Emergency Medicine

Sponsoring Department:  Emergency Medicine

Course Title:  Career Exploration in Emergency Medicine

Faculty Course Director: Cherri Hobgood, MD

Prerequisites:  None

Periods Offered:  November - May

Maximum Enrollment:  1 student per block

Clinical/Non-Clinical:  Clinical

Duration of Elective/Selective:  2 weeks

Where/When to report on first day:  UNC Emergency Department Administration Offices and ask for Jennifer Link (exact time will be decided closer to date)

Learning Objectives: (what student will be able to do as a result of this experience)

1.  Have exposure to a career in Emergency Medicine

2.  Experience the role of Emergency Medicine in the health care system

3.  Experience the role of EMS in the health care system

4.  Focus on evaluating and treating patients in the Emergency Department

Learning Activities:  (What the student will do e.g., conferences, rounds, clinic, expected hours, on-call requirements/opportunities)

1. 6 x 9 hour clinical shifts in the emergency department
2. 1 full day EMS ride along
3. A two-page write-up of the evaluation of a category of chief complaint that frequently presents to the Emergency Department
4. 2 x 8 hour days of resident and student education

Evaluation:  (How student will be evaluated e.g., observed administering procedures, interviewing patients, presentation at case conference, participation in rounds, patient write-ups)

Students will be part of the health care team headed up by the attending emergency physician. They will work in close coordination with a second or third year emergency medicine resident. While they become acquainted with the department, they will work side-by-side with the resident. As their comfort level increases, they will be able to do H&P on patients in the ED after the patients have been briefly evaluated by the senior resident. They will receive direct feedback on these from senior emergency medicine residents and faculty physicians. Their EMS ride along day will be monitored by EMS professionals and the education days will be monitored by the emergency medicine faculty. The patient write-ups will be graded by the course director Kevin Biese.

Grading:  All 2 week career exploration electives are pass/fail. Please not what is required for passing.

In order to pass, all activities must be attended and completed with appropriate professionalism and effort demonstrated.