EMED 5001/5012 -- Emergency Medicine Clerkship
| Emergency Medicine Clerkship | |
| Student Manual | |
| - | Course Orientation |
| - | Site Lecture Requirements |
| - | Goals & Objectives |
| - | Grades/Evaluations |
| - | Basic Practice Issues |
| - | Core Curriculum |
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Student Manual (166 Pages) |
| Clerkship Forms (PDFs) | |
| - | Daily Evaluation Front Page |
| - | Daily Evaluation Back Page |
| - | Presentation Evaluation |
| - | Final Course Evaluation |
| - | Patient Tracking Sheet |
| - | Student Procedures Log |
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Preface to Emergency Medicine
Hartmut Gross, M.D. & W. (Ted) Kuhn, M.D.
Beginning in 1997, MCG made the EMED 5001 (and later EMED 5012) course a selective for all senior medical students. Students rotate through one of the following: the MCG Emergency Department or Eisenhower Emergency Department, Augusta, GA; Candler/St. Joseph Emergency Department in Savannah, GA; Phoebe Putney Emergency Department in Albany, GA; Tift Medical Center in Tifton, Georgia; or Aiken Regional Hospital Emergency Department in nearby Aiken, South Carolina. Additional rotation sites are added only if there is genuine interest in teaching students and if there is sufficient teaching material to ensure an adequate clinical experience, both in quality and quantity. The EMED 5012 course is arranged by students at other sites who already educate medical students; however, students must fulfill all the other requirements of the EMED 5001 course in addition to any required at the off site location.
This manual was written with one purpose in mind: to provide the best possible educational experience for students limited by a one-month’s rotation. There is enough "meat" here for both those who want only a brief experience and for those who want a more in depth experience.
The manual is designed to be your reading and study manual for the month. Each of you will work in one of the Emergency Departments for a total of approximately 150 hours for the month, rotating through all the shifts. (Approximately 40 hours per week after EMS time and 911 experiences are added.)
The first part of the manual serves as orientation to the logistics of the EMED 5001 and 5012 course. It includes the goals and objectives, orientation, and evaluation methods for the courses.
The second part of the manual involves basic issues that face emergency physicians every day of their practice, such as cost containment, consultants, prescription writing and patient expectations. Emergency Medicine, like most specialties, is considerably more complex than just the clinical medicine involved. These issues are addressed to provide the student with some limited concept of what Emergency Medicine is all about.
The third part of the study guide is the core curriculum.
Lastly, we truly hope that you enjoy these materials and your month in Emergency Medicine. Over the years, we have found this specialty to be unusually challenging and stimulating. If we achieve our goal you will not only gain a fundamental understanding of what the ED can provide, its limitations, and how to use it properly; but from time to time you will fondly think back to your experience, or recall special moments in the Emergency Department, no matter what specialty you ultimately pursue.
Mark D. Lopez, MD,
FACEP, FAAEM
Clerkship Co-Director
Pavilion II, AF-2015
(706) 721-7144
Christopher A. Fly, MD
Clerkship Co-Director
Pavilion II, AF-2013
(706) 721-7144
Susan Valle
Clerkship Program Specialist
Pavilion II, AF-2044
(706) 721-4412
emclerkship@mcg.edu