- Your shift times will align with PGY2 and PGY3 residents. Shifts are 7a-5p, 11a-9p, 3p-1a, 9p-7a - Main, and 12-9p Peds.
- Responsibility increases at night and on weekends. Students will become more involved in patient care and have more opportunities for procedures. Weekend nights in the warmer months tend to correlate with an increased volume of trauma patients.
- Students must show up on time and complete all shifts. Most patients will be staffed with senior residents and teaching attendings. Day shift starts at 6:45 am.
- Students will be required to attend the Dean’s Lunch and any activities required by the College of Medicine or the Department of Emergency Medicine, including social activities and Journal Club.
- Requests for extra days off should be cleared with Dr. Hennings and Hollie.
- Conference occurs every Thursday from 8am to 1pm in the EM conference room. Students are expected to be prompt (get breakfast before arriving) and should participate in conferences. The schedule is published in advance and is available from Hollie. If a conference item is listed in red, it is an online module and conference will start at the next time slot.
- Don’t fall asleep or play games on your phone during conference. You may want to bring an EM textbook or review book and take notes during the lectures.
- Students will give a brief 5-6 minute case-based presentation during their assigned period within the month. Presentations should include a case based format covering one teaching point from current literature (at least one article from PubMed.) Uptodate is a good starting place but should not be your sole resource.
- Must read the “ED Primer” pdf from the SAEM website. It’s a high-yield and a relatively quick read. Try to read it on the first day of rotation.
- There are many resources on the SAEM and ACEP websites for students, You should strongly consider joining ACEP and EMRA (about $100/year) as they have high quality resources for students interested in EM.
- Must review the case-based presentations on the CDEM website. This is an excellent, brief overview for key facts about EM and will be a high-yield resource for working in the ED.
- Textbooks are available in the resident library and the hospital library. The resident library consists of books donated or loaned by residents and faculty, so please don’t steal them.
- The EM residents often have discovered additional educational resources – please ask them for help if you would like to find podcasts or videos to help learn EM.
- Faculty meet on a rolling basis to discuss medical student evaluations.
- At the end of every shift you MUST obtain two evaluations one from an attending and one from an upper-level resident using the provided Google form.
- Grades are based on clinical performance, conference involvement, and conference presentation, incorporating information from the Google forms. Students are evaluated based on ACGME core competencies.
- A SLOE will be generated for students wishing to pursue EM as a career. Please submit your personal statement (draft is OK), CV, and ERAS cover letter form to Hollie by the end of the rotation to assist in the generation of the SLOE.
- Arrive early
- Be excited and engaged
- Be humble
- Be honest, integrity and attitude can matter more than knowledge
- Keep families and patients up to date with plans and results
- Be willing to help with nursing care. Provide your patients with blankets, pillows, or water (if they are not NPO)
- Own your patients and try to make it as easy as possible for your resident to care for them
- Jacob Hennings, MD, FACEP Clerkship Director
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- Hollie Daugherty, Clerkship Coordinator
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423.778.4696