Physicians enrolled in Morristown Medical Center’s Emergency Medicine Services (EMS) Fellowship participate in courses, conferences, meetings, community outreach programs, paramedic training and pre-hospital care.
Program Curriculum
The duration of the program is 52 weeks and includes:
- Two week orientation
- 38 weeks – study of EMS core content, electives and an away rotation
- A four week (consecutive) research block
- Four weeks of vacation
- Four weeks (combined) of conferences/courses
EMS Core Content Week
EMS core content week includes:
- Didactics – half-day per week
- Administration and teaching – one day per week
- Field practice – one day per week (ground ALS and physician support vehicle)
- Field sub-specialty practice – one day per week
- Clinical shifts – one day per week
Administrative/Educational Responsibilities
- Local and state level meetings (MICU Advisory Council)
- Atlantic Health specific meetings
- Atlantic Mobile Health quality assurance meeting
- Atlantic Mobile Health medical oversight board meeting
- Emergency medicine peer review committee
- Bio-ethics committee
- Atlantic Health and Morristown Medical Center disaster committee
- STEMI, stroke and trauma committees
Research
- EMS focused project with manuscript submission/abstract presentation at national meeting (core)
- Research resources and mentors provided by the fellowship faculty and the department of emergency medicine
- Develop, implement and complete a QI project (core)
- Give presentation at the National Conference on EMS
- Participate in a mass casualty and disaster triage at an actual event or drill (core)
- Participate in a mass gathering medical plan and participation in its implementation (core)
- Participate in the development or revision of an EMS Protocol (core)
Education
- Atlantic Mobile Health paramedic competencies
- Prehospital provider remediation
- Paramedic refresher training course
- County College of Morris undergraduate paramedic program
Resident Education
- Four lectures per year at resident conference
- Cadaver lab
- Participation in resident SIM Lab
- Oversight of resident and medical student EMS rotation
- EMS day
- Monthly fellowship Journal Club – for residents, attendings and pre-hospital staff
