Simulation Fellowship

The program is a one year mentored experience working with experts in the field of simulation‐based education, administration and research while working part-time as an ED attending in the Maimonides Medical Center Emergency Department, a high volume urban academic facility in Brooklyn.

The Fellow will learn the theoretical framework for immersive pedagogy and the specific skills requisite to high value simulation education and assessment. Specifically, fellows will master scenario design, debriefing, assessment, evaluating educational outcomes and the integration of a multitude of simulation modalities.

In addition to leading undergraduate and graduate medical simulation sessions, fellows will learn to design and implement faculty development courses oriented toward mentoring simulation instructors. Research is important to the domain of simulation. Fellows will design and carry out simulation oriented research with the expectation of publication and presentation.

Lastly, fellows will acquire the administrative and technical skills necessary to develop and manage a simulation center through participation in meetings relating to the operations and organizational aspects of the center.

State-of-the-art Facility

The Maimonides Center for Clinical Simulation is a state-of-the-art facility constructed in 2011 that provides immersive and simulation based education to healthcare staff across multiple specialties and disciplines throughout Maimonides Medical Center.

The center has robust undergraduate and graduate medical education curricula for several specialties as well as programs for practicing physicians, nurses and allied health professionals. The center emphasizes both individualized education as well as interdisciplinary team based training.

We also have several active simulation based research investigations in the domain of cognitive errors, communication, debriefing, translation to clinical performance, and psychomotor skills acquisition.

Goals and Objectives

Upon completion of training, the fellow will have gained considerable knowledge and expertise in the following domains as they pertain to clinical simulation:

• Curricular/Case development and execution; debriefing; education theory

• Research

• Administration

• Patient Safety

Specifically, the fellow will have acquired a body of knowledge and level of skill in the creation & management of a Clinical Simulation Center and be prepared to assume a leadership role in teaching and administration including securing funds for the financial sustainability of a simulation center.

Physicians enrolled in the Clinical Simulation (CS) Fellowship will: create, manage and implement sustainable simulation curricula; understand relevant educational theory; teach the specialty of simulation training; design, implement, and complete a research project; learn how to construct a simulation center in a new location with the administrative, fiscal and technological infrastructure requisite viability.

Additionally, fellows will have ample opportunity (18-20 hours per week) for clinical growth in emergency medicine with regards to patient care, resident supervision, and bedside teaching.

Core Curriculum

The fellow’s core education involves daily integration with trainees and training staff in the center on week days when not working clinically in the Emergency department. The fellow will participate in nearly all Emergency Medicine related simulation programs and several simulation programs from other departments and disciplines. Through this immersive process, the fellow will learn the theoretical framework for immersive pedagogy and the specific skills requisite to high value simulation education and assessment.

Fellows will master scenario design, debriefing and assessment, evaluating educational outcomes and the integration of a multitude of simulation modalities. In addition to leading undergraduate and graduate medical simulation sessions, fellows will learn to design and implement faculty development courses. Research is important to the domain of simulation as it validates and promotes the growth of the specialty.

Fellows will design and carry out simulation oriented research with the expectation of publication and presentation. Lastly, fellows will acquire the administrative and technical skills necessary to develop and manage a simulation center through participation in meetings relating to the operations and organizational aspects of the center.

Application Process

We seek an energetic and motivated individual possessing strong education skills to spend a year in our Center for Clinical Simulation, learning alongside authorities in the field.

This is a proactive learning experience; mentors will provide the foundation and framework for the fellow to cultivate mastery as a simulation expert.

Interviews will occur on a rolling basis and will be offered after review of the following materials:

A cover letter, (no more than one page) indicating:

1. Why you are pursuing a simulation fellowship. 

2. A brief educational portfolio outlining your efforts to date in the areas of teaching, simulation, and research 

3. Current curriculum vitae

4. Two letters of recommendation

Please send these as attachments to:

Amish Aghera, MD (aaghera@maimonidesmed.org) and 
Michael Lamberta, MD (mlamberta@maimonidesmed.org) 

Email with the Subject Line: “Simulation Fellowship.”

Amish Aghera, MD, CHSE, FACEP
Simulation Center, Director
Simulation Fellowship, C0-Director

Michael Lamberta, MD, CHSE, FACEP
Simulation Center, Assistant Director
Simulation Fellowship, Co-Director
EM Resident Simulation, Director

Nubaha Elahi, MD, MPH
Simulation Faculty

Eric Roseman, MD
Simulation Faculty

Duo Xu, MD
Simulation Faculty

Smruti Desai, DO
Simulation Faculty

Michele Fagan, MD
Simulation Faculty

Mukul Ramakrishnan, MD
Simulation Faculty

David Shang, MD
Simulation Faculty

Rasheeda Rickman, MD
Simulation Fellow

Michael Light, MD
Simulation Fellow