LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP IN GLOBAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE
The Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship at Loma Linda University provides training for physicians interested in serving the global community. The fellowship offers a 1- or 2- year track (MPH available for the 2-year track through the University of London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine).
We work closely with the Loma Linda University Global Health Institute to provide Emergency Medicine development and education to their various strategic interest sites. We have also worked with other organizations providing support for the growth and development of Emergency Medicine. Our most recent service areas have been in Mozambique with Pledge Health, Uganda with SEED Global, Puerto Rico, Malawi, Rwanda, Nepal, and Haiti.
Our prior fellows have been involved with emergency medicine development in Rwanda, Nepal, Haiti, the Phillipines, New Zealand, and Uganda. Future projects are flexible, but we aim to promote educational systems development primarily through emergency medicine training program growth and support. We also offer cross-dvision collaboration with our Ultrasound and Education fellowships.
Our institution and department have a strong commitment to global health and we have several faculty trained in global health. Use the program link learn more about our department and our faculty.
Fellowship Experience
The fellowship in Global Emergency Medicine at Loma Linda University is primarily aimed at developing global health fellows that are capable of sustainable emergency medicine growth abroad, as well as academically accomplished domestic EM physicians.
We offer 3 months per academic year of protected time for our fellows to devote to a project of their choosing, or sto help support one of our currently ongoing relationships. We aim to involve fellows with projects that they will hopefully continue working with beyond the end of fellowship, and that will lead to lifelong and fulfilling experiences for our fellows and partner organizations. Additionally, we aim to develop faculty that can continue to contribute to the domestic growth and development of our residents at LLU, with an attention to developing the clinical teaching skills necessary for a lengthy and fruitful academic career in emergency medicine.
Our fellows work domestically in our Tertiary care stroke, STEMI, and Level 1 trauma center, as well as independently in our sister community site in Murrieta and our Advanced Urgent Care. Shift requirements domestically average 8 shifts per month excluding travel time, each 8 hours in length. These shifts will be a combination of resident supervisory shifts, independent shifts in our primary emergency department, and independent shifts in our advanced urgent care. Primary resident shifts have included scribe and voice dictation software using EPIC EMR.
In addition to a competitive salary in a lower (relative) cost of living area within Southern California, we also provide financial support to attend annual conferences at SAEM as well as CUGH, to ensure fellows are ongoing contributors to the national global health experience. In addition to this, fellows are also provided with a generous amount of vacation days and CME days to use to further their lives outside of projects and the hospital.
Fellowship Curriculum
Fellows are required to complete the following online coursework:
- Cultural Humility and Global Ethics
- Minnesota Tropical Medicine Course
2 year fellows will be expected to graduate from an MPH program with their degree prior to granting their certificate of completion, which usually involves a capstone or research project for the MPH degree itself. Course work is primarily online to provide flexibility while traveling and working abroad.
Projects
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| Ghana |
In a new collaboration with Ghana Adventist Health Services (GAHS), LLUH Global EM looks to provide capacity building to improve the delivery of emergency medical care and decrease patient morbidity and mortality at the various GAHS facilities around the country
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| Mozambique |
In an ongoing partnership with PLeDGE Health, the LLU Global EM program, supports the capacity building projects for EM development in Mozambique. In addition to clinical support and teaching for the EM Residency, current projects will focus on aspects of interdisciplinary team building and quality improvement in the delivery of EM care.
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| Scheer Memorial Hospital |
Advanced emergency care education and training for clinical and non-clinical staff, including BLS, ACLS, PALS, NRP, as well as ultrasound training and education for faculty.
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Contacts
Other Documents - Program Specific Requirements
The 1 year fellowship is open ONLY to applicants that have already finished an advanced degree in public health or tropical medicine.
Additional Application / Interview Information
Application Criteria
We accept applicants who have completed an ACGME approved residency in Emergency Medicine, either 3 or 4 year programs. Fellows are hired through the Loma Linda University Faculty Medical Group and serve as clinical instructors until passing boards, at which point they are promoted to Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine in the Department.
Application Process
Important Dates
Application Deadline
Interview Date
Eligibility
Graduates of ACGME accredited 3 or 4-year emergency medicine residency. International applicants may be considered, but must have graduated from an emergency medicine training program. Graduates from other medical fields will unfortunately not be considered for acceptance.
1-year fellow applicants- must have an advanced degree in public health, education, administration, or tropical medicine to apply.
