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.

More than half of the residency curriculum occurs directly in the Emergency Department (ED) and its associated rotations. A relatively large percentage of our institution’s initial critical care occurs in the ED and residents experience multiple off-service rotations in critical care. As a result, our residents are highly proficient with critically ill patients and critical procedures.

Our academic schedule is divided into three 13-block sections: