Department of Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
Fellows learn the breadth of EMS, from volunteer Basic EMS through third-service paid Paramedic EMS and Critical Care Transport.
Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
Fellows learn the breadth of EMS, from volunteer Basic EMS through third-service paid Paramedic EMS and Critical Care Transport.
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The Division of EMS offers several Fellowship experiences:
- A 1-year ACGME approved EMS Fellowship
- Rhode Island offers an ideal setting for an EMS Fellowship. With a rich variety of EMS agencies all easily accessible and access to a centralized statewide system regulated by the Department of Health Center for EMS, Fellows learn the breadth of EMS, from volunteer Basic EMS through third-service paid Paramedic EMS and Critical Care Transport.
- The Fellowship offers comprehensive experiences in EMS Medical Direction through agreements with numerous local EMS agencies where fellows are immersed as medical directors/EMS physicians. For example:
- LifePACT Critical Care Transport Service: Clinical shifts with the only 24/7/365 physician-staffed critical care team in New England.
- Cumberland EMS: Suburban Paramedic-level system with a physician response vehicle.
- Pascoag Fire Department: Rural system with a physician response vehicle integrated into the response of 6 agencies.
- Jamestown Fire Department: Rural system with an ALS response vehicle.
- With multiple other rotation agreements, the EMS Fellowship offers field experience in many settings relevant to EMS system operation, including:
- Several 911 response agencies (with a focus on fire-based EMS) and including HAZMAT, Technical Rescue, Tactical and Dive response training
- Rhode Island Disaster Medical Assistance Team/Medical Reserve Corps, including mass event, sporting events, and other major local incident and disaster coordination for the Providence area
- Cuttyhunk Volunteer Fire & Rescue, offering an austere island EMS experience
- USCG Station Castle Hill, coordinating and responding to marine incidents and mass events
- TG Green Airport Crash Rescue Team
- RI Department of Health Center for EMS for statewide regulation and protocol supervision of the EMS system
- Area Helicopter EMS systems
- Clinical shifts at Rhode Island Hospital and the LifePACT Critical Care Transport service, with options to moonlight at other Lifespan Hospitals and on LifePACT
- Attendance at the NAESEMSO and NAEMSP annual meetings, FDNY Medical Special Operations Course, and the NAEMSP Medical Director's Course supported
- Generous benefit package and salary by PGY level
- Open to residency-trained emergency physicians qualified for ABEM/AOBEM board certification or equivalent, full licensure in Rhode Island, Brown Emergency Medicine employment, and clinical privileges at Rhode Island Hospital and other Lifespan Medicine Hospitals
- A combined ACGME EMS and Disaster Fellowship over 2 years, with an option for an MPH (or equivalent graduate program) at Brown.
- This two-year option combines the above ACGME EMS Fellowship with our acclaimed Disaster Medicine Fellowship directed by Dr. Selim Suner
- Tuition support for an MPH or equivalent degree at Brown is optional
- A variety of emergency fellowships, including EMS and Disaster, through our Brown Academies in Emergency Medicine.
- Typically sought by international applicants, this option allows flexible training following the relevant Fellowship curriculum culminating in a Fellowship Certificate from Brown Emergency Medicine
To apply, please email the following:
- Personal Statement
- Curriculum Vitae
- Three letters of reference
- Medical School transcripts
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