We offer many elective courses during the senior year to best serve each student’s individual needs and goals. Students with well-defined career goals and those who are still in the process of choosing a specific area to focus on have a wide assortment of electives to choose from. Most courses are two or four weeks in duration.
Students are also encouraged to approach faculty members for the development of unique courses.
| Department: | Emergency Medicine |
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| Course Number: | EME-4001 |
| Course Name: | Advanced Emergency Medicine |
| Instructors: | Dr. Emma Furlano |
| Course Description: | PREREQUISITE: Student MUST have completed a four week Emergency Medicine rotation before this elective. Course Description: This dynamic four-week course allows the student to work one-on-one with Emergency Medicine attendings and senior residents to serve as an acting intern. Students work approximately 16 eight-hour shifts. Students are integral to the Emergency Medicine team caring for various patients- including trauma, medical, and pediatric cases. Students are primarily assigned to shifts in the Adult Emergency Department (both medical and trauma zones). This rotation will include a shift in the Pediatric Emergency Department, with exposure to pediatric medical and trauma cases. Students will also participate in an Emergency Medicine Critical Care shift, instructed by Critical Care/Resuscitation-trained Emergency Physicians. This shift will focus on managing critically ill patients and complex emergency procedures. Students will attend the Conference lectures and Resident Simulation sessions as well. Students will also have the option to participate in an Ultrasound FAST workshop as taught by Ultrasound faculty and a procedural skills lab. *NOTE*: This course does NOT fulfill the AMC Clinical Selective requirement. THIS COURSE IS FOR VISITING STUDENTS ONLY. |
| Educational Objectives: | The student will demonstrate the ability to: 1. Summarize an accurate problem-focused history and physical examination. 2. Create a differential diagnosis hierarchy based on initial patient presentation. 3. Clearly define a management plan and interpret a response to therapeutic interventions. 4. Apply available information technology to solve patient care problems and improve knowledge base. |
| Types of Patients: | Students are exposed to all patients who present to an emergency department for evaluation - including medical and trauma, pediatric and adult, and critical and urgent care patients. |
| Teaching Sessions /Conferences: | Clerkship Orientation/Introduction; Weekly Resident Conference; Journal Club; Resident Simulation; Optional FAST Workshop and Procedural Skills lab |
| Resources /Readings: | Online Self-Study Modules [www.cdemcurriculum.org], Selected reading from An Introduction to Clinical Emergency Medicine, 2nd Ed., Edited by S.V. Mahadevan and Gus M. Garmel |
| Evaluation Method(s): | Direct Observation, Workshop/Simulation, Mid-Rotation Feedback |
| Contact Information: | Course Coordinator: Brandi Johnson, [email protected]; Course Director: Emma Furlano, MD, [email protected] |
| Period(s) Available: | 1,2,3,4,5 |
| Available Length: | 4 weeks |
| Max Students: | 2 |
| Visiting Students: | Yes |