The bulk of fellows’ clinical time is spent working in the SLCH Emergency Department with the PEM faculty and our outstanding nursing and support staff. Our fellows rotate through multiple services and departments at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Barnes-Jewish Hospital for required and elective rotations.
| First Year | |
|---|---|
| Pediatric emergency medicine/research | six months |
| Introduction to scholarly activity | one month |
| Pediatric critical care | one month |
| Pediatric anesthesia | three weeks |
| Ultrasound | one month |
| Adult emergency medicine/trauma | one month |
| Pediatric surgery | one month |
| Second Year | |
| Pediatric emergency medicine/research | seven months |
| Toxicology | one month |
| Pediatric orthopedics | one month |
| Adult emergency medicine/trauma | two months |
| Child abuse pediatrics | two weeks |
| EMS | two weeks |
| Third Year | |
| Pediatric emergency medicine/research | nine months |
| Labor and delivery | two weeks |
| Elective | ten weeks |
The curriculum for emergency medicine residency graduates includes a minimum of six months of pediatric rotations, which may include general pediatric outpatient and subspecialty rotations in place of the emergency medicine / trauma rotations.
Elective time may be spent in any subspecialty at St. Louis Children’s Hospital or Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Fellows may also participate in international or other “away” rotations with the program director’s approval. Moonlighting opportunities in the SLCH ED and off-site affiliated EDs are available. Fellows are allotted four weeks of vacation time per year.
Research time is spread longitudinally over the course of the fellowship. During pediatric emergency medicine/research months, fellows are scheduled for 12 shifts in the SLCH ED, allowing time to progress in their scholarly projects on an ongoing basis throughout fellowship.