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The
University of Maryland Department of Emergency Medicine is deeply
committed to promoting the specialty of emergency medicine through research. Emergency
Medicine remains a new specialty with great frontiers for new knowledge. By
performing research and educating the researchers of tomorrow, we
will bring our specialty to even greater heights.
Clinical Resources
University
of Maryland Emergency Medicine faculty and residents staff three
emergency departments located within a few blocks of each other – The University
of Maryland Medical Center (annual census 48,000), The Baltimore Veterans Administration
Medical Center (annual census 33,000), and Mercy Medical Center (annual census
50,000). This environment creates the potential for collaboration
within our group.
The Baltimore
VA is a leading research institution and has a sophisticated computer system
with great potential for retrospective studies. Dr. Karen Hansen, Associate
Research Director, oversees clinical research at the VA. Dr. David Jerrard,
the Chief of Emergency Services, is also a widely-published researcher.
Mercy Medical
Center, a university-based urban community hospital, was rated among
the top 100 hospitals in the country. Dr. Michael Witting, Research
Director, has published several studies based on data collection from the Mercy
ED, and he oversees research in the Mercy ED.
University
of Maryland Medical Center, the main residency site, is also a major
research institution. Dr. Jon Mark Hirshon,
a NIH-funded investigator, oversees research in the UMMC ED.
Research Relationships
Institutional
relationships allow for a broad range of research activities. The
University of Maryland Emergency Department maintains ties to the University
of Maryland Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, the
Charles “McC” Mathias National Study Center for Trauma
and Emergency Medical Systems, the Maryland Institute for Emergency
Medical Systems Services, and the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center.
The University
of Maryland Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (DEPM)
has been a major source of research education for our faculty and fellows. EMS
and research fellows both take classes in epidemiology and biostatistics
offered by DEPM, and University of Maryland Emergency Medicine and
DEPM have collaborated on several funded projects.
The Charles
McC. Mathias, Jr., National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency
Medical Systems was designated by the United States Congress in 1986
to serve as a focal point for research related to trauma, emergency
medicine, and emergency medical systems. Based at the University of
Maryland School of Medicine, Study Center faculty and staff collaborate
with clinicians and policy makers who share the goal of reducing preventable
deaths and disabilities caused by injury and illness.
The Maryland
Institute for Emergency Medical Systems Services (MIEMSS) oversees
and coordinates all components of the statewide EMS system. University
of Maryland EMS fellows obtain education and training through MIEMSS.
R Adams
Cowley gave the world the concept of the Golden Hour of Trauma, and
the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center is the notion’s only trauma
hospital. Part
of the University of Maryland, it is the training site for our residents
as well as residents from around the world.
Educational Opportunities
Research education is a major emphasis, from training
medical students to junior faculty. The “Getting Started in Research” lecture
series, adapted from Dr. Ed Panacek’s ACEP Emergency Medicine
Basic Research Skills Workshop, is part of the regular residency lecture
series and was named as a residency “best practice” during
the latest Residency Review Committee visit.
The Department holds an Annual Research Retreat, in which first year
residents attend the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine meeting. This
program teaches residents to critically review scientific work, reinforces
formal research training, promotes enthusiasm for research, and emphasizes
the importance of networking. Research Day is devoted to the
presentation of residents’ research; each year we invite a visiting
professor to give a lecture and hear the presentations. Past
visiting professors include Dr. Donald Yealy, Dr. Rita Cydulka, Dr.
William Barsan, and Dr. Michele Biros.
Medical
students are invited to attend the Emergency Medicine Summer Research
Workshop. This
program includes didactic research training, research experience
with an emergency medicine faculty, and mentored development of a student-generated
research proposal.
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The Department of Emergency Medicine offers an EM clinical research fellowship. This 2-year program combines clinical practice with one of our core sites with didactic instruction through the University of Maryland DEPM. A
masters degree in clinical research is available.
This section still under construction. Please check back later for more
information about past, current, and future research initiatives.
Research Contacts
Contact Carol Glaub or Krista Nazelrod for more information
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