EM Fellowships?

[Khaos05]

This may be a dumb question, but are there any fellowships for EM docs? Trauma or something (not trauma surgery)?

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[gutonc]

I'm definitely missing some but:
Peds
Tox
Crit Care
Ultrasound

 

[Tigerz_Fan]

hyperbaric and also sports med

https://freida.ama-assn.org/Freida/user/programSearchDispatch.do

 

[roja]

Plenty.

http://www.saem.org/saemdnn/Home/Communities/Fellows/Fellowship/tabid/78/Default.aspx

 

[Khaos05]

So if I wanted to do more trauma related stuff what would I need to do? Nothing or fellowship?

My state (AR) is about to build it's first level 1 trauma center and I think it would be fun to work there in the future.

EDIT: oops found the trauma/cc fellowships. Would those be necessary to work in the above?

 

[DrMom]

If you're EM residency trained, then you're trained for handling trauma in the ED.

 

[Rendar5]

if you care more about trauma than medicine, then you want trauma surgery, not emegency medicine. Honestly dude, stop worrying about something 10 years down the line at this point

 

[Khaos05]

If you're EM residency trained, then you're trained for handling trauma in the ED.

So what would you gain by doing the trama/cc fellowship instead of just going into practice after EM residency?

Also, does every EM residency require research? Yuck! When do EM residents have time for research?

 

[BADMD]

So what would you gain by doing the trama/cc fellowship instead of just going into practice after EM residency?

In some hospitals, only the trauma team, run by trauma surgery, treats trauma patients. A trauma/critical care fellowship allows an Emergency Physician one opportunity to go beyond working in the ED. Many hospitals will allow those trained in critical care to manage patients in the ICU. Additionally, as ED boarding times increase, Critical Care trained EPs are starting to create new inroads into ED critical care...ICU level care delivered in the ED by EPs.

Also, does every EM residency require research? Yuck! When do EM residents have time for research?

Pretty much. Essentially all residencies, regardless of specialty, have to do some sort of scholarly work.