Fellowship Curriculum
The PEM Fellowship program adheres to the requirements of the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) for board certification and the American Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for training in pediatric subspecialties. Trainees are expected to become facile at the recognition, diagnostic evaluation, and management of the wide variety of disorders presenting to a Pediatric Emergency Department.
The clinical experience takes place primarily at the following participating training sites:
- UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
- UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco
- Alameda County Highland Hospital
- UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights
- San Francisco General Hospital
Pediatric-Trained Fellows Rotation
Typical rotation schedule for Pediatric-trained fellows:
Year 1
Pediatric Emergency Medicine - 5 blocks
Pediatric Critical Care - 1 block
Emergency Medicine (Adult Center) - 2 blocks
Pediatric Anesthesia - 1 block
Research Methodology - 1 block
Research/Electives - 2 blocks
Vacation - 1 block
Year 2
Pediatric Emergency Medicine - 6 blocks
Emergency Medicine (Adult Center) -1 block
Research or Electives - 4 blocks
Toxicology - 1 block
Vacation - 1 block
Year 3
Pediatric Emergency Medicine - 2 blocks
Emergency Medicine (Adult Center) - 1 blocks
Research or Electives - 9 blocks
Vacation - 1 block
Emergency Medicine-Trained Fellows Rotation
Typical rotation schedule for Emergency Medicine-trained fellows:
Year 1
Pediatric Emergency Medicine - 6 blocks
Pediatric Critical Care - 1 block
Mixed Subspecialty Clinics - 2 blocks
Pediatric Anesthesia - 1 block
Research Methodology - 1 block
Research/Elective - 1 block
Vacation - 1 block
Year 2
Pediatric Emergency Medicine - 7 blocks
Research or Electives - 2 blocks
Mixed Subspecialty Clinics - 2 blocks
Child Abuse/Forensic Examination - 1 block
Vacation - 1 block
Graduates of the program are Pediatric Emergency Medicine Subspecialty board eligible.
II. Research
The PEM fellowship research program is supported by faculty mentors with expertise in research methodology and supported by infrastructure to support high- quality research projects. The goal is for each fellow to produce a written work of a project in which a hypothesis is developed or in scholarly exploration and analysis that requires critical thinking.
All fellows participate in a core curriculum of research and scholarly activity through the Training in Clinical Research (TICR) Course at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. This coursework provides the knowledge and skills that lead to an in-depth understanding of:
- Critical evaluation of scientific literature
- Study design and methodologies
- Data management
- Statistics, data analysis and result interpretation
- The peer review process and manuscript preparation
- Procurement of funds, with a specific focus on the grant application process
- IRB regulations
- Ethical considerations of human subject research
- Research presentation
Research progress is monitored by a Scholarship Oversight Committee (SOC), with the intent of providing critical review and constructive guidance to assist the fellow in attaining competency in research scholarly activity