Emergency Medicine

This course is designed to give senior medical students a relevant experience in adult emergency medicine. Students function as an acting intern and work under direct supervision of the emergency medicine attending physicians. They take part in the initial evaluation and subsequent management of patients presenting with emergent and urgent problems of various organ systems. Students are fully supported by emergency medicine residents and attending physicians, but the student is the patient's primary care giver. Students are expected to formulate thorough differential diagnoses, treatment plans and perform any needed procedures. A series of didactics are presented to the students during the course of the month including small group discussions, lectures and procedural skills practice. Students also learn to manage critically ill patients through the use of advanced simulation. Final evaluations are based on demonstration of competency in clinical duties, completion of skills and simul