Medical Education Fellowship

• Advanced Degree: Optional; required to apply if 2-year fellowship chosen
• ACGME Accredited: no
• SAEM Certified: yes
• Length of Fellowship: 1 or 2 years (negotiable)
• Start: July 1, 2023
• Number of Positions: 1 per year 
• Areas of focus are negotiable (GME, UME, SIM, Medical Education Research, Curricular Design) 

Clinical commitment

Fellows are expected to work approximately 64 clinical hours per month as attending physicians in the Emory Healthcare or Grady Memorial Hospital Emergency Departments.

Didactic component

Fellows will complete the ACEP Teaching Fellowship and the CORD Navigating the Academic Waters development courses.  Fellows completing a 2-year program typically will take advantage of a Master’s program in public health or education.

Administration

The Education Fellow functions as an equivalent to an assistant program director and is actively involved in resident and student teaching and clinical evaluation, curriculum planning, resident selection, and other aspects of residency program administration. If the Education Fellow is interested in UME (Undergraduate Medical Education), there is also opportunity to function as an equivalent to an assistant clerkship director and focus efforts on student education and clinical evaluation, curriculum evaluation, and other aspects of medical student clerkship administration.

Teaching

The Education Fellow will select an area of focus. The focus can be either clinical, such as airway management, or instructional, such as simulation, to work towards developing as an area of expertise.

• The Fellow will be sponsored by the Department to attend the ACEP Teaching Fellowship and will be required to complete an academic project for the course.
• The Fellow will be sponsored to attend the CORD Navigating the Academic Waters course.
• The Fellow will be expected to attend the Dept of Emergency Medicine’s New Faculty Orientation and the Fellows Curriculum series.

Program Director

For more information about the Medical Education Fellowship, please e-mail Michael McCaw, Physician Services Coordinator.