PREREQUISITES
Students will have completed all of their 3rd year clinical clerkships
and will take
this clerkship during their 4th year. Special allowance will be made for
MS3 with
Honors and research commitments to take the clerkship during the end of
their 3rd
year. Any other students will need approval from the course director to
take it
early.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Our core mission is to introduce students to EM and to educate them as
to how an
emergency department (ED) operates. We also will be focused on helping
them to
recognize their future roles and responsibilities with the ED regardless
of their
career direction. Students will acquire skills of critical judgment for
the care of
undifferentiated and seriously ill patients within the context of all
organ systems
and multidisciplinary content areas.
This course is based on the current national consensus for a 4-week EM
Clerkship
Curriculum (ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 20 10; 17 :638-643.)
The 4-week course will be offered from July-April allowing the
exceptions noted
above. It will be comprised of the following 4 Modules: Clinical,
Simulation,
Emergency Ultrasound and Didactic. LUMC Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
faculty will supervise students at all times. Our scheduling plans
assume no more
than 16 students per course period. Orientation will occur on the first
day of the
rotation.
Students will work 11 eight-hour a variety of clinical shifts (day,
evening, overnight, weekends)
seeing undifferentiated
patients in the
ED. There will be one protected and required educational day each week allowing students to
participate in
Simulation, Point of Care Emergency Ultrasound, and Didactic sessions of various formats on
selected EM topics. There will be time outside
of the clinical shifts
and educational
days for students to self-study and view asynchronous educational
material.
There will be no resident intermediary between the students and
supervising
faculty. This will allow for continual, real-time, direct and
interactive faculty
instruction and formative feedback. Students will be continually pushing
forward
beyond their individual abilities. While accountable for the Course
Objectives,
students will also be able to focus on skills relevant to their specific
career plans.
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