Curriculum | Emergency Medicine Fellowship | Department of Pediatrics

First Year

Focus on gaining clinical experience, seeing patients in Children's ED as well as in an adult ED setting.
Introduction to ED administration and research practices.
Teach residents, nurses, paramedics and colleagues.
Begin independent research project.

Increased responsibility for running the ED with additional adult ED experience.
May begin coursework at UW School of Public Health.
Expanded administrative and teaching opportunities and responsibilities.
Work towards completion of research project.

Anesthesia	Seattle Children’s Hospital, Anesthesia rotation
Adult Trauma and Adult EM	Adult emergency department rotation at Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Medical Center, or Madigan Army Medical Center (Note that Emergency Medicine trained fellows will have 4 month-long rotations in pediatrics rather than adult work.)
Elective	May include rotations such as Ultrasound, Transport, Child Abuse, Toxicology. About 6 SCH ED shifts are done concurrently.
SCH ED	Seattle Children’s Hospital, Emergency Department shifts. Total minimum number of SCH ED shifts per year: First year: 115, Second year: 80, Third year: 90
SCH ED and Research	There are no dedicated research months. Research work is done concurrently with clinical work. Lower shift counts per month in years 2 and 3 to allow adequate time for on-going research projects.
SCH PICU	Seattle Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Intensive Care shifts