Emergency Medicine Residency Education

PGY1 Block Schedule

NOTE

• Site 1 = Memorial Hospital West (MHW)
• Site 2 = Memorial Regional Hospital (MRH)
• Site 3 = Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital (JDCH)
• ORIENT/EM = 4 weeks of EM Orientation + 1 week of clinical shits in each ED
• ANES/V = 3 weeks of Anesthesia + 1 week vacation
• EMS/V = 3 weeks of EMS + 1 week of vacation
• EM/V = 2 weeks of EM + 2 weeks of vacation
• EM/US = 2 weeks of EM + 2 weeks of EM Ultrasound. Both weeks are spent in the ED.

PGY2 Block Schedule

NOTE

• EM @ Site 1 = 13 shifts in the adult ED + 4 shifts in the peds ED.
• EM @ Site 2/3 = 13 shifts in the adult ED @ Site 2 + 4 shifts in the peds ED @ Site 3. Both sites are on the same campus.
• EMUS = EM Ultrasound. All 4 weeks are spent in the ED.

PGY3 Block Schedule

NOTE

• EM/OB @ Sites 1/2 = 2 weeks of EM @ Site 1 + 2 weeks of OB @ Site 2
• EM @ Site 1 = 12 shifts in the adult ED + 4 shifts in the peds ED
• EM @ Sites 2/3 = 12 shifts in the adult ED @ Site 2 + 4 shifts in the peds ED @ Site 3. Both sites are on the same campus.

Our didactic curriculum will be patterned after the Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine using Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide as our textbook of reference. Content will be covered in a multitude of ways:

• Initial 4-week block dedicated to Orientation at the beginning of residency training
• ATLS training and certification
• Suture, Splint and Ultrasound workshops
• Daily Morning Report
• Weekly Academic Conference that is protected and will be conducted in various formats
  • Traditional lecture
  • Morbidity & Mortality case discussions every week
  • Small group case-based discussions covering core content
  • Journal Club both during dedicated academic conference time as well as beyond
  • Mock oral board review
  • Grand Rounds

• Understanding Healthcare Series sponsored by the Central Graduate Medical Education Office
• Simulation Curriculum dedicated to key index resuscitations and procedures:
  • Adult and Pediatric Medical & Trauma Resuscitation
  • Intubation and Invasive Procedures
  • Standardized patients-Challenging situations