Component Objectives

Objectives for Teaching Component

• Participate in the teaching programs of the Department of Emergency medicine. Teaching activities include: resident and student precepting during patient care; lectures; x-ray and case conferences; mock codes and mock trauma; PALS and other pediatric emergency medicine and trauma courses and converences.
• Become familiar with and be able to teach common principles of injury prevention.
• Organize ED morbidity and mortality conferences.
• Help organize and participiate in monthly didactic seminars for fellows on pediatric emergency medicine topics

Objectives for Research Component

• Complete at least one original research project
• Ideally, present results from original research at a national meeting
• Participate in ongoing research seminars, monthly research forums, and journal club meeting of the Department of Emergency Medicine
• Participate in the writing of a research grant proposal
• Attend one national professional meeting per year
• Become familiar with fundamental concepts of study design, epidemiology, biostatistics, scientific writing, research paper presentation, and grant proposal preparation
• Become familiar with the function of the Insitutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects
• Complete the online course, CITI Collaborative IRB Training Initiative to gain familiarity with the ethical conduct of research projects and the protection of human subjects
• Become more proficient in critically reviewing and evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of scientific articles
• Become more proficient in computer research skills, including word processing, graphics, simple programming, and data management and analysis

Objectives for Administrative Component

• Become familiar with JCAHO quality assurance requirements for hospital emergency departments
• Take part in the quality assurance activites of the Department of Emergency Medicine
• Participate in seminars for pediatric emergency medicine fellows, which will introduce the fellows to concepts, issues and skills related to the administration of an emergency department: e.g., medical-legal issues, managed care, public relations, facilitating group discussions, media relations, budgeting, planning, community MGH services, and child advocacy
• Serve on a hospital committee or community EMS committee as a representative of the Department of Emergency Medicine