The UC Irvine Health, Department of Emergency Medicine (EM) is accepting applications for its two-year Education & Faculty Development Fellowship. This fellowship has been created for EM residency graduates to prepare them for a career in academic medicine. This fellowship is open to both US and International graduates.
Training tracks include:
Duration of the fellowship: Two-years with a concurrent Master’s degree.
Qualifications for applicants:
Fellowship Timeline for Applicants:
Application Procedure:
Components of the training at UC Irvine's School of Medicine include:
The clinical component: Fellow will receive appointment as clinical instructor in Emergency Medicine. The fellow will see patients between 64-80 hours per month. The fellow will also supervise residents in Emergency Medicine and medical students.
The didactic component: Once accepted into the fellowship program, fellows will be expected to complete one of the following Master’s degrees or equivalent:
There is significant flexibility in identifying the curriculum that will best match the fellow’s needs.
The administrative component: The fellow will work directly with the EM research director and associate dean for clinical science education-vice chair of DEM. The fellow will be actively involved in residency education or medical student curriculum design, development, teaching and research.
Contacts
Dr. Shahram Lotfipour at shl@uci.edu
Dr. Bharath Chakravarthy at bchakrav@uci.edu
Department of Emergency Medicine
333 City Boulevard West, Suite 640
Orange, CA 92868
Phone: Phone: (714)-456-5239
Fax: (714)-456-5390
Vision
To develop an exceptional emergency medicine faculty member.
Mission
The fellow will become an expert in education, curriculum development and research. The education mission will be accomplished by using the latest multimedia technologies and educational assessment tools. The curriculum development mission will be accomplished through working together with residency and medical school leadership. The research mission will be accomplished through a master program in clinical research and working together with key members of the division research.
Curriculum Goals
Curriculum Objectives
Upon completion of Faculty Development Fellowship, the fellow will be able to:
Faculty Development and Education Curriculum
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Instructional Objective |
Potential strategies |
Evaluation tools |
Desired outcomes (Metrics) |
Education
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Know a variety of teaching modalities, evaluations, feedback techniques Develop teaching curriculum
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ACEP teaching fellowship CORD navigating academic water |
Teaching curriculums using different teaching modalities and evaluations |
ACEP teaching fellowship completion |
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Enhance statistical knowledge and its application |
Basic statistics course in Masters program
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Complete master degree during fellowship
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Course completion and ability to do own statistics on publications
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Obtain EM Board
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Available resources eg. Board-oriented lectures and courses |
Both written and oral board exam
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EM Board certification
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Advance knowledge in interested fields - Ultrasound skills - ATLS/ACLS - Wellness in Academic medicine
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Department support by scheduling, personnel and finance Guidance by Director of Ultrasound
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Certify in RDMS Pass ATLS and ACLS instructor course Complete wellness instructor course |
RDMS certification ATLS/ACLS instructor Wellness instructor |
Teaching
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Augment teaching skills in specific field (find a niche)
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Produce lectures and/or workshops in related field and tailor to specific audiences - eg. Ophthalmology lectures and slit lamp workshop
Develop teaching curriculum in specific field
Advance knowledge and/or skills in the field |
Teaching evaluation by residents and faculties
Curriculum evaluation through participant satisfaction |
Series of lectures and workshops in the specific niche
Participant feels lectures and workshops fit together and meet the objectives
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Perform effective bedside teaching
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Learn different bedside teaching techniques -One-minute teaching -Aunt-Minnie model from courses, other faculty Intensive bedside teaching for residents |
Evaluation by resident and medical student Shift card Bedside teaching curriculum survey Bedside teaching handbook
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Residents and students recognize the fellow as an outstanding bedside teacher Structured bedside teaching curriculum |
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Deliver dynamic educational content
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Promoting lecture opportunities Constructive feedback from co-directors and other faculty
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Lecture evaluation |
Individual and overall evaluation score at least 4/5 in every category
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Research |
Understand research methodology, study design and outcome measurement
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Clinical research classes Research projects |
Completion of classes and research projects |
Master of clinical research or other equivalent degree |
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Analyze data using common statistic programs and tools |
Working with statistician to analyze assigned or interested data set
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Direct feedback from statistician
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Analyzed data
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Interpret and assess academic articles |
Attend monthly journal club
Reviewer for Western Journal of Emergency medicine |
Attendance sheet
Biannual evaluation with Chief editor of WestJem
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Successful participation |
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Prepare abstracts for regional and/or national conferences
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Submissions to Western Regional SAEM, CAL/ACEP, CORD, ACEP |
Accepted and presented at the conferences |
Poster and/or oral presentation at the conference |
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Prepare for publication and grant application
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Involve in Center of Trauma and Injury Prevention Research Center TOJ with prior grantee
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Submission for publication Grant application |
Publications Accepted grants |
Administrative
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Document financially and legally sounded charts in timely manner |
Direct feedback from billing service and department leadership
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Biannual meeting with department administrator |
100% charts complete in 3 days |
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Organize and/or create undergraduate research organization to help the department advance research eg. EM Research Associate Program (EMRAP)
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Help supervise EMRAP meeting Discuss issues with EMRAP coordinators Learn structure organization and challenges
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Biannual meeting with Director of EMRAP
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Ability to establish an EMRAP program at another institution
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Design and implement residency training curriculum
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Participate in PIFF preparation Attend RRC visit Participate in resident selection process Observe mid-year resident evaluation with program director
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PIFF preparation Review residency application and interview
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Residency curriculum revision (Thailand)
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Design and implement medical student curriculum
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Attend medical school leadership meetings Medical student mentorship Participate in curriculum development Participate in EM interest group (EMIG) Learn about medical student bedside ultrasound curriculum Learn about iPad electronic curriculum |
Meeting attendance
Medical student evaluation |
Medical student curriculum revision |
Resources
Education
Research
University Resources:
Bharath Chakravarthy, MD, MPH, FAAEM, FACEP Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Public Health Director, Residency Program Director, MD-MPH Program Co-Director, Faculty Development Fellowship Associate Director, Center for Trauma and Injury Prevention Research Email: bchakrav@uci.edu |
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Shahram Lotfipour, MD, MPH, FAAEM, FACEP Email: shl@uci.edu |