Pediatric Fellowship EM Conferences

There are several teaching conferences each week, often given in conjunction with the Emergency Medicine residency program. There are also weekly PEM Fellows Conferences and regular PEM Division business meetings.

PEM Fellows Conference

The weekly PEM Conferences are geared toward PEM Fellows and are intended as training conferences. As such, PEM Fellows contribute heavily. They organize and schedule the conferences, under the supervision of the PEM Fellowship Director. Each PEM Fellow is expected to present regularly at these conferences, including journal club, core conferences, and research conferences. There is a rotating format for these conferences: PEM Journal Club, core medical topic, core surgical/trauma topic, and PEM research. At each conference, one Fellow is also responsible for presenting a recent case, including the history, diagnosis, physical exam, results, and any journal articles related to the case. Below is an example of a month of PEM Fellows conferences.

Date Speaker Topic

3/31	Dr. Dane Pappano (2nd Year Fellow) Dr. Madelyn Garcia (1st Year Fellow)	Journal Club Case Conference
4/7	Dr. Gregory Conners (PEM Faculty) Drs. Pappano + Garcia (PEM Fellows)	Foreign Body Ingestion Case Conference
4/14	Dr. Lynn Babcock Cimpello (Fellowship Director) Dr. Joel Pasternack (EM Faculty) Dr. Madelyn Garcia (1st Year Fellow)	Oral Nerve Block Digital Nerve Block Case Conference
4/28	Dr. Dante Pappano Dr. Gregg Conners (Acting PEM Director) Dr. Madelyn Garcia	Cardiac Arrythmias PEM Staff Update Case Conference

Departmental Conferences

Department of Emergency Medicine has regularly scheduled monthly conferences that also require the PEM Fellows’ attendance.

Emergency Medicine Core Conferences

In addition, PEM Fellows are expected to attend topic-appropriate Emergency Medicine core conferences. Often, they also prepare and present several teaching sessions at these core conferences each year. They also play an active role in the various M&M and QA conferences, if they were involved with the patients being presented.

Department of Pediatrics Conferences

PEM Fellows are urged to participate in the Department of Pediatrics conferences. In addition, they contribute, as consultants, at Pediatrics morning report. PEM Fellows typically present at some Pediatrics noon conferences, as well; these are the core topic teaching conferences for the Pediatrics residencies.

Other Conferences Conference Frequency

ED Research Conference	Bi-Monthly
EKG-Xray	Weekly
Toxicology	Bi-Monthly
EM Case Conference	Weekly
EM/Orthopedics Q/A Conference	Monthly
EM Trauma Q/A Conference	Monthly
EM Quality Conference	Monthly
EM Journal Club	Monthly