Scholarly Tracks

Overview/Mission

Residents have a variety of interests as they enter their graduate training, but often do not have a clear sense of how to investigate, explore and cultivate them further. Additionally, as a four-year program we recognize the need to differentiate ourselves and provide a “value-added” service to our residents.

In 2016, the Rutgers Health/NJMS EM residency initiated a Scholarly Track program, to promote exposure to a wide variety of subspecialty areas in Emergency Medicine. Each track focuses on the resident developing a specialized skillset or “niche” within EM. The track program timeline is divided into two main components, dabbling and distinction.

By developing an academic niche during residency, our residents can choose any career path at graduation. Whether it be in an academic fellowship, joining academic faculty, or community medicine, our tracks help ensure that our graduating Rutgers EM residents are highly competitive and marketable.

Timeline

Dabbling Phase (EM-1&2):

During their first and second year, residents “dabble” and participate in a few activities from each of our nine tracks to to gain exposure to the variety of options. Faculty track liaisons lead residents through various activities to allow for an overview of the field as they deem appropriate.

Distinction Phase (EM-3&4):

At the beginning of their third year, residents who successfully complete the dabbling phase may elect to pursue distinction in a specific track where they delve more deeply and begin to develop expertise in their chosen track. At least one faculty mentor in each track will oversee the resident’s continued development through experiences in professional development, scholarly projects, and teaching activities over the third and fourth years. Residents that successfully complete the distinction requirements for their track will graduate with a Certificate of Distinction in that particular niche area, such as Distinction in Global Health or Distinction in Medical Education. Those residents that do not pursue a Distinction can continue to participate in different scholarly track activities in a manner similar to the Dabbling Phase.

Scholarly Tracks - Liaisons

Administration

Dr. Anthony Rosania

Community & Urban Health

Dr. Ronald Ikechi

Critical Care

Dr. Ilya Ostrovsky

Dr. Tung-Lin Jesse Yuan

Global Health

Dr. Aislinn Black

Medical Education

Dr. Samantha Lleras

Pediatric EM

Dr. Kei Wong

Toxicology

Dr. Christopher Meaden

Ultrasound

Dr. Kaylah Maloney

Track Activities

Track activities will include, but not be limited to:

Monthly scholarly track lunch talks
Relevant committee or administrative meetings
Attend local, regional, or national conferences or seminars (subject to availability of funding)
Staff off-site activities or mass events
Clinical rotations when relevant
Auditing courses within Rutgers University
Elective/Scholarly Track rotations may be used towards focused goals within the track (subject to approval of track mentor and PD)

Deliverables

Over EM-1 and EM-2 years, residents will be required to submit forms that track their activities in each scholarly track every 6 months. Residents must have dabbled in each track by the end of EM-2 year.

At the end of EM-4 year residents seeking Distinction in an area will be required to submit a written report of the activities they have completed for their Distinction. Once achievement of distinction has been approved by scholarly track mentors, residents will be required to deliver a capstone presentation on their distinction activities during residency conference.