Dear Students,
Welcome to your Emergency medicine clerkship, we are excited to share our unique speciality with you over the next 4 week’s. The focus of the clerkship is to provide comprehensive, interactive training to prepare clinical leaders in emergency medicine. Small group and simulation education are major contributors to emergency medicine education, attributing to about 25% of didactic sessions. As a student rotating through the ER regardless of speciality you will be exposed to various ER areas which include critical care and trauma, adult and pediatric, you may encounter some procedural and toxicology cases.
As an emergency medicine rotator, you will be required to attend weekly didactic sessions, complete a powerpoint presentation (rubric is in the current students section), a patient follow-up (explained in orientation and available in the EM4701 toolbox in the current student’s section) and several procedures that must be logged and signed. You will also receive an attendance grid (all shifts must be signed off by an attending/resident that you worked with while on shift. All student’s will be required to submit one evaluation form for each shift). This will be done via email and explained during orientation.
All the aforementioned documents are available via the student website: em-students.clinicalmonster.com. If you misplace any of your documents, they are currently available on the website in the EM4701 toolbox. The website will answer various EM related questions and also has a copy of the clerkship handbook. Please keep in mind that you are responsible for all course documents and their completion. Incomplete documents will require you to return to ED to obtain the appropriate signatures.
I look forward to meeting you and again welcome to the emergency medicine department at SUNY Downstate/Kings County Hospital.
Best,
Tiesha Saunders
EM Education Coordinator