We offer a one-year, non-ACGME accredited Medical Simulation Fellowship, which brings in one new fellow each year. The fellow will be trained in all aspects of medical simulation, developing the cognitive and technical skills necessary to employ medical simulation as a part of undergraduate, graduate, continuing and inter-professional medical education. Additionally, the fellow works as an attending physician in our emergency departments not only to maintain and develop their skills post-residency but also to bring simulation in-situ to the clinical environment.

The fellow will have the opportunity to work in Banner – University Medical Center’s two emergency departments, one of which is a Level 1 trauma center, with a combined patient volume of 120,000 annually. The fellow will have teaching responsibilities within the three residency programs (two categorical EM and one combined EM & peds), as well as participate jointly in resident education and assessment with faculty and fellows in the areas of critical care, EMS, emergency ultrasound, toxicology and sports medicine. Involvement in scholarly activity includes a fellow-driven project, as well as participation in projects originating in ASTEC, amongst others.

A prime focus of this fellowship is to develop future leaders in medical simulation and education through faculty development. Fellows may consider concurrently participating in outside programs such as a simulation-based instructor training or the ACEP Teaching Fellowship course during the fellowship year should they desire (requires separate application). Graduates will have the knowledge, skill set and administrative experience to build and lead a medical simulation education and research program in both academic and community settings, gaining the skills required to function competently as a medical simulation program director in both academic and community settings and as a medical simulation fellowship director in an academic environment.

Duration

• 48 weeks medical simulation fellowship core content
• 4 weeks vacation
• 1-2 weeks optional CME course

Domains and Content

• Curriculum development
• Technical operations and techniques
• Simulation directorship/administration
• Simulation research
• Simulation theory
• Other common topics
• Assessment of the fellow
• Evaluation of the fellowship program by the fellow

Upon completion of this subspecialty training, the fellow will have the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to augment a clinical and training environment with experiential learning through medical simulation, thus bringing learning and education to the next level.

General Education Principles

• Adult learning theory
• Curriculum and educational session design and assessment
• Learner assessment, feedback and evaluation
• Program implementation and evaluation
• Quality improvement
• Educational research methodology
• Networking and career advancement

Simulation-Specific Principles

• Simulation basics
• Human patient simulator concepts
• Scenario design and delivery
• Incorporation of teamwork and crisis resource management into scenario development
• Incorporation of competency milestones into scenario development
• Debriefing theory and techniques
• Development of procedural skills training and assessment
• Use of audiovisual recording and other technologies
• Use of standardized patients
• Train the trainer in simulation
• Simulation center design and administration
• Promotion of simulation within your institution

• Clinical shifts at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and South Campus emergency departments; may also internally or externally moonlight
• Bedside teaching of resident and medical students
• Simulation conferences and education for residents
• Simulation education for core EM student rotation
• Additional learner groups/activities available, including prehospital/military affiliations, wilderness medicine, SIMWars
• In-situ simulation sessions
• Fellow office hours
• Organize journal club
• Conceive, design, develop, implement and assess one educational program
• Complete one original scholarly project
• Attend the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare