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Emergency Medicine Residency Program

DIDACTIC EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES
Average of 5.5 hours/week offered

Weekly Conference: Thursdays 7:30 AM to Noon
Videotaped and available on-line for further viewing.

6:30 am - PGY-1 Ruiz Reading Group - Scheduled readings from Tintinalli designed to guide you through high yield topics in you first year (prior to the in-training).  All first year residents, a chief resident, and a faculty member attend weekly.

1) Critical Care (STAB) Conference - Selected critical case management and discussion.
2) Core Content Lecture - Covers emergency medicine core content material. Given by faculty, third year resident, or invited speaker.
3) Chief Complaint Conference - Interesting cases with good teaching points presented by third year residents each week.
4) Fourth Lecture rotates among several topics, including M&M, Research, Toxicology, and EKG.

Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Wednesdays Noon to 1PM
Guest speakers on selected topics in pediatric emergency medicine, or resident case presentation.

Social Journal Club: Monthly
Residents review current research and critique methodology. Very casual, held at faculty members’ homes, includes dinner.

Emergency Medicine Forum: Quarterly
Our version of Grand Rounds. Co-sponsored by several community emergency medicine groups. Invited speakers, held at a hotel with hors d’oeuvres and beverages.

Procedure Lab

Eight-hour procedure lab. Taught by emergency medicine faculty in a one-one faculty to resident ratio. Taken annually by all residents. As a third year resident you will assist in teaching labs to students and interns.

Research
There are ample opportunities to participate in research projects. There are always many ongoing faculty projects with which you can assist, or you can create your own original research. There is a scholarly project requirement during residency, and research is one of several ways in which one can satisfy this.

Reading Group
The PGY - 1 residents meet weekly with a faculty to review the weeks core content material from a standard Emergency Medicine textbook.

Weekly Quiz
Based on Core Content Lecture