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The Emergency Medicine Research Fellowship is an intensive program designed to provide emergency medicine physicians with the training required for development as an independent investigator. The fellowships goal is to train physician scientist to become nationally recognized leaders in emergency medicine research.
I. Goals and Objectives of Training Program
A. General Goals
- Develop knowledge and skills in basic research methodology by completion of selected course work at The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health and/or School of Medicine (GTPCI program), coupled with direct tutelage from a research faculty advisor. Other educational venues can be considered on a case by case basis.
- Design, develop and implement original research projects directed towards addressing clinically relevant problems particular to emergency medicine.
- Publish articles in peer-reviewed emergency medicine and general medical journals leading to national and international recognition and expertise in an area of focus.
- Develop skills in grant writing, and acquire grant support from national funding agencies.
- Serve as a research mentor for emergency medicine residents, rotating Johns Hopkins medical students, and students at the JHU School of Hygiene and Public Health.
- Assist in the development and promotion of the Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) Center of Excellence in Research.
B. Clinical Goals
- Develop further clinical competence in academic emergency medicine.
- Obtain Board Certification in Emergency Medicine.
- Develop clinical expertise and national recognition in a selected area of acute care, aligned with the fellow's chosen area of research.
C. Research Goals
- Acquire competence in basic and advanced principles of research methodology.
- Learn and refine statistical techniques relevant to clinical research.
- Define and develop an area of research expertise.
- Design and implement studies in a chosen area of interest.
- Develop skills in, submit and acquire institutional, regional and/or national grant support.
- Submit studies for publication in a variety of arenas, including abstracts at national and international conferences, and articles for peer-review specialty and general medical journals.
- Present findings at Grand Rounds and at national academic conferences.
- Submit book chapters for national textbooks in emergency medicine, in ones chosen area of research specialty.
- Serve as a reviewer for one or more emergency medicine journals.
D. Teaching Goals
- Deliver 3-5 core curriculum lectures each year to the emergency medicine residents.
- Serve as alongside core research members to organize and oversee the monthly emergency medicine resident journal club/evidence based curriculum, which provides resident physicians with the basic skills required for critical review of the literature.
- Present research results at Grand Rounds prior to the completion of fellowship training.
- Provide mentorship to emergency medicine residents working on specified research projects, and assist them in analysis, writing and submission of their work to a national peer-review forum.
- Supervise the JHU summer medical students' emergency medicine research rotation and/or a medical student-focused projects. The fellow's role includes formal didactics, oversight of study design and implementation, and mentorship in medical writing.
- Serve as a research mentor to Masters level students from the School of Hygiene and Public Health who are pursuing projects relevant to emergency medicine. Fellows will be expected to meet at least goal 5 or 6 (determined by the area of focus, based on guidance from the Fellowship Director.
II. Program Description
The duration of the research fellowship is two years; where previous experience allows, the fellowship can be one year. There will be one fellow at each level.
III. Evaluation
The fellow will be evaluated upon completion of the first and second year by the Fellowship Director.
IV. Logistics
Possible degrees: MPH, MHSc, PhD Focused Degree in Translational Research (Graduate Training Program in Clinical Research) Experience in all aspects of research.
Clinical Effort: ED (JHH or JHBMC). Average 2 shifts/week.
Qualifications
Board-prepared or Certified in Emergency Medicine. Recommendation from Emergency Medicine researcher.
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