Emergency Medicine - Program Format

The program includes five hours per week of didactic conferences, in addition to work rounds and bedside teaching. Residents are excused from clinical responsibilities during all rotations in order to attend conferences, which are held every Wednesday from 9:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.. Conferences include:

  • Core Curriculum Lectures
  • Practice-Based Learning
  • Case Conference
  • Journal Club/Literature Review
  • Morbidity and Mortality Review
  • Joint Lectures with Internal Medicine and Family Practice
  • Trauma Grand Rounds

EM I

EM I residents begin, literally, as students. Residents are given an intense exposure to the basic skills that are the foundation of the practice of Emergency Medicine. They are given a clear sense of how each rotation meets the goals of becoming an emergency physician. Residents learn the overall orientation and approach of the emergency physician, grow comfortable in the Emergency Department setting, and begin to manage acutely ill or injured patients.

  • 1/2 block: Introduction to Emergency Medicine
  • 6 1/2 blocks: Adult Emergency Department
  • 1 block: Obstetrics
  • 1 block: Pediatric Emergency Department
  • 1 block: Orthopedics
  • 1 block: Coronary Care Unit
  • 1/2 block: Anesthesiology
  • 1/2 block: Ultrasonography
  • 1 block: Vacation

EM II

EM II residents begin to acquire the breadth of clinical experiences necessary for a successful education. Residents are expected to be able to initiate management of most types of patient problems, and they assume greater responsibility for larger numbers of patients at an individualized speed. Rotations outside the Emergency Department in both the second and third year reflect a variety of increasingly focused and intense experiences that meet specific goals of training.

  • 7 1/2 blocks: Adult Emergency Department
  • 1 block: Pediatric Emergency Department
  • 1 block: Medical Intensive Care Unit
  • 1/2 block: Emergency Medical System
  • 1 block: Surgical Intensive Care Unit
  • 1 block: Trauma Service
  • 1 block: Vacation

EM III

EM III residents continue to acquire breadth of experience. With experience comes maturity of skill and judgement. EM III residents are able to make disposition decisions, assume leadership in resuscitations, and by the end of the third year, they should be able to manage all aspects of care for most patient problems.

  • 7 1/2 blocks: Adult Emergency Department
  • 1 block: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
  • 1 block: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
  • 1 block: Toxicology at N.Y. Poison Control Center
  • 1 block: Trauma Service
  • 1/2 bock: Psychiatry
  • 1 block: Elective
  • 1 block: Vacation

EM IV

The EM IV year allows residents significant teaching, administrative and supervisory experience. Residents not only continue to acquire clinical experience, but they also have ample opportunity to refine their personal, interactive styles.

  • 8 blocks: Adult Emergency Medicine
  • 1 block: Pediatric Emergency Department
  • 1 block: Trauma Service
  • 2 blocks: Electives
  • 1 block: Vacation