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Emergency Medical Care Facilities partners with The University of Tennessee to bring together our Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program to Jackson, Tennessee.
This program allows family physicians to receive training in emergency medicine and the ability to become board-certified in emergency medicine by the American Board of Physician Specialties. The American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc certifies the fellowship program.
The majority of the training takes place in the emergency room at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital which is the busiest ER in the state of Tennessee and serves 18 counties. This 64 room emergency department has an annual volume of 100,000 visits. Fellowship participants receive specific training in trauma care, management of acute cardiac patients as well as comprehensive management of stroke patients in a certified stroke center.
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Dr. Brent Hatcher
Fellowship Director
Eight positions are offered each academic year and applicants from all over the country interview for these positions. According to UT Family Medicine, the curriculum includes 14 (12 hour) shifts in the emergency room and 2 (6 hours) shifts working at the UT Family Medicine Residency Program each month. Fellows are required to participate in monthly didactics that focus on improvement of clinical skills and enhance their hands-on training with ER procedures and ultrasound.