Medical Education/Simulation Fellowship
Our fellowship program aims to prepare emergency medicine physicians for productive and satisfying careers as clinician educators. Our program focuses on the development of advanced skills in simulation, curricular design, learner assessment, education research, and program evaluation across both academic and community settings, while also developing the unique interests of each individual fellow. Fellows coordinate and execute bi-monthly simulation sessions for our emergency medicine residency program, as well as monthly in situ simulation sessions across our network's community and critical-access emergency departments. Particular emphasis is placed on high acuity, low occurrence (HALO) procedures, interdepartmental and interdisciplinary collaboration, and the delivery of emergency medical care in the rural setting. Fellows also have the opportunity to participate in the ACEP/CORD Teaching Fellowship and are supported to attend the CORD Academic Assembly as well as other education-focused regional and national conferences.
Fellows have the option to choose a one- or two-year program of study. Our two-year program includes support for the pursuit of an advanced graduate degree in medical education (e.g. MHPE, MSEd, MACM).
The Medical Education/Simulation Fellowship impacts our UVM Health Network by spreading our academic mission across our rural community hospitals, teaching students and residents in various practice settings, and supporting faculty development for both academic and community practice physicians. The fellowship has received accreditation by the SAEM Fellowship Approval Program.
Foundational Components
Our fellowship curriculum draws on resources both locally and nationally, and encompasses five broad domains:
Theories of learning and teaching methods
Administration and program evaluation
Didactic education and curricular design
Professional development
Education Research
Fellows will have the opportunity to tailor their experiences and areas of focus within each domain, such as engaging more in resident versus medical student education, seeking grant funding for education research, and participating in courses offered through ACEP, ALIEM, and CORD.
Our fellows work closely with our Didactic Education Leadership Team to optimize our weekly didactic curriculum for residents and rotating students. Fellows will engage in both the behind-the-scenes preparation and the learner-facing delivery of interactive lectures, simulation scenarios, oral-boards-style Foundations cases, and challenging training exercises in austere environments. Our EM faculty group includes educators with incredible teaching skills (some of whom have been nationally recognized for teaching), and our fellow will join this team in providing the highest quality education to our LCOM students and EM residents.
The Larner College of Medicine Teaching Academy supports our fellowship by providing a community of educators that leads educational innovation and scholarship, and provides fellows with access to many resources to further their teaching skills, networking, and professional development.
Clinical Work
Fellows that join our group work clinically as ED attendings both at our academic medical center and at one of the community hospitals in our Network.
University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington VT (UVMMC): UVM Medical Center's ED has more than 65,000 patient visits a year. It has 62 beds, with some specifically designated for trauma and major resuscitation. It has a separate pediatric ED affiliated with the University of Vermont Children's Hospital, and currently one evening shift per day is staffed by our specialty-trained PEM faculty. Shifts at UVMMC will involve the supervision of EM residents, off-service residents, medical students, and physician assistants.
Community hospitals in the University of Vermont Health Network where fellows may work include:
Central Vermont Medical Center, Berlin, VT (CVMC)
Porter Medical Center, Middlebury, VT (PMC)
Elizabethtown Community Hospital, Elizabethtown, NY (ECH)
Champlain Valley Physicians' Hospital, Plattsburgh, NY (CVPH)
Moonlighting/ additional pay opportunities: Fellows will have the opportunity to take on additional shifts at UVMMC and Network community hospitals during time periods that there is no conflict with fellowship responsibilities.