To provide an environment in which a fourth year medical student may gain knowledge of emergency medicine
To provide an environment in which students under supervision may learn and perform procedures.
To prepare students who are interested in pursuing careers in Emergency Medicine.
To emphasize clinical teaching at the bedside by close one-on-one supervision with a senior resident or a teaching attending.
To provide didactic teaching through a series of focused medical student lectures by residents, attending resident conferences, case presentations, mock oral examinations and procedure labs.
The goals for the student:
To demonstrate the ability to take focus history and physicals in the acute care setting
To demonstrate the ability to formulate treatment plans and manage the acutely ill patient.
To demonstrate professionalism while working as part of a team in the acute care setting.
To demonstrate proficiencies in basic emergency medicine procedures in the procedure lab.
The opportunity to perform emergency medicine procedures under the direct supervision of Board certified EM physicians.
To demonstrate knowledge of Emergency Medicine.
To demonstrate basic interpretations of imaging, lab results, and other ancillary studies
To give a end of rotation case presentation discussing the presentation and management of an interesting case.
