Academic Curriculum

PEM fellowship conferences occur every Wednesday with a rotating schedule of topics covered each week and all topics below are covered every month. Fellows are expected to attend 80% of these required conferences.

PEM simulation curriculum

• Monthly high-fidelity simulation with 2 PEM fellows as team leaders

• Opportunity to have participation of ED personnel (nurses, pharmacist, respiratory therapist) with use of the trauma rooms and equipment in the ED
  
  

PEM simulation courses 

• Regional Bootcamp: 3-day simulation bootcamp attended by 1st year PEM fellows

• Children’s Mercy Critical Care Simulation Bootcamp: Eight 4-hour sessions attended by 1st year fellows from PEM, Critical Care Medicine, and Hospital Medicine

• Cadaver Lab: 2 day session attended by 2nd year PEM fellows with EM residents to gain skills in low-frequency, high-risk procedures like advanced airway placement, pericardiocentesis, central lines, & chest tubes
  
  

PEM toxicology conference

• Monthly conference presented by board-certified toxicologist to PEM faculty and fellows

• Problem-based Learning Cases consisting of an 18-month curriculum with case-based discussion followed by a brief focused lecture

• Covers required toxicology content specified by the American Board of Pediatrics
  
  

PEM core curriculum

• Monthly didactics presented by PEM fellows, faculty, and subspecialty content experts

• Core Content Lectures encompass a 3-year curriculum designed to cover the required PEM content specified by the American Board of Pediatrics

• PREP Board Review Questions presented by PEM fellows

• Interesting Case Conference presentation of 1-2 cases by both PEM fellows & faculty with case discussion & brief learning points

• Radiology Cases presented quarterly by a pediatric radiologist utilizing case-based learning to emphasize core radiology topics for PEM providers

• Patient Safety & Disaster Preparedness online modules completed by 3rd year PEM fellows

• Journal club presented monthly by 2 PEM fellows to PEM faculty and co-fellows
  
  

PEM morbidity and mortality conference

• Quarterly conference 

• Case summaries prepared by ED & Quality/Safety leadership
  
  

GME common fellowship curriculum

• Hospital-wide program to address topics common to all ACGME-approved fellowship programs

• Conferences cover topics such as professionalism, medical ethics, fatigue/sleep deprivation, physician impairment, teaching, mentoring and leadership

• In-depth education for second and third year fellows

• Topics include case discussions on medical ethics and professionalism, health economics, transition to faculty, coding and billing

• Hospital-wide program to address topics common to all ACGME-approved fellowship programs including professionalism, medical ethics, physician impairment, teaching/mentoring, and leadership

• Common Curriculum and Didactics