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Fellowship Programs

UC Irvine's School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine offers fellowship training to well-qualified physicians in the subspecialties of ultrasound, emergency medical/disaster and education.  These programs emphasize both clinical training and research.

Ultrasound Fellowship  »

UC Irvine School of Medicine has a three-year residency program that accepts six residents per year. Patient volume is about 40,000 a year, with a good mix of indigent and insured patients. We are a Level I Trauma Center and see 2,200 trauma runs a year. There are 12 full-time attending physicians who represent a wide array of sub-specialization, including toxicology, sports medicine, infectious disease, disaster medicine, pediatrics, informatics and ultrasound. The Division of Emergency Ultrasound has been in place since 2001. It is run by Dr. J. Christian Fox, an emergency ultrasound fellowship-trained emergency physician who is RDMS certified. Dr. Mark Langdorf, Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, and several other attendings are also RDMS certified. The ultrasound program offers training to students throughout the entire four years of medical school. Approximately 60 medical students from UC Irvine and around the country perform externship rotations in emergency ultrasound each year.

During the one-year fellowship, there will be research, teaching, clinical and ultrasound requirements. The research requirement stipulates that one IRB-approved project is underway prior to graduation. Teaching duties include both bedside instruction to the residents as well as giving 10 lectures throughout the year. This may be done at weekly conference, through Sonoran Ultrasound, or to the medical students rotating through the emergency ultrasound elective. The clinical duties pay for the fellowship and amount to eight 10-hour shifts per month, for which you will receive $80,000 for the year. Additionally, there is a $2,500 stipend for an Apple computer. There are times of double and even triple attending coverage throughout the day.  In order to learn the psychomotor skill of image acquisition, you will be required to scan 1,000 patients and be present at 48 of the 52 Q&A sessions held during the year. Upon graduation the fellow is expected to obtain RDMS licensure.

Applicants are encouraged to apply through the online Emergency Fellowship Service. Prior ultrasound experience is not a prerequisite for acceptance. Decisions will be announced Nov. 15. 

For more information, visit the ultrasound program's website

Emergency Medicine/Disaster Medicine Fellowship »

The UC Irvine School of Medicine fellowship in EMS/DMS consists of a one-year or two-year, post-graduate program designed to provide education and experience in out-of-hospital emergency medical systems, disaster medicine, international emergency medicine and the management of public health emergencies. During training, the EMS/DMS fellow will have duties and responsibilities not only with the emergency department, but also with the community. During the two-year EMS/DMS program, fellows will obtain formal advanced training toward a master's degree. in Public Health, Public Administration, or Business Administration, due to the growing need to understand EMS/DMS in a broader public perspective.

Responsibilities include: Direct patient care, supervision of residents, medical students, and paramedic interns, providing formal lectures to residents and faculty throughout UC Irvine Medical Center.

Training includes:

  • Certification as an Orange County Base Hospital Physician (responsible for management and supervision of UC Irvine-assigned paramedic units and UC Irvine medical intensive care nurses) 
  • Active participation in Regional Paramedic Advisory Committee meetings
  • Active participation in quality improvement activities 
  • Active participation in paramedic field training 
  • Active participation in the Disaster Medical Assistance Team, including deployment 
  • Active participation in administrative committees at UC Irvine Medical Center, Orange County Health Care Agency, the state of California and professional organizations including the National Association of Emergency Medical Services Physicians 
  • European Master of Disaster Medicine course development 
  • International disaster preparedness courses 
  • HAZMAT courses 
  • National Association of EMS Physicians Medical Director Course
  • Advanced degree program (MPH, MPA, or MBA)


Topics taught during the fellowship include (but are not limited to):

  • Incident command system
  • Blast injuries
  • Bioterrorism/pandemic influenza
  • Mass casualty triage
  • Radiological issues and threats
  • Chemical weapons
  • Vulnerable populations
  • Community preparedness
  • US health care system
  • Natural disasters (such as hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, earthquakes and tornadoes)
  • Before completing the program, the EMS/DMS fellow will have completed one academic level project that may include formal research, support of community organizations (e.g., public health department, EMS agency, healthcare agency), evaluation or program development. These projects must be presented at national or international meetings.

With the two-year preparation and the advanced degree program, the fellow will be provided with all the tools to become a community health educator and an active expert in the emerging field of disaster medicine as well as traditional EMS.
Faculty Development and Education Fellowship »

The University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine (EM) is accepting applications for its two-year Faculty Development Fellowship. This fellowship has been created for EM residency graduates to prepare them for an academic career. Fellows may select an emphasis in multiple scholarly tracks.

Training tracks will include:

Qualifications:

  • Board Certified or Board Eligible in EM
  • Residency training in a 3-or 4-year program
  • Strong interest in an academic career
  • Interest in teaching, educational research and methodology

Components of the training at UC Irvine's School of Medicine  include:

The clinical component: The fellow will be expected to work 60 hours a month as an attending in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UC Irvine Medical Center, supervising EM residents and required clerkship medical students.

The didactic component: Fellows will be expected to complete a Master of Health Professions or Master of Clinical Science or Master of Public Health. 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 residency program director and associate dean for clinical science education. The fellow will be actively involved in residency education or medical student curriculum design, development and teaching.

Duration of the fellowship: The fellow will have a choice of choosing from a one- or two-year track. To best prepare for an academic career, the two-year track with a master’s degree is strongly recommended and is given preference.

Curriculum

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 the research specialist.

Curriculum Goals

  1. Create an innovative educator with effective communication skills
  2. Create a curriculum developer equipped with conversant assessment tools and realistic approach
  3. Create a knowledgeable and practical clinical researcher with the ability to compete for national grant funding

Curriculum Objectives

Upon completion of Faculty Development Fellowship, the fellow will be able to:

  1. Integrate appropriate teaching modalities and evaluation tools in various environments
  2. Deliver effective lecture presentations
  3. Develop educational research plan and publications
  4. Analyze data set and apply to clinical setting and teaching
  5. Achieve the correct balance between effective bedside teaching and patient care
  6. Design and implement residency and/or medical school curriculum

Send CV and statement of interest to Fellowship co-Directors:

Dr. Shahram Lotfipour at shl@uci.edu
Dr. Bharath Chakravarthy at bchakrav@uci.edu

Department of Emergency Medicine
UC Irvine Medical Center, Route 128-01
101 The City Drive
Orange, CA 92868

Phone: (714)-456-5239
Fax: (714)-456-5390

 

Instructional Objective

Potential strategies

Evaluation tools

Desired outcomes (Metrics)

Education

 

Know a variety of teaching modalities, evaluations, feedback techniques

Develop teaching curriculum

 

ACEP teaching fellowship

CORD navigating academic water

Teaching curriculums using different teaching modalities and evaluations

ACEP teaching fellowship completion

 

Enhance statistical knowledge and its application

Basic statistics course in Masters program

 

 

 

Complete master degree during fellowship

 

Course completion and ability to do own statistics on publications

 

 

Obtain EM Board

 

Available resources eg.  Board-oriented lectures and courses

Both written and oral board exam

 

EM Board certification

 

 

Advance knowledge in interested fields

- Ultrasound skills

- ATLS/ACLS

- Wellness in Academic medicine

 

Department support by scheduling, personnel and finance

Guidance by Director of Ultrasound

 

Certify in RDMS

Pass ATLS and ACLS instructor course

Complete wellness instructor course

RDMS certification

ATLS/ACLS instructor

Wellness instructor

Teaching

 

Augment teaching skills in specific field (find a niche)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

Perform effective bedside teaching

 

 

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

 

Residents and students recognize the fellow as an outstanding bedside teacher

Structured bedside teaching curriculum

 

Deliver dynamic educational content

 

 

Promoting lecture opportunities

Constructive feedback from co-directors and other faculty

 

Lecture evaluation

Individual and overall evaluation score at least 4/5 in every category

 

Research

Understand research methodology, study design and outcome measurement

 

Clinical research classes

Research projects

Completion of classes and research projects

Master of clinical research or other equivalent degree

 

Analyze data using common statistic programs and tools

Working with statistician to analyze assigned or interested data set

 

Direct feedback from statistician

 

Analyzed data

 

 

 

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

 

Successful participation

 

Prepare abstracts for regional and/or national conferences

 

Submissions to Western Regional SAEM, CAL/ACEP, CORD, ACEP

Accepted and presented at the conferences

Poster and/or oral presentation at the conference

 

Prepare for publication and grant application

 

Involve in Center of Trauma and Injury Prevention Research Center

TOJ with prior grantee

 

Submission for publication

Grant application

Publications

Accepted grants

Administrative

 

Document financially and legally sounded charts in timely manner

Direct feedback from billing service and department leadership

 

Biannual meeting with department administrator

100% charts complete in 3 days

 

Organize and/or create undergraduate research organization to help the department advance research

eg. EM Research Associate Program (EMRAP)

 

Help supervise EMRAP meeting

Discuss issues with EMRAP coordinators

Learn structure organization and challenges

 

 

Biannual meeting with Director of EMRAP

 

 

Ability to establish an EMRAP program at another institution

 

 

 

Design and implement residency training curriculum

 

Participate in PIFF preparation

Attend RRC visit

Participate in resident selection process

Observe mid-year resident evaluation with program director

 

PIFF preparation

Review residency application and interview

 

Residency curriculum revision (Thailand)

 

 

Design and implement medical student curriculum

 

 

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