1. Emergency Medicine Clerkship 2018
An Introduction
Joshua Silverberg, MD

2. The Websites http://www.emresidency.net https://emrounds.org

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4. The Requirements
Be present for all the clinical shifts you are assigned
If you are unable to make it please contact me
Case Presentation
Wednesday Conference
Friday Follow up rounds
Test
The test covers common subjects in emergency medicine.
There are more esoteric topics that may be covered. If they are not covered they will be removed from the test.

5. Look Good on Your Shifts
Be courteous and professional to everyone
Be on time
Own your patients
Sign out all of your patients
Do your procedures (if possible)
Ask the residents about the attending’s style

6. Evaluations
There are evaluation sheets in your packet, online and in the mailbox labeled “Medical Student Evaluations”
Give them to all of the attendings (and residents if you think they have something to say) that you work with at Jacobi
At Montefiore they have an app on their phone – ask them to fill it out

8. Resident Educational Activities
Wednesday Conference
Usually on the 4th floor of building one from 8a-12pm on Wednesdays
Once a month it is at the SIM center (IMSAL)
Intermittently at Weiler
Friday follow up rounds
Friday at 8a-9a in the ED conference room.

9. Sites
Jacobi – 2 weeks
Montefiore – 2 weeks
Einstein 1 shift

10. Jacobi Roles Attending – pretty self explanatory Pre-Attending Chief
4th year resident – cases are presented to the 4th year by the other residents
Chief
3rd year resident - they run the side of the ED. They distribute the patients.
Junior
PGY1 and PGY2 – see most of the patients primarily

11. The Jacobi ED West - Surgical side East - Medical side
Urgent Care/Fast Track
The areas are color coded
East- Pink/Blue
West – Green/Yellow
Grey – Urgent Care

12. Nursing Shift New for this year
Join the nurse on Wednesday, practice your IV skills and see what the other side lives like.
Shift starts after educational activities are done on Wednesday until 7pm

13. The Monte ED The ED is divided by acuity West – High acuity side
East- (North/South) – moderate acuity sides
Fast Track – Low acuity

14. Montefiore Schedule Five 12 hour shifts at Moses
One shift at Weiler/Einstein. Contact Mark Fenig
Pair up with an attending
Three attendings start at 7
Three attending start at 11
One in Urgent Care starts at 10:30
You should try to do only one West shift

15. Jacobi Schedule Pick a track Go to all shifts listed on the schedule
If you need to swap a shift please me
If your track lists you in urgent care and there is no student in one of the other patient care areas then you should go to the other patient care area.

16. Schedule Divide the group in half
Half start at Montefiore
Half start at Jacobi
Discuss amongst yourselves which track you want
If you need any special considerations talk to me

17. Your Grade
Evaluations – the bulk of your grade will come from this because it tells me how well you do on shift.
The test will help you if you do amazingly and hurt you if you do poorly.
The presentation is pass/fail

18. Evaluation Breakdown Documentation Technical/Procedural skills
History and Physical
Presentation Skills
Fund of knowledge
Judgement
Differential Diagnosis
Documentation
Technical/Procedural skills
Professionalism/Reliability
Staff/Patient interactions

19. Study Material Websites/Blogs/FOAMed Podcasts Books m/
Podcasts
Emergency Medicine for Students
EM Basic
Books
Rosen’s
Tintinalli
Review books

20. Remember… These resources are not typically peer reviewed
There will be a lot of opinions

21. Contact Information