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EMERGE: Enabling Medical Research Growth in Emergency Medicine
Education and Training
Curriculum
Emergency Care Scholars who enroll in the MSCE program take a required core of courses during the first year and the summer of the second year of training. (The table below is a sample plan for these Scholars. Deviations may occur for some Scholars.)
| Course Number and Title | Abbreviated Course Description |
| Summer Term (first year) | |
EP 510: |
Lectures and workshops to teach basic principles of epidemiologic research design |
EP 526: |
Introductory course covering probability, estimation, hypothesis testing, regression, and ANOVA; a lab provides instruction in statistical analysis software (continues in fall semester) |
EP 610: |
Weekly meetings between trainee and methodologic preceptor, designed to assist in developing and completing a research project; meetings are ongoing throughout the year |
| Fall Semester (first year) | |
EP 526: |
Introductory course covering probability, estimation, hypothesis testing, regression, and ANOVA; a lab provides instruction in statistical analysis software (began in summer term , continues for first eight weeks in fall semester) |
EP 527: |
Advanced course covering biostatistics concepts applied to epidemiology, primarily multi-variate models in epidemiology for analyzing data; emphasis placed on proper application; a lab provides instruction in statistical analysis software (continues in spring semester) |
EP 542: |
Lectures and discussion sessions to introduce trainees to the concepts of health measurement as applied to epidemiology |
| Spring Semester (second year) | |
EP 527: |
Advanced course covering biostatistics concepts applied to epidemiology, primarily multi-variate models in epidemiology for analyzing data; emphasis placed on proper application; a lab provides instruction in statistical analysis software (began in fall , continues for first eight weeks in spring semester) |
EP 532: |
Practical issues of database management, supporting trainees’ research projects |
EP 560: |
Major issues in research protocol development, including methodologic, development of research questions, and plans for analysis; trainee protocols are presented and critiqued |
EP 570: |
Techniques for critical appraisal; trainees critically appraise a journal article and lead the discussion concerning that article |
EP XXX: |
Advanced course, introduces epidemiologic issues as they apply to important clinical questions in acute care, including emergency, hospital, and critical care medicine |
| Summer Term (second year) | |
EP XXX: |
Builds on the first course, addresses research questions of importance and methodologic challenges in acute care, includes regulatory affairs and ethical issues |
EP 714: |
Provides guidance on writing and submitting NIH grant proposals |
