BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2025 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — Area emergency services agencies may soon be benefiting from extra help in the field. Florida Atlantic University just launched its Emergency Medical Services fellowship program. The net result: physicians may join EMTs on some emergency calls. FAU provided details to BocaNewsNow.com:
>> Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine launched its sixth university-sponsored fellowship. The FAU Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Fellowship will be based at Boca Raton Regional Hospital, part of Baptist Health, as a member of the FAU College of Medicine Graduate Medical Education (GME) Consortium.
In addition to the FAU EMS Fellowship hospital partners, FAU has partnered with local emergency medical services and fire rescue agencies to provide fellows with varied experiences across multiple emergency medical service systems. Additional municipal fire rescue partnerships are expected to be finalized in the coming months, broadening the scope and reach of the fellowship’s prehospital training.
As part of the program, fellows will respond to 911 emergencies in dedicated FAU/Baptist EMS vehicles, working alongside first responders in the field. They will play key roles in medical oversight, protocol development, paramedic and EMT training, and the operational management of EMS systems. In addition, fellows will serve as attending physicians in the health system’s emergency departments, ensuring continuity of care and maintaining clinical expertise. Their combined efforts will help improve patient outcomes starting from the moment of first contact, well before hospital arrival.
The FAU EMS Fellowship also incorporates a robust research and public health component. Fellows will contribute to studies that advance emergency care and participate in community education efforts, including CPR training, emergency preparedness workshops and public health initiatives. <<
I believe that the Boca Raton Firefighter Paramedics are already among the best in the Nation. This will only improve our emergency health care. In the few short years of its existence, the Charles Schmidt College of Medicine at FAU has made great strides not only in teaching a new generation of physicians, but in making health care in Boca Raton better for all of us citizens. Thank you to all involved.
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