Program Details
What to expect
Length of Fellowship: 12 months
Number of Positions: 3
Salary: PGY-4 OR PGY-5 as approved click here + benefits/shared use of fellowship field response vehicle
Masters Degree: Optional, with prior arrangement with program director.
We participate in the NRMP Match. NRMP fellowship match deadlines are available here.
ACGME Continued Accreditation effective 1/2021
Medical Oversight Spectrum:
Fellows currently share two fellowship field response vehicles to allow field response. Anticipated field time expectations are described in policy
- Ground Ambulance
- Air Ambulance
- Critical Care Transport
- Tactical Emergency Medical Support
- Urban Search and Rescue
- Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP)
- Mass Gathering/Event Medicine
- Legislative/Political Experiences and Advocacy
Jul-Oct | Nov-Dec | Jan-Mar | Apr-Jun | Annual Hours | |
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Primary agency | 2 days/ week | 2+ days/ week | 2+ days/ week | 2+ days/ week | 700-800 hours |
Secondary agency | 3-4 days/ month | 2 days/ month | 3 days/ month | 3 days/ month | 350 hours |
Additional agency experience – rural or other as designed by PD | 1-2 days/ month | 1-2 days/ month | 2 days/ month | 2 days/ month | 200 hours |
Air Medical | 2 shifts/ month | 2 shifts/ month | 60 hours | ||
Specials: Tactical (min 2 per year) HazMat (min 1 per year) USAR (min 1 per year) | 1 day/ month | 1-2 days/ month | 60-80 hours | ||
14 days/ month | 15 days/ month | 15 days/ month | 15 days/ month | 1300-1500 hours |
Curriculum includes:
- Required
- EMD certification
- EVOC certification
- Optional based on fellow interest
- EMT-T certification
- Firefighter certification
- Paramedic certification
Clinical Shifts:
12 hours per week in a busy urban Level I trauma center or a community ED
Moonlighting opportunities available, requires approval.
Fellowship Time Allocation and Travel:
Approximate weekly hours commitment is described in policy and as noted below. There is some travel for various courses and commitments as well. Anticipated weekly average obligations should look somewhat like this.
Hours/Week | Activity |
---|---|
12 | Clinical ED shift |
16+ | Field time |
3 | Fellowship conference |
4-8 | Education (this is you prepping or teaching class, expect 6-8 hrs/prep for each hour of presentation if you do a good job) |
4-8 | Scholarly activity / research: i.e., blogs, podcast prep, article writing / review, IRB work, data processing, meetings with faculty |
4-8 | Reading: textbook, journals – pertinent to EMS core content, current literature |
4 | Meetings: preparation for or attendance of agency / EMS meetings, such as SAC, East Region EMS, agency medical director or QI meetings, provider discipline, sentinel event, TCD meetings, faculty meetings |
56-64 hr | Total |
Specific activities and potential external activities are targeted as follows and may include out of town travel as per fellowship policy.
Focus Area | Activity | Days | Required | Alternate | Option with prior approval |
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Core | Emergency Medical Dispatch | 3 | X | ||
Emergency Vehicle Operations | 2 | X | |||
ICS 300 / 400 | 4 | X | |||
HazMat Awareness (online) | 1 | X | CDP-CBRNE | ||
Basic Firefighter | 2 | X | Firefighter I | ||
NAEMSP Medical Director’s Course | 4 | X | |||
NREMT Item Writing | 2 | X | |||
Air Medical | 8 shifts | X | Extra days | ||
Advocacy | MOCEP Advocacy Day | 1 | choose at least one | ||
MSMA Advocacy Day | 1 | ||||
EMS on the Hill and NAEMSP Legislative Academy (based on funding availability) | 2 | ||||
Specials | Firefighter I | Basic Firefighter | X | ||
National Fire Academy / Center for Domestic Preparedness courses | X | ||||
USAR training (Google calendar) | 1 date | X | Extra days | ||
Mass Gathering | Hawaii IronMan | 4 | X | ||
Cardinals / Blues games | 4-6 | X | |||
State Fair, Races, Concerts | X | ||||
Tactical | CONTOMS Medical Director | 1 | X | CONTOMS | |
CONTOMS | 6 | CONTOMS Med Director | X | ||
SWAT School (Google calendar) | 4 | X | |||
Tactical training (Google calendar) | 2 dates | X | Extra days | ||
Education | NREMT Fellow Conference | X | |||
COAEMSP Site visitor training / board meeting | X | ||||
NAEMSP meeting | X | ||||
NAEMSP Education Subcommittee | |||||
Missouri State Advisory Council Education Subcommittee | |||||
Initial Education of EMT’s/Paramedics |