RADIANT ED for Emergency Department Providers
Essential Emergency Reproductive Healthcare Training in Illinois' Emergency Departments
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Now accepting applications for Spring 2027!
Emergency departments (EDs) are a crucial access point for reproductive healthcare, and handle an estimated 2 million visits per year related to complications related to pregnancy. Furthermore, the 2022 Dobbs decision has significant implications for emergency medicine. In Illinois, 34.3% of counties are maternal care deserts.
In response to new federal restrictions on access reproductive care in EDs, the Hospital Emergency Service Act reaffirmed that pregnant people in Illinois can access life-saving, medically necessary reproductive health care, including abortions in the emergency department.
Many ED providers in Illinois require more training and resources to provide essential reproductive healthcare.
In response to this growing need, RADIANT ED launched as a FREE, hybrid online/live training program with ED experts to identify and address institutional challenges and develop strategies to implement change.
To address the training needs of Illinois’ EDs, we developed Radiant ED with Access Bridge, who mentors clinical champions in the ED to implement Early Pregnancy Loss and Medication Abortion curriculum and protocols.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Radiant ED brings together cohorts of Emergency Department clinicians (MDs, DOs, APRNs, PAs) from across Illinois for a FREE fellowship program.
1. SPOTLIGHTING CLINICAL CHAMPIONS
Phase One: Weekly, Online Meetings (11 weeks beginning January 2027; meetings are 2 hours in length)
Participants are paired into small-group cohorts that meet weekly over eleven (11) weeks to learn clinical skills to manage essential reproductive healthcare from experts in the field through convenient online meetings on:
⋅ Early Pregnancy Loss
⋅ Ectopic Pregnancy
⋅ Emergency Contraception
⋅ Point-of-Care Ultrasound
⋅ Abortion Follow-up
⋅ Perinatal Substance Use Disorder (New!)
⋅ Obstetric Complications (New!)
2. BUILDING SYSTEMS CHANGEMAKERS
In addition to content-based trainings, Radiant ED Fellows will work with our Emergency Department experts to identify and address institutional challenges related to reproductive health care delivery and develop strategies to implement change in a series of online meetings.
3. PROVIDING IMMERSIVE, HANDS-ON SKILLS TRAINING
Phase Two: Live, Two-Day Training on the UIC Campus
Radiant ED Fellows participate in two full, hands-on skills days at UIC’s simulation lab in Chicago (April 2027) to build clinical confidence in diagnosing and managing early pregnancy loss through high-fidelity ultrasound simulators, standardized patient scenarios, and complication case studies.
Each participant completing the program will receive a $5,000 stipend and travel support.
PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY:
1. All Radiant ED applicants must hold an active Illinois license and work in Emergency Medicine in one of the following roles:
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
- Certified Nurse-Midwife
- Physician (MD/DO)
- Physician Associate/Physician Assistant
2. Applicants must have current employment in an Illinois-based Emergency Department.
ABOUT OUR PARTNER:
Access Bridge
Access Bridge is a novel program that improves access to evidence-based reproductive health services and increases health equity by building the capacity of America’s emergency departments to serve as reproductive health safety nets.
Questions? Contact us.
APPLY TODAY! Currently accepting applicants
Hear from RADIANT ED Fellows
“This program was fantastic. I have felt empowered to tackle my fear of obstetric medicine and have come out more confident in caring for this underserved population, particularly in the critical access emergency department.”
“This was a great event and provided much needed education post-residency for women’s health and reproductive services as we provide through the ED.”