Emergency Medicine Fellowship: Board Certification Prep

US Acute Care Solutions, LLC; Alabama; On-site; Full time

Job description

Overview

The North Alabama Emergency Medicine Fellowship provides a unique opportunity for primary care physicians to become board certified in Emergency Medicine. The program is recognized by the American Academy of Emergency Physicians.

Highlights and Responsibilities

• Clinical duties include 12-14 shifts per month in the ED.
• Didactic lectures each Thursday, covering high-impact topics to prepare for EM Boards and future careers as EM physicians.
• Longitudinal Board Prep throughout the year to prepare for exam day.
• Special topics courses, such as ENT skills, orthopedics and splinting, dental emergencies, and multiple ultrasound courses.
• Fellows participate in fellowship seminars and unique teaching opportunities (e.g., Ballistics Injuries Seminar at a firearms center, NASCAR Experience at Talladega Speedway to learn about MVAs and traumas, Snake Bite Symposium at the Birmingham Zoo, EMS and Critical Care ride-alongs).
• Curriculum includes instruction on essential Emergency Medicine procedures, airway management, and ED bedside ultrasound.

Outcome

Fellowship graduates will qualify for written and oral exams to receive board certification in Emergency Medicine (BCEM) by the American Board of Physician Specialists.