DESCRIPTION

The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) Fellowship in Emergency Department Management prepares emergency medicine (EM) physicians to become effective emergency department managers and leaders in their home departments. During the program, fellows will develop expertise in emergency Department (ED) quality improvement and patient safety, ED operations (including clinical flow, overcrowding management, and pathway development), ED staff training and/or residency program development, and other essential management and leadership skills.

The goal of the fellowship is to provide emergency medicine clinicians with the key operational, administrative, and management skills they need to effectively manage high functioning and patient-safe emergency departments. The program will teach fellows how to optimize and improve their emergency departments through an evidence-based curriculum focused on EM operations, education, and quality. One of the aims of the fellowship is to inspire fellows to become beacons of change within emergency medicine in their home countries or departments. Each fellow will complete a practical Capstone Project to be implemented at the fellow’s home institution upon conclusion of the program.

FELLOWSHIP STRUCTURE

Fellows will be paired with a senior emergency medicine faculty member from Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians (HMFP) who will serve in the role of primary mentor during the 12-month fellowship. The HMFP mentor will meet with each fellow regularly to monitor progress of the program, answer questions, provide feedback, and guide and facilitate learning opportunities. The fellowship curriculum will be comprised of four main components:

• Core curriculum delivery

• ED observation and workflow analysis

• Administrative and EM training observation

• Capstone Project

The core curriculum will be delivered in four content modules by the HMFP fellowship faculty. The program will also begin with a 2-week orientation and finish with a presentation of the Capstone Project.

FELLOWSHIP FACULTY

SENIOR MENTORS
Jonathan Edlow, MD
Vice-Chair,
Department of Emergency Medicine, BIDMC
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Richard Wolfe, MD
Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine,
BIDMC
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

CORE FACULTY
Shamai Grossman, MD, MPH
Vice Chair for ED Health Care Quality &
Director of Observation Medicine, BIDMC
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Shamai Grossman, MD, MPH
Vice Chair for ED Health Care Quality &
Director of Observation Medicine, BIDMC
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

Carrie Tibbles, MD
Director of Clinical Innovations, Emergency Medicine &
Director, Graduate Medical Education, BIDMC
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine,
Harvard Medical School

*Additional BIDMC emergency physicians with HMS appointments are included in the fellowship faculty and will teach components of the various modules.

ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP

RESEARCHER STATUS
All fellows will be granted the status of Research Fellow at BIDMC upon acceptance. Fellows will also be eligible to
hold a position as a Harvard Medical School (HMS) Research Fellow; application and administration of this status
will be arranged during the first month. These statuses will allow fellows access to both BIDMC and HMS library
and other resources.

DURATION OF FELLOWSHIP
The fellowship program spans over the course of 12 months. Start date can be arranged based on the needs of
the applicant.

TUITION
The tuition of the fellowship is $115,000 USD.

FELLOWSHIP BROCHURE
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FELLOWSHIP WEBPAGE
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FOR INFORMATION OR TO APPLY
EDFellowship@bidmc.harvard.edu