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Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
PEM Fellowship program
Boston Children’s is proud to offer a new Pediatric Acute Care Fellowship at South Shore Hospital. Acute and urgent care are important components of pediatric medicine. A general pediatrician can hold an important role in pediatric emergency rooms, where acute or urgent care is often sought by families1. General pediatric residency training provides very little towards the nuanced skill set for a pediatrician to work independently in a pediatric emergency room2,3. This is a one-year program designed to train pediatricians to practice in the high-acuity, fast-paced environment of a community pediatric emergency room. Our goal is to create experts in the emerging field of Pediatric Acute Care Medicine who will become leaders in the field. This fellowship is designed to prepare pediatricians for a career in pediatric acute or urgent care medicine.
- Conners GP, Kressly SJ, Perrin JM, et al. Nonemergency acute care: when it’s not the medical home. Pediatrics. 2017;139:e20170629. doi:10.1542/peds.2017-0629.
- ACGME. ACGME Requirements for Graduate Medical Education in Pediatrics 2017
- Schumacher DJ, Frintner MP, Cull W. Relationships between program size, training experience, and career intentions: pediatrics resident reports from 2010 to 2014. Acad Pediatr. 2016;16:630–637.
Learn more here about Boston Children’s Acute Care Fellowship Program at South Shore Hospital.
Children’s National Health System
Washington DC
*MD-only fellowship
This fellowship program will train general pediatric residency graduates/general pediatricians in aspects of clinical care, procedural skills, teaching strategies, quality improvement and research fundamentals related to the emerging field of pediatric urgent care. Fellows spend dedicated blocks of time learning from specialists in disciplines such as orthopedics, radiology and ENT and gaining experience in sedation, ultrasound, and procedural skills.
Suitable candidates must have completed an ACGME residency program in pediatrics. Interested practicing pediatricians are also encouraged to apply. This one-year fellowship is designed for pediatricians interested in practicing in either an academic or community setting who desire additional clinical and procedural pediatric training. Fellows will work alongside Pediatric Emergency Medicine faculty at both campuses of the Emergency Department at Children’s National.
Please contact Haroon Shaukat MD at hshaukat2@childrensnational.org for further information and/or to apply. Applications require a CV and at least two letters of recommendation.
Children’s Specialty Group/EVMS Pediatric Urgent Care Fellowship
Norfolk, Virginia
*APP-only fellowship
Size: Maximum four fellows per class
Duration: Six months; runs yearly from July to December
This fellowship is affiliated with Eastern Virginia Medical School and the Division of Pediatric Urgent Care of Children’s Specialty Group, the provider of specialty pediatric care for Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters in Norfolk, Virginia. Urgent Care locations are in Chesapeake, Virginia Beach and Newport News, Virginia.Prerequisites for acceptance: Graduation from an accredited PA/NP program, minimum GPA 3.0
Fellowship Director:
Theresa Guins MD - Theresa.guins@chkd.org
Assistant Fellowship Directors:
Tammy Speerhas DNP CRNP CEN - tammy.speerhas@chkd.org
Lauren Paluch MPA PA-C - lauren.paluch@chkd.org
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
*MD-only fellowship
Location: Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
Participants: Physicians (MD/DO)
Length of program: One year
Prerequisites: Graduate of pediatrics residency program
Contact: Amy Pattishall MD/Fellowship Director – apattis@emory.edu
Website: https://www.pediatrics.emory.edu/divisions/emergencymedicine/urgentfellow/index.html
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona
*MD-only fellowship
Location: Phoenix Children’s Hospital 4 Urgent Care sites with an annual volume of 55K patients combined at all sites. The units function with the support of the main hospital and all subspecialties in central Phoenix including the ED with an annual volume of 85K.
Participants: MD only, but family practice and general pediatricians are both welcome
Length of program: One year, July to June
Prerequisites for acceptance: Completed residency in pediatrics or family practice
For more information visit https://www.phoenixchildrens.org/graduate-medical-education/fellowship-programs/pediatric-urgent-care-fellowship
PM Pediatrics Fellowship/Training Programs – for graduating pediatric residents
*MD and APP fellowships offered
In July 2012, PM Pediatrics launched the first-ever fellowship program in pediatric urgent care medicine. Since that time, we have graduated > 40 physician fellows who have gone onto great success in the field. Our training programs are offered throughout the largest pediatric urgent care practice in the country, encompassing >70 offices in 14 states.
Based on our direct experience graduating numerous fellows over many years, we have revised our original 1-year fellowship into two novel programs for graduating pediatric residents:
- 6-month Physician Training Program
- 9-month Leadership Fellowship in Pediatric Urgent Care Medicine
The fellowship and training programs at PM Pediatrics are the first of their kind, designed to close the gaps from pediatric residency training while enhancing the clinician’s ability to practice in a high-acuity, fast-paced environment. Our innovative programs are built upon direct mentoring in our stimulating office environment by our >70 PEM-trained physicians and experienced pediatricians. We supplement our clinical experience with a 1-week intensive “Urgent Care Bootcamp”, online learning modules on EBM and radiology interpretation, monthly lectures, procedural-training workshops, and medical simulation. Our goal is to efficiently create academic and clinical experts in the emerging field of pediatric urgent care medicine.
Graduates of the Physician Training Program can apply for our Leadership Fellowship, a unique program that teaches fellows the basics of managing human capital, organizational leadership, business basics/strategy, and academic scholarship.
Please click here for more information or for the application.
To apply, please contact Dr. Elisa Argota, Director, PM Pediatrics Urgent Care Fellowship.
PM Pediatrics Fellowship/Training Programs – for experienced pediatricians
*MD and APP fellowships offered
In July 2012, PM Pediatrics launched the first-ever fellowship program in pediatric urgent care medicine. Since that time, we have graduated > 40 physician fellows who have gone onto great success in the field. Our training programs are offered throughout the largest pediatric urgent care practice in the country, encompassing >70 offices in 14 states.
We offer a novel 2-3-month Accelerated Training Program specifically tailored for experienced pediatricians. When making the transition to pediatric urgent care, pediatricians may have limited experience with bedside procedures, orthopedic injuries, and radiology interpretation. In addition, urgent care providers are called upon to render expert (and sometimes emergent) care in a setting where there is limited availability of on-site consultants.
With the understanding that a seasoned pediatrician has already acquired expertise in various areas, our accelerated track is targeted at filling in the gaps where needed, personalizing the program to the fellow’s individual needs. The graduate will develop the skills necessary to become an expert in the field by working alongside our experienced pediatric emergency medicine-trained providers and urgent care specialists.
We supplement our clinical experience with a 1-week intensive “Urgent Care Bootcamp”, online learning modules on EBM and radiology interpretation, monthly lectures, procedural-training workshops, and medical simulation. Our goal is to efficiently create academic and clinical experts in the emerging field of pediatric urgent care medicine.
Graduates of the Accelerated Training Program can apply for our Leadership Fellowship, a unique program that teaches fellows the basics of managing human capital, organizational leadership, business basics/strategy, and academic scholarship.
Please click here for more information or for the application.
To apply, please contact Dr. Elisa Argota, Director, PM Pediatrics Urgent Care Fellowship.