The Critical Care Track within the USF Emergency Medicine Residency Program provides focused training for residents interested in caring for critically ill patients and pursuing critical care fellowship. Through targeted clinical experiences, mentorship, and scholarly work, residents strengthen their skills in resuscitation, advanced airway management, hemodynamic support, and multidisciplinary care. The track prepares residents to become leaders in critical care across the emergency department and intensive care unit.

The Clinical Informatics Scholarly Track at USF Emergency Medicine prepares residents to work at the intersection of the three pillars of clinical informatics: clinical care, information technology, and healthcare systems. Over three years, residents will build a structured foundation in health IT, AI applications, and EHR-based project work within Tampa General Hospital's Epic environment, guided by a CI-boarded faculty mentor and aligned with AMIA core content standards. The curriculum culminates in an original scholarly project and capstone presentation, positioning residents for competitive CI fellowship applications. This track trains the next generation of emergency physicians to lead the data-driven transformation of healthcare delivery.

The Disaster Medicine Scholarly Track provides residents with a progressive, three-year curriculum grounded in the fundamentals of disaster medicine as defined by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine and the European Master of Science in Disaster Medicine. Residents develop competency in a defined set of disaster medicine fundamentals: incident management, mass casualty response planning, and MCI response exercise design and evaluation, with participation in real-world mass casualty incident exercises at the institutional and jurisdictional level. This curriculum is scoped to the depth and duration of an 18-hour scholarly track. The track is framework-agnostic and internationally informed, preparing graduates to function as disaster medicine-informed emergency physicians in any setting, domestic or international. Residents who complete this track will be well-positioned for SAEM-approved disaster medicine fellowship programs or the evolving ACGME disaster medicine fellowship.

The Emergency Medical Services Scholarly Track provides residents with advanced proficiency in prehospital operations, medical oversight, and disaster management through a longitudinal 36-month curriculum. Participants engage in specialized training covering air medical operations, tactical EMS, and regional medical advisory participation, along with mandatory field ride-alongs and regional disaster drills. This track is uniquely designed to cultivate the leadership skills and academic portfolio necessary for roles in EMS medical direction or a competitive EMS fellowship match.

The Healthcare Administration Scholarly Track at USF Emergency Medicine is designed to guide interested residents in exploring the vast field of Healthcare Administration, Leadership, and Management. Interested residents will have the opportunity to explore the relationships between the business of healthcare, ED and hospital operations, group and practice management, professional communication, and organizational leadership among other topics. Residents will gain exposure and opportunity to be involved in department and hospital-based quality initiatives surrounding throughput, graduate medical education, and professional workforce development. This track will provide mentorship that will enable residents to clarify their career path and goals moving forward.

The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Track at USF Emergency Medicine offers residents focused training in the clinical, scientific, and operational principles of hyperbaric oxygen therapy and dive medicine. Residents gain exposure to both emergent and routine applications, including the management of decompression illness, carbon monoxide poisoning, surgical emergencies, and complex wound care.  The curriculum also includes foundational training in dive medicine, emphasizing the prevention, recognition, and treatment of dive-related illnesses, with additional learning through monthly fellowship-led conferences. Residents engage in research and scholarly activity within the field, supported by dedicated mentorship and interdisciplinary collaboration. This track is designed to prepare participants for fellowship training in Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine.

The Medical Education Scholarly Track in Emergency Medicine (EM) is three years, and designed to develop residents into effective clinician educators through structured teaching, curriculum design, and educational scholarship. Residents engage longitudinally in Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) and Graduate Medical Education (GME) leadership experiences to build skills in program development, evaluation, and academic leadership. The curriculum emphasizes progressive responsibility, including the development and implementation of educational innovations, mentorship of junior learners, and advanced teaching roles. By completion of the program, residents will present scholarly work at regional or national meetings and demonstrate enhanced preparedness for a career in academic emergency medicine and medical education leadership.

The Toxicology Scholarly Track is a three-year longitudinal program that trains emergency medicine residents to become toxicology-fluent clinicians and prepares those interested in a medical toxicology fellowship. Residents progress from mentoring on foundational toxicology topics, poison center consult workflow, to deeper clinical content, and finally to integration through case conferences, mock oral boards, and simulation. Senior residents take supervised toxicology call with board-certified toxicologist backup, gaining real consult experience alongside their core EM training. The track culminates in a peer-reviewed capstone scholarly product that will be presented at a regional or national meeting. 

This Pediatric Emergency Medicine Scholarly Track is designed to provide emergency medicine residents with focused training in the evaluation, stabilization, and management of acutely ill and injured children over three academic years.  The curriculum integrates mentored discussion on cases and didactics with research and quality improvement projects and simulation-based education throughout residency. Residents will discuss advanced skills in pediatric resuscitation, procedural competency, interdisciplinary collaboration, and evidence-based care while engaging in scholarly activities tailored to their academic interests. The track is intended to prepare graduates for care of the acutely ill or injured child in any ER setting and for potential fellowship training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. 

The Social Medicine and Public Health Scholarly Track is a three-year longitudinal program that trains emergency medicine residents to recognize and address the social factors that shape acute care presentations, and prepares them for careers that incorporate the lens of social medicine. Residents progress from foundational exposure to core Social EM content to deeper engagement through clinical experiences, participation in clinical pathways aimed at improving outcomes for vulnerable populations, and involvement with affiliated community sites and programs. Throughout the track, residents integrate trauma-informed care and harm reduction principles into their core EM practice, with opportunities to serve in meaningful roles and projects across clinical and community settings. Track completion requires participation in a quality improvement initiative and/or scholarly project, with presentation at a departmental, regional, or national venue.

The Research Scholarly Track introduces residents to the fundamentals of clinical and translational research through longitudinal mentorship, scholarly project development, and structured exposure to study design, scientific writing, and critical appraisal of the medical literature. Over three years, residents will participate in research meetings, develop an academic project aligned with their interests, and gain experience with abstract presentation and manuscript preparation. This track is designed to cultivate the foundational academic skills necessary for residents pursuing fellowship training, academic careers, or future involvement in clinical research in emergency medicine.

The Sports Medicine Scholarly Track for the USF Emergency Medicine Residency Program is designed to provide emergency medicine residents with additional training in orthopedics and sports medicine including clinical knowledge, research, education, and scholarship. Residents will develop expertise in musculoskeletal and sports-related topics through mentorship, research projects, conference participation, teaching opportunities, team coverage, and scholarly content creation. The track aims to cultivate future leaders in sports medicine by promoting academic productivity, teams and event coverage, and advanced clinical knowledge relevant to the care of athletes and active patients.

The Ultrasound Scholarly Track helps residents develop advanced knowledge in POCUS applications and research. Track residents will have the opportunity to not only polish their EM POCUS exam skills but knowledge of the modality, ability to teach adult learners and communicate technical aspects of ultrasound.  Track participants will also have the opportunity to choose a niche POCUS discipline they are interested in to further advanced skills not available to non-track residents (rTEE, MSK US, advanced nerve blocks etc). Capstone may include publication, protocol creation, or educational resource development.

The Wilderness Medicine Track within the USF Emergency Medicine Residency Program provides focused training for residents interested in delivering emergency care in remote and resource-limited environments. Through targeted clinical experiences, mentorship, and scholarly work, residents develop skills in environmental emergencies, expedition medicine, improvised treatment, and evacuation planning. The track prepares residents to lead wilderness medical care and apply these skills to disaster response and austere settings.

The Simulation Scholarly Track is designed for emergency medicine residents with a strong interest in medical simulation, experiential learning, and healthcare education. This longitudinal track provides residents with structured mentorship, hands-on simulation experience, and scholarly opportunities focused on the design, implementation, and evaluation of simulation-based education in emergency medicine. Residents in the track will develop foundational and advanced skills in simulation curriculum development, scenario design, debriefing techniques, learner assessment, procedural training, systems-based simulation, innovation, quality improvement, patient safety, educational research, and simulation operations. Participants will work closely with faculty mentors to facilitate high-fidelity simulation sessions, interdisciplinary team training, in-situ simulations, and procedural workshops for learners across various levels of training. The track emphasizes scholarship and academic development, with residents expected to complete a simulation-related scholarly project suitable for presentation at regional or national meetings and/or publication in peer-reviewed literature.