Clinical Experience
The fellow will spend most of his or her clinical time in the Children’s Emergency Department at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a level one trauma center. In addition, approximately one to two months per year will be spent in the Pediatric Emergency Department at the Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Michigan. Hurley is a busy inner city level one trauma center with a Pediatric Emergency Department staffed by University of Michigan EM & PEM faculty.
Residents from either pediatric or emergency medicine disciplines are welcome to apply to the program (see PEM fellows page for current fellows). Recruitment will target academically oriented pediatricians and emergency physicians who have a strong interest in research, teaching and developing superior clinical skills.
Fellows entering the program from pediatric training programs will complete a three year curriculum that includes critical care (Pediatric Intensive Care, Pediatric EM & Pediatric Anesthesia), trauma, adult emergency medicine, child abuse/legal and emergency medical service experiences.
Fellows entering the program from emergency medicine training programs will complete a two year curriculum that includes pediatric emergency medicine, pediatric intensive care, neonatal medicine, general pediatric ambulatory outpatient clinics, pediatric subspecialty and child abuse/legal service experiences.
Fellows also receive Toxicology training at the Detroit Medical Center Poison Control Center in Detroit, Michigan (required for Pediatric residents, experience available to EM residents dependant upon prior training).
Electives in all pediatric subspecialties are available through the University of Michigan Mott Children’s Hospital, a nationally acclaimed pediatric center. Electives available to our fellows include sports medicine/pediatric orthopedics, ophthalmology, oral maxillofacial surgery, dermatology, cardiology, pediatric surgery, and others.
Research Experience
A major goal of the fellowship is the completion of a well-designed study that is published in a peer reviewed journal at the completion of training. Fellows experience research training through didactic education, course work and a mentoring program that matches each trainee with an experienced mentor(s) that work with the fellow on their individual scholarly project from inception to completion. Other research opportunities and course work are available and can be tailored to the fellow's career development.
Fellows are encouraged to attend and participate in national scholarly meetings as well as submitting research for presentation at these meetings.
Teaching Experience
Fellows are expected to develop a teaching portfolio, similar to what is expected of University of Michigan faculty, with the 
ultimate goal of producing 12 to 15 excellent lectures on core topics of pediatric emergency medicine. In addition to formal lecture development, fellows learn teaching skills through a variety of educational experiences including advanced life support, animal, static mannequin and human simulation labs, procedure labs, didactic “teach the teacher” and “adult learner” workshops in addition to day to day clinical activities in the pediatric emergency department.
Administrative Experience
Fellows are given graduated levels of administrative responsibilities during clinical patient care activities in the program. Each fellow will be assigned a prospective ongoing quality improvement initiative to be completed by the end of training. Core administrative topics are included in our didactic conference series including billing, staffing, risk management, operations, documentation, patient satisfaction as well as other topics.
