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 |
|---|---|
| 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 are expected to have completed a four- week Emergency Medicine rotation before this elective. 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 a Simulation Day (manikin and standardized patients) 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; Simulation Day; 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: | 4-8 *Visiting Students Only |
| Available Length: | 4 weeks |
| Max Students: | 2 |
| Visiting Students: | Yes |