The emergency medicine fellowship program is sponsored by Relias Healthcare.  The program’s primary clinical site is North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi.  It is a twelve-month program designed to develop recent graduate nurse practitioners and physician assistants to be emergency medicine providers.  The curriculum is also designed to prepare nurse practitioners and physicians assistants for the emergency medicine board exams. There are opportunities to work within our system as emergency medicine providers upon completion of the fellowship training.

Didactic Sessions:

Each month, the APC fellows attend a four-hour didactic session which includes core lectures. 

Simulations:

During the first month of the fellowship, the fellows participate in a procedure lab. The procedure lab gives the fellows an opportunity to learn more about commonly performed emergency department procedures. 

Relias Healthcare offers other simulation-based training throughout the year which includes an emergent delivery lab, ultrasound lab and a megacode lab. We continually work to provide the fellows with additional learning opportunities in simulation environments.

Journal Club:

Twice a year, fellows and physician attendings meet to discuss topics which we may be able to apply to the groups’ clinical practice.

Past topics include:

“The use of ketamine in the treatment of acute pain.”

“Balanced Crystalloids versus Saline in Acutely Ill Patients”

“Contrast-Induced Nephropathy: Monster or Myth?”