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Emergency Medicine Residency 2021 Annual Report | 15 Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Peds-EM)
The Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship program at Children’s Minnesota has been training PEM physicians since 1988. The program is unique in that it offers two facilities, one in Minneapolis and one in St Paul, with comprehensive emergency care offered on both campuses. The Minneapolis campus is additionally certified by the American College of Surgeons as a Level 1 pediatric trauma center. The program has nine PEM fellows supported by more than 40 Pediatric Emergency Medicine trained physicians and 16 ED-based pediatric nurse practitioners. This comprises the largest pediatric-emergency trained staff in the region. The two departments see a combined
International
The fellowship focuses on preparing fellows to develop emergency medical systems and provide medical education in international settings. Monthly education sessions are helping us build relationships with other colleagues in
the Twin Cities and addressing topics that are critical to
the practice of global health. We are taking advantage
of Regions’ other fellowships to gain perspectives on
Global EMS and Global Toxicology. We have an existing relationship with the Global Emergency Care Collaborative, an organization that has a training program for local
Medical Student Program
The Regions Hospital Emergency Medicine Department has a long tradition of educating medical students.
Rotations hosted at Regions include: essentials of clinical medicine (ECM) for 1st and 2nd year students, core required EM clerkship for University of Minnesota Medical Students, advanced EM clerkship for EM bound students and electives in bedside ultrasound and toxicology. Students rotating through Regions ED participate in workshops in orthopedics, eye, simulation and toxicology and attend the Thursday didactic sessions alongside the EM residents and faculty. During their clinical shifts they evaluate the undifferentiated patient, formulate differential diagnoses and plans and perform basic EM procedures. They have the opportunity to participate in trauma team activations, code blue resuscitations and are able to evaluate patients across the entire spectrum of acuity.
volume of approximately 90,000 visits per year. Children’s Minnesota has a comprehensive research department with research staff supporting the fellowship program. The fellowship enjoys immense support from
our core faculty who provide weekly lectures, a formalized ultrasound training program, monthly simulations, board review, and other core educational activities. Recently, the program introduced fellowship tracks for fellows wanting addition specialization of training. We currently have
one fellow enrolled in our Ultrasound track, with plans to introduce several other tracks over the next few years.
providers in Uganda. We partner with the University of Minnesota’s Global Health Pathway to enhance educational opportunities for our fellows, as well as HealthPartners International clinic to allow for more international and social medicine research opportunities.
In addition to working clinical shifts, we actively participate in multiple annual education events with Mano a Mano in Bolivia.
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