Research Experience

The research requirements applies primarily to our pediatrics trained fellows. While not an ABEM requirement, our program strongly supports research for all fellows. Emergency Medicine trained fellows with have access to support to complete a research project commensurate with their amount of time with us.

• First Year: Select an area of interest; identify a research mentor; develop hypothesis and submit to IRB.
• Second Year: Implement research plan; collect data and do a preliminary analysis; present initial findings at local/national meeting.
• Third Year: Complete data collection and analysis; prepare manuscript for publication; present findings at local/national meeting if not done in second year.

Clinical responsibilities are decreased during research months in order to focus on academic productivity. There are research associates available seven days per week in the Emergency Department to help the fellow enroll patients in studies as well.

The fellow will also have access to The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, a state-of-the-art research center with more than 100 principal investigators in both basic and clinical research areas. The Research Institute also offers numerous educational opportunities that our fellows are encouraged to attend. Finally, there are numerous internal funding opportunities for fellows to apply and receive monetary funds for their projects.

Publications

Our fellows are encouraged to publish their scholarly work prior to or immediately after fellowship graduation. Past and current scholarly projects are as follows:

• Prehospital Recognition and Management of Pediatric Sepsis: A Qualitative Assessment
• The Association of Emergency Contraception Legislation with Adolescent Births from 2000 to 2014
• Cost Analysis of Hospitals Performing Continuous Albuterol in Non-intensive Care Settings
• Residents' Perspective on Need for Point-of-Care Ultrasound Education During Pediatric Residency
• Implementation of an Automated Sepsis Screening Tool in a Children's Hospital Emergency Department: A Cost Analysis
• Feasibility of a Video Otoscope for Diagnosis of Otologic Pathology in the Pediatric Emergency Department
• Barriers and Facilitators to Pediatric Resident Education in the Emergency Department: A Qualitative Study
• Social Determinants of Health Are Associated With Visits for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions
• A Paucity of Code Status Documentation Despite Increasing Complex Chronic Disease in Pediatrics
• Respiratory Pathogen Detection in Pediatric Patients Intubated for Presumed Infection
• Characteristics of Neighborhoods Where Emergency Medical Services Encounter Children at Risk for Maltreatment
• A Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase the Number of Pediatric Resident Laceration Repairs
• Discrepancies in Physician and Coroner Findings in Cases of Fatal Suspected Physical Child Abuse
• Off-Label Prescribing in Children Remains High: A Call for Prioritized Research
• Novel urine biomarkers to distinguish UTI from culture-negative pyuria