning Opportunities
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Weekly didactics include:
- Textbook and board preparation lectures based on the textbook: Emergency Medical Services: Clinical Practice and Systems Oversight: 3rd Edition
- Evidence-based literature review
- Case-based learning
- Guest lecturers
The above are well-attended, with 20 or more in-person and virtual attendees including fellows, fellowship faculty, Atlantic Mobile Health clinical staff and management, emergency department attending physicians and resident staff.
Weekly Academic Resident Conference
- Attendance to help maintain primary board skills and prepare for emergency medicine board exam
- Board exam review question session with residents following resident conference
- Fellows to present quarterly at resident conference
Monthly Learning Opportunities
- Journal Club
- 'Cases and Cocktails’ – a social outing with Atlantic Mobile Health and emergency department staff
- Atlantic Mobile Health QA/QI audit committee meeting
- Fellow is responsible for presenting a portion of QA review
- Atlantic Mobile Health medical oversight board meeting
Emergency Medicine Conferences
Our fellows can and do attend the following related conferences throughout the year:
- January: National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) and medical directors course
- June: First There, First Care and Gathering of Eagles Conference
- August: ACEP/CORD Teaching Fellowship
- September or October: Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC)
- November: National Conference on EMS
- Varies: National Conference on Wilderness Medicine
Research Project
- Conference abstract submission/presentation
- Manuscript development and journal submission
- Oversight of residency and medical student EMS rotations
Other Learning Opportunities
- Quarterly attendance at local and state level EMS meetings
- Integration into emergency medicine and emergency medical services administrative activities including trauma, STEMI, stroke and disaster committees
