There is 24/7 PEM fellow coverage in our ED, with the exception of Wednesday morning which is protected for weekly fellowship didactics. In general, during PEM months, 1st years have 14-15 shifts, 2nd years have 12-13 shifts, and 3rd years have 11-12 shifts. Each fellow shift is 9 hours in duration with sign out at hour 8, and the final hour used for wrap-up.
Fellows didactics occur weekly on Wednesday mornings with protected time. Conference types include:
- Board review
- Simulation for fellows
- POCUS
- Protected case review: combined ED/PICU/Hospitalist
- Protected case review: ED
- Radiology review
- Journal club
- Literature review
- Toxicology conference
- Adult emergency medicine lectures
- Cardiology conference/EKG review
- Interesting case conference