This preceptorship is offered to first and second year medical students interested in being exposed to clinical medicine. It is particularly well suited for students that are interested in emergency care and are considering a career in emergency medicine. Students spend two clinical shifts in the emergency department with an Emergency Medicine Faculty member. The student has the opportunity to see a wide spectrum of patients, many of which are critically ill or injured. Grades for the course are Pass/Fail and are entirely determined by faculty evaluations.

This elective rotation is for students interested in obtaining an in-depth review of clinical and medical toxicology emergencies. The rotation includes contact with toxicology trained emergency medicine faculty, didactic lectures, journal club, field trips, simulation training, the toxicology laboratory, and exposure to a very busy regional poison control center.

The primary goal of the emergency medicine clerkship is to teach the student how to recognize and manage acute life threatening conditions. A secondary goal is to develop the diagnostic skills necessary to evaluate patients with common symptoms such as chest pain or abdominal pain.

Students should have a solid foundation in internal medicine, surgery, and pediatrics prior to starting this rotation. The student will be expected to take a focused history and physical and present it in a concise, clear fashion.

As many of you have experienced in your clinical rotations, there is an increasing role for Point of Care Ultrasound across many specialties.  This tool provides an extension to the assessment of the critically ill patient and affords dynamic guidance of invasive procedures.  The elective will focus on image acquisition and interpretation at the bedside within the ED under the supervision of the emergency ultrasound fellow and ED attendings.  Image and tape review during weekly Emergency Ultrasound Continuous Quality Improvement will provide a forum for focused learning and direct feedback on cases.  Prerequisites: 4th year med student in good standing.  EMR 440 (or equivalent) recommended prior to rotation.

This clerskship is an elective particularly well suited for those students pursuing a career in emergency medicine. Students are expected to work at the intern level and accordingly are given a great deal of responsibility. All patients must be staffed with the emergency medicine attending. There are no lectures or other requirements other than the clinical shifts in the emergency department. The final grade is based upon faculty evaluation of the student's performance.

This research elective is offered to any student interested in carrying out an emergency medicine related research project. Please see the faculty research interests for potential topics. Most of the research is clinically based however, for the highly motivated student bench top research is available. The project must be approved by the precepting faculty member.

The Department of Emergency Medicine also participates in other courses offered by the School of Medicine:

• FAP 400 Introduction to Patient Evaluation
• MD 401 Physical Diagnosis