Curriculum Overview

Our curriculum is designed to expose residents to the full range of topics, experiences, technical procedures and concepts relevant to emergency medicine in a three (3) year format. The guide for our curriculum is the Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, June 2001.    

Our curriculum is divided into an experiential curriculum (on-and-off service rotations), a didactic curriculum (conferences and lectures), a literature-based curriculum (required reading list based on the major emergency medicine textbooks) and special training in emergency medicine (ACLS, PALS, ATLS, EMS, and research).  This combination of training modalities provides our residents with instruction in varying formats. This maximizes our residents' exposure to the concepts and fund of knowledge that constitutes emergency medicine. Learning is thereby reinforced as each resident is taught the Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine through a multi-faceted approach.

In addition to preparing residents for emergency medicine practice, our curriculum also emphasizes acquisition of basic skills in assessing the medical literature, understanding concepts in clinical epidemiology and appreciating the role of emergency physicians in the formulation and implementation of health care policy.

Our program combines a strong academic curriculum with extensive experience in the emergency department.  Residents are supervised by attending staff and are rotated through clinical departments to learn how to diagnose patients, manage patients as well as how to operate an emergency department. 

Our Emergency Medicine Residency is committed to providing our residents with a top-quality education.   Our experienced faculty takes a friendly, enthusiastic approach to teaching and mentoring and are easily accessible to our residents.