Curriculum

The curriculum is divided into four main areas under which the aforementioned goals and objectives fall:

1. Clinical Practice: The fellow will serve as an attending faculty member in the emergency departments of both Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) and Stroger Hospital of Cook County (CCH). Each year, he/she will provide an average of 24 hours/week of clinical coverage for 36 weeks. Internationally, the fellow will be involved in three international missions per year. The fellow will be part of IMC’s medical team, on two different missions, practicing EM in developing countries overseas. The total duration of missions with IMC will be 10 weeks. In addition the fellow will spend 2 weeks in a developed country (e.g. Europe, Australia, etc…) in order to be exposed to the whole spectrum of emergency health systems. The nature and scope of each will be clearly outlined in advance.  
   
   
2. School of Public Health: The fellow will pursue a core curriculum of Masters in Public Health at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) in the division of Health Policy and Administration. This division focuses on identifying the best policies and administrative practices to improve population health that are consistent with the constraints of available resources. In addition, the fellow will be exposed to different areas pertinent to the fellowship like community health, immunization programs, child-maternity, epidemiology, biostatistics, and health information systems.
   
   
3. International Curriculum: In addition to clinical work during international missions, the fellow will learn how to perform an assessment of existing emergency health systems, evaluating the needs and the resources, will help design emergency health care programs that address the identified needs and formulate a plan of action for quality assessment, and will assume a key role in developing and implementing emergency medicine educational training programs. The main focus will be on resuscitation guidelines, emergency procedures, pre-hospital and hospital based emergency medicine training all based on each country’s needs and resources. In addition, fundraising and grant proposals for international field missions are also part of the curriculum.  
     
4. Research: The fellow will be expected to be involved in a minimum of 1 research project per year related to international emergency medicine suitable for publication based on the experience acquired. Many research opportunities are available through the many international field programs already established through IMC. The fellow will focus the research on international emergency medicine development.