Top 10 Reasons to Train in Emergency Medicine

At Hennepin County Medical Center

From the Current Residents

10. Minneapolis is a great place to live!  Voted "Best Places to Work in Healthcare"

       by Modern Healthcare and "Best Places to Live" by Money Magazine.

 

9. There is very limited ‘scut’ work, and lots of procedures, including all airway procedures

       in the ED.

 

8. Excellent working relationships between residents, nurses, paramedics, and ancillary staff throughout the hospital, but particularly in the ED.

 

7. Willingness of the program to make changes when residents raise concerns.

 

6. STAB (Critical Care) Conference, where the week’s critical cases are presented, reviewed

     and critiqued.

5. The EM Resident runs all trauma cases, and the ED maintains an excellent working

      relationship with the Surgery Department.

4. Outstanding ultrasound training, including a credentialing program.

 

3. Residents are given substantial autonomy to care for the diverse patient population,

      but still have supervision.

 

2. PGY-3 ‘Pitboss’ role; emphasizing seeing as many patients as possible combined with resident/student teaching and patient care supervision.

 

1. The EM faculty; “experience, wisdom, knowledge, proficiency, kindness and approachability.”

 

• Dr. Michelle Biros was editor in chief of Academic Emergency Medicine for ten years and was recently elected to the Institute of Medicine

• Dr. Louis Ling and Dr. Michelle Biros are editors of the current Rosen's Emergency Medicine-Concepts and Clinical Practice

 

• Dr. John McGill was the President of the American group of Medicines Sans Frontiere, (Doctors without Borders) when they were presented with the Nobel Peace Prize.