Research Fellowship

Applicants must be graduates of ACGME-accredited Emergency Medicine residency programs or Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellowships and be board-eligible or board-certified in Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine or board-eligible or board-certified in Pediatric Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine or the American Board of Pediatrics.

They will work clinically in the capacity of an attending physician in the Emergency Department while pursuing training. This is not a permanent faculty appointment.  However, graduates are welcome to apply for a permanent faculty position.

Upon successful completion of this one or two-year appointment (appointment length based on specific program and candidate educational qualifications and experience), the incumbent will earn a certificate of training completion and will have had the opportunity to earn a Master's degree as a component of the training program. For applicants presenting with substantial prior research experience (PhD, MS, or MPH equivalent), this training opportunity is fine-tuned to produce physician-scientists ready to make the leap to independence. The separate goals of applicants seeking to develop research skills vs. applicants with experience seeking protected time is stratified below. 

For more information regarding the programs, please contact:
Nicholas Mohr, MD, MS
Professor and Vice Chair of Research 
Department of Emergency Medicine
nicholas-mohr@uiowa.edu 

The preferred training pathway in research at the Univeristy of Iowa is the Physician Scientist Training Pathway.  The Research Fellowship is open to residency graduates who as seeking additional mentored research training.

Pathway #1: For applicants seeking to develop clinical research skills:

Goals

  1. Develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for a successful research career in Emergency Medicine.
  2. Identify research questions and propose a pathway to answering those questions.
  3. Discover an area of focus for investigation within emergency care and complete a mentored research project.

 

Degree Opportunities

MS, Translational Biomedicine
MS, Clinical Investigation

 Curriculum Outline

  1. Service as clinical faculty in the Emergency Department of the University of Iowa.
  2. Complete MS in Translational Biomedicine or Clinical Investigation at the University of Iowa.
  3. Identify a mentor and develop a longitudinal research project. This project should encompass at least one broad research question, but it can be expected to engender multiple avenues of investigation.
  4. Develop an abstract for submission to a regional and/or national scientific meeting.
  5. Produce a manuscript for submission to a journal.
  6. The fellow should expect to attend a national meeting and participate in regional and national presentations of research.
  7. Develop teaching skills by participating in:
  • ​A bedside teaching skills workshop
  • Oral presentation training
  • Teaching of  medical students, residents, and other learners  

 

Resources

  1. Funding for graduate degree
  2. Protected research time
  3. Anuual research stipend for research supplies
  4. CME and professional development funds

 

Pathway #2: For appliants with substantial past research experience: 

Goals

  1. Embed applicants within successful research groups across the Carver College of Medicine, both within or outside of EM consistent with future career goals.
  2. Establish a long-term, successful mentor-mentee relationship within area of focus.
  3. Develop a mentored research project and procedure preliminary data sufficient for successful NIH career development award (K-series) application.
  4. Produce EM physician-scientists capable of competing for federal funding who will lead the way nationwide for EM research. 

 

Degree Opportunities

N/A

Curriculum Opportunities

  1. Serve as clinical faculty in the Emergency Department of the University of Iowa supervising trainees (residents, PAs, medical students).
  2. Identify a mentor and develop a longitudinal research project. This project should encompass at least one broad research question that fits within an institute at the NIH and has an associated funding opportunity.
  3. Develope an abstract for submission to a regional and/or national scientific meeting.
  4. Produce a manuscript for subnmission to a journal.
  5. The fellow should expect to attend a national meeting and particiapte in a regional and national presentations of research.

 

Resources

  1. Protected research time
  2. Annual research stipend for research supplies
  3. CME and professional development funds
  4. Administrator support for grant submission

Education