Didactic Training
A robust weekly didactic conference series is provided for PEM fellows in our program. Within this series, all content from the American Board of Pediatrics/American Board of EM subsection on Pediatric Emergency Medicine is covered on a repeating cycle through a wide variety of interactive learning activities. Our half-day fellows’ conferences—known as PEM Fellows’ Rounds—are held weekly and cover a wide range of clinical, educational, administrative and research topics. Simulation sessions are incorporated as an important element of our weekly didactic half-days. Clinical scheduling in our Peds ED is coordinated so that all fellows have “protected time” to participate fully in our didactic conference each week.
In addition to reviewing core PEM topics weekly, we incorporate a variety of interactive activities including board-review sessions, Journal Clubs, Interdisciplinary Management Conferences, clinical case discussions, Radiology Rounds, hands-on POCUS training sessions and Visual Diagnosis/PEM Pearls sessions into our didactics on an ongoing basis.
Fellows are integrated into our PEM Division Faculty meetings, which occur twice monthly and incorporate educational content, as well as a monthly PEM Quality Improvement/Quality Assurance Conference and various administrative discussions.
A robust series of conferences and workshops on topics including grant-writing, quality improvement, clinical teaching, health disparities, financial planning and career development is provided for all pediatric fellows training at UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s. Fellows are excused from clinical duties to take advantage of these excellent educational opportunities.
A multitude of other educational opportunities are available to our fellows as one of the benefits of being part of a large, world-class academic medical center which serves as the primary teaching site for Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Some examples of excellent educational opportunities that are available to fellows within our program include:
- Rainbow Pediatric Residency Program Conference Series (daily didactic conferences on a huge variety of topics)
- Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds
- University Hospitals Health Services Research Center Educational Series
- Schwartz Center Ethics Rounds
- Case School of Medicine Annual Educational Retreat
Fellows in our program are supported in participating in the National PEM Fellows’ Conference annually. The program is also committed to supporting travel expenses for PEM fellows invited to present at regional and national/international conferences.