Emergency Medicine

The Emergency Medicine rotation is a composed of a 4-week course of study that will introduce you to the multifaceted care of patients commonly seen in the emergency department. This rotation will incorporate an introductory knowledge of surgical, medical, and mental health conditions commonly encountered in an emergency medicine practice: triage of patients, evaluation, diagnosis, and indications for treatment of a wide variety of medical, surgical, and mental health problems, and incorporate technical components of common emergency department procedures, including the benefits and alternatives to aggressive approaches. During the rotation, students are expected to perform educational presentations as assigned by the preceptor up to and including morning report presentations, case studies and clinical presentations, participation in pathology conferences, mortality and morbidity conferences, and grand rounds. During this clinical course, students will engage in the care of patients presenting with a variety of clinical problems routinely seen on the emergency medicine service. Students will engage in evaluation and treatment of patients and the application of osteopathic principles and practices to speed healing, decrease complications, and advance recovery. In the emergency department, learners will have the opportunity to practice some common emergency procedures, learn emergency department protocols and formulate appropriate disposition linked to continuity of care beyond the emergency department visit.