Curriculum

Educational Objectives

The objective of this fellowship is to produce leaders in academic emergency medicine who have the appropriate academic, research, public health and advocacy tools to successfully embark on a career devoted to the reduction of health disparities. This includes an understanding of how social forces impact health on the local, national, and international level.

Experience

The curriculum aims to develop skill sets required to succeed at health equity and population health related projects. This includes two categories of skills - those necessary to understand questions of health equity, the background of the social forces that impact health, and general academic skills that are necessary to compete for funding, evaluate interventions, and present results. Depending on the fellow’s interest, an individual academic plan will be developed between the fellow and mentor that suits the goals of the fellow. This will be continually revised during mentor meetings (which occur every two weeks) to assure that objectives are achieved by the end of the fellowship. The core of each fellow’s curriculum will focus on the following eight elements:

• Academic Writing/Grant Writing
• Public Speaking
• Project Design
• Research Methodology
• Advocacy
• Foundations in Social Determinants
• Leadership
• Health Policy

Professional Development

• The fellow will have the opportunity to obtain a Master’s degree in Public Health from the UCLA Fieldling School of Public Health.

Expanded Outcomes

At a minimum, fellows must:

• Develop one grand rounds lecture on their topic of focus.
• Complete one piece of publication-quality academic writing.
• Develop either an original idea into a feasible project or a sub-section of an ongoing project and see the project to fruition. This includes determining the methodology and appropriate outcome measurement, writing the IRB application, initiating the data collection, analyzing the data, and writing the results for publication.
• Participate in regular section meetings and journal clubs.
• Contribute to the mentorship team for medical students and residents interested in health equity.

Project

• Fellows are welcome to participate in the faculty’s ongoing projects as a mechanism of learning these skills and perspectives, but we also welcome fellowship candidates who have their own projects in initial stages that need mentorship in order to grow.

Clinical

• Fellows work 8 shifts per month.

Stipends & Benefits

• UCLA employee with health and retirement benefits
• Approximate annual salary of $100,000
• Tuition support for Master's program
• $2,000 CME allowance
• Four weeks of vacation