EMS Fellowship
About the Program
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine offers an ACGME-accredited EMS Fellowship designed to provide physicians with comprehensive experience and training in operations, research, education, and administration to contribute to EMS systems in a variety of settings.
The fellowship immerses the fellow in all aspects of ground and air EMS medicine. Hershey Medical Center Emergency Medicine has direct oversight over Life Lion Critical Care Transport, Life Lion EMS, and several other ground transport services. The unique geography of the region provides experience in both rural and urban settings.
EMS boarded faculty are available to mentor fellows in medical command, service oversight, field response, EMS research, and interactions with over 120 pre-hospital personnel dedicated to EMS care.
Responsibilities
- Gain clinical experience in various EMS service models, including hospital-based, fire-based, volunteer, critical care ground and air transport, and blended career and volunteer services in urban, suburban, and rural areas of south central Pennsylvania.
- Participate in the education and administrative components of these services.
- Engage in medical direction for all service models under the guidance of program faculty.
Requirements
- Graduation from an Accredited ACGME Residency Program in Emergency Medicine.
Additional Information
The Fellow will hold a clinical faculty appointment through the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Emergency Medicine Department.
For questions, email EMSFellowship@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.