Research Fellow

The Emergency Medicine Research Fellowship is an intensive program designed to provide emergency medicine physicians with the training required for development as an independent investigator. The fellowships goal is to train physician scientist to become nationally recognized leaders in emergency medicine research.

I. Goals and Objectives of Training Program

A. General Goals :

1. Develop knowledge and skills in basic research methodology by completion of selected course work at The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health and/or School of Medicine (GTPCI program), coupled with direct tutelage from a research faculty advisor. Other educational venues can be considered on a case by case basis.

2. Design, develop and implement original research projects directed towards addressing clinically relevant problems particular to emergency medicine.

3. Publish articles in peer-reviewed emergency medicine and general medical journals leading to national and international recognition and expertise in an area of focus.

4. Develop skills in grant writing, and acquire grant support from national funding agencies.

5. Serve as a research mentor for emergency medicine residents, rotating Johns Hopkins medical students, and students at the JHU School of Hygiene and Public Health.

6. Assist in the development and promotion of the Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) Center of Excellence in Research.

B. Clinical Goals:

1. Develop further clinical competence in academic emergency medicine.

2. Obtain Board Certification in Emergency Medicine.

3. Develop clinical expertise and national recognition in a selected area of acute care, aligned with the fellow's chosen area of research.

C. Research Goals:

1. Acquire competence in basic and advanced principles of research methodology.

2. Learn and refine statistical techniques relevant to clinical research.

3. Define and develop an area of research expertise.

4. Design and implement studies in a chosen area of interest.

5. Develop skills in, submit and acquire institutional, regional and/or national grant support.

6. Submit studies for publication in a variety of arenas, including abstracts at national and international conferences, and articles for peer-review specialty and general medical journals.

7. Present findings at Grand Rounds and at national academic conferences.

8. Submit book chapters for national textbooks in emergency medicine, in ones chosen area of research specialty.

9. Serve as a reviewer for one or more emergency medicine journals.

D. Teaching Goals:

1. Deliver 3-5 core curriculum lectures each year to the emergency medicine residents.

2. Serve as alongside core research members to organize and oversee the monthly emergency medicine resident journal club/evidence based curriculum, which provides resident physicians with the basic skills required for critical review of the literature.

3. Present research results at Grand Rounds prior to the completion of fellowship training.

4. Provide mentorship to emergency medicine residents working on specified research projects, and assist them in analysis, writing and submission of their work to a national peer-review forum.

5. Supervise the JHU summer medical students' emergency medicine research rotation and/or a medical student-focused projects. The fellow's role includes formal didactics, oversight of study design and implementation, and mentorship in medical writing.

6. Serve as a research mentor to Masters level students from the School of Hygiene and Public Health who are pursuing projects relevant to emergency medicine. Fellows will be expected to meet at least goal 5 or 6 (determined by the area of focus, based on guidance from the Fellowship Director.

II. Program Description

A. Faculty:

i. Fellowship Program Director: The Fellowship Director will supervise all fellow functions. The

program is under the administrative guidance of the Chairman of the Department of

Emergency Medicine for non-fellowship related responsibilities.

ii. Role of Other Faculty: Selected Emergency Department faculty will serve as the principal mentors for the fellows. Researchers from faculty outside the Department of Emergency Medicine, who have established track records of successful collaborative investigation with the Department of Emergency Medicine, will function as research advisors as well.

B. Trainees:

The duration of the research fellowship is two years; where previous experience allows, the fellowship can be one year. There will be one fellow at each level.

C. Teaching:

The fellow will have an active teaching role in teaching in a variety of settings (see ID, in ACGME supplement document).

D. Structure of Program:

The research fellow plays an integral role within a carefully planned National Center of Excellence in Research, which was established in 1998 by a grant from Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF). The goal of the research center is to answer question related to access, utilization, cost, qualify, effectiveness and outcomes for acute and episodic illness. The Center provides an infrastructure intended to train and advance the careers of emergency medicine academicians.

Teaching and training programs integral to the fellowship include:

i.. The summer medical student research training program.

ii. The emergency medicine residency research program.

iii. The emergency medicine residency Journal Club/evidence-based teaching series.

iv. A yearly research symposium.

Established investigators from any of the schools and divisions in JHU including the School of Public Health, School of nursing the Division of Infectious Diseases, ACCM, Critical Care/Pulmonology and other relevant departments in the SOM, function as senior mentors/advisors, bringing different orientations and expertise to the Center.

The research fellow is provided with day-to-day mentoring from designated faculty in the Department of Emergency Medicine Monthly progress meetings include the senior advisors, the immediate faculty advisor and the research fellow. Quarterly meetings provide a forum for the Center Director and External Advisor to critique the progress of the research fellow. Verbal feedback is provided to the fellow at the end of each quarterly meeting; in instances where sufficient progress is not being made, written feedback with a specified plan for remediation is offered.

E. Hours and Supervisor:

The maximum number of hours of clinical responsibility will be 18 hours per week (approximately 800 formal clinical duty hours). Clinical hours may be adjusted depending on the intensity of the research/educational experience. Level of supervision will be determined individually based on the fellows demonstrated level of autonomy. Standing programs to ensure progress, include the bimonthly research meeting, the monthly individual fellow meeting, and the quarterly assessment meeting with the Fellowship/Center Director.

III. Evaluation

A. Trainee:

The fellow will be evaluated upon completion of the first and second year by the Fellowship Director. The participant=s performance will be formally reviewed by faculty advisors from both within and outside the Department of Emergency Medicine. Clinical performance will be reviewed by the Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine. Written feedback, which will be reviewed with the participant by the Fellowship Director, will also include evaluations by all training physicians and students who were mentored by the fellow.

B. Program and Faculty:

Research fellows complete a yearly evaluation form which is reviewed and acted upon by the Fellowship Director. Individual faculty reviews are included as part of this evaluation.

IV. Logistics:

A. Po ssi b le degrees: MPH, MHSc, PhD Focused Degree in Translational Research (Graduate Training Program in Clinical Research) Experience in all aspects of research

B. Clinical Effort: ED (JHH or JHBMC). Average 2 shifts/week.

Board-prepared or Certified in Emergency Medicine. Recommendation from Emergency Medicine researcher.

Salary Range

The referenced salary range represents the minimum and maximum salaries for this position and is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. The actual compensation offered to the selected candidate may vary and will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, internal equity, market conditions, education/training and other factors, as reasonably determined by the University.

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