Department of
Emergency Medicine

Clinical Responsibilities

Emergency medicine-based fellows will work 48 hours clinically per months at assigned WVU Medicine community practice sites within driving distance of Morgantown. If a practice site is a significant distance from Morgantown, the department provides financial support for lodging and meals while away. This arrangement allows the fellow to establish their own independent practice patterns, while having the resources of a large tertiary academic referral center nearby should a patient require transfer or advanced care.  Opportunities for internal moonlighting within the WVU Medicine EM community practice sites are available throughout the academic year.

For fellows based in other specialties, arrangements will be made to work approximately the number of hours commensurate with 0.6 of a clinical FTE in your area of primary training. Assignments will be within the WVU Medicine system and within driving distance of Morgantown. The same reimbursements for lodging and meals will be provided. Potential fellows may inquire with the program regarding the location and nature of potential clinical assignments for non-EM trained fellows.

Clinical Teaching Responsibilities
Fellows will be responsible for delivering several didactic lectures throughout the academic year and will receive formative feedback from program faculty and evaluation data from learners to help hone their teaching skills.  Fellows will serve as active faculty members in both simulation scenario design and implementation as part of the emergency medicine and pediatric simulation programs at WVU. 

EM based fellows will work 1-2 additional clinical shifts per month at the main academic hospital where they are under the direct supervision of a member of program leadership but are the primary person responsible for staffing resident learners of all levels, providing bedside teaching, and functioning as an attending in a busy academic ED.  Non-EM based fellows will have similar experiences provided on the inpatient teams in the specialty of their primary training.