Medical Education-Simulation Fellowship
Program Overview
The Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) Medical Education Fellowship is designed to develop emergency physicians into skilled educators, educational scholars, and future leaders in academic medicine.
The Medical Education Fellowship is a 2-year experience combining formal graduate-level training in medical education with hands-on teaching, educational leadership, scholarship, and clinical practice. Fellows receive protected time to pursue fellowship activities while maintaining a clinical practice in emergency medicine. The program provides comprehensive training in the principles of medical education, with opportunities across undergraduate medical education (UME), graduate medical education (GME), simulation, curriculum development, learner assessment, mentorship, faculty development, and educational scholarship. Fellows work closely with experienced medical educators while developing an individualized area of focus based on their career goals and interests.
Program Description
Fellows will participate in structured educational sessions, educational scholarship, and medical education projects within the HUMC Department of Emergency Medicine and Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine (HMSOM), with opportunities to teach learners across the continuum, including medical students, residents, fellows, and interprofessional learners.
Sponsorship will be provided for completion of a Master’s degree in Medical/Health Professions Education (or equivalent).
Additional core educational experiences in Education Scholarship and Simulation will include:
- Structured curriculum with focused learning experiences in core medical education and simulation topics
- UME and GME teaching experiences in small- and large-group settings
- Participation in departmental faculty development programming
- Leadership in twice weekly in-situ simulations in the adult and pediatric emergency departments, monthly residency conference simulation, and post-simulation debriefings
- Implementation of at least one independently designed and evaluated simulation-based curriculum.
- Leadership of a faculty development session of choice.
- Participation in quarterly medical education and simulation journal club sessions
- Facilitation of a medical education journal club session within the residency
- Participation in medical student interviews and residency selection
- Participation in residency Clinical Competency Committee (CCC), Program Evaluation Committee (PEC), and semi-annual reviews
- Co-leadership on residency subcommittee aligned with the fellow’s interest
- Co-leadership of a residency conference curriculum track
- Development of an educational portfolio showcasing academic leadership
- Medical education scholarship, including one yearly publication or presentation on the local, regional or national level, and one manuscript submitted for peer review.
- Regular mentorship meetings
- Flexibility to pursue individualized interests in any of the above areas, and beyond!
Fellows will be appointed as Core Faculty within the Department of Emergency Medicine and will be eligible for promotion to Assistant Professorship at HMSOM. They will receive mentorship from departmental education faculty and opportunities for professional development throughout the fellowship.
Clinical Practice
Fellows will maintain clinical practice within Hackensack University Medical Center Emergency Department, the #1 ranked hospital in New Jersey, throughout the fellowship, with time protected for fellowship responsibilities. Clinical time includes shifts in both high- and low-acuity areas, as well as teaching- and non-teaching shifts, providing a variety of clinical exposures.
Additional benefits include hourly/overtime pay identical to full time faculty employment, paid time off, retirement matching, and health insurance benefits.
How to Apply
Applicants must possess an MD or DO, have completed Emergency Medicine Residency by the beginning of Fellowship, and be board certified/eligible in Emergency Medicine to be considered.
Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis starting in August of the academic year prior to the anticipated fellowship start date.
For consideration, please send two letters of recommendation (one from your Residency Program Director), a personal letter of interest, and an updated Curriculum Vitae to aleksandr.tichter@hmhn.org.