A wide variety of choices are available to senior residents for one scheduled elective rotation in the senior year. Residents are permitted to do elective rotations outside of the Medical Center, subject to approval by the program director. The mainstay of the didactic curriculum is the Wednesday conference series. The formal Wednesday conferences include grand rounds, core lectures, case conferences, journal club, specialty conferences and reading discussions. All emergency medicine residents, including those on most off-service rotations, are relieved from clinical responsibilities on Wednesday mornings.
Attendance is mandatory, maximizing the learning experience for all residents.
In addition, teaching rounds are held in the emergency department every morning. An intensive, one month orientation to emergency medicine is given for first year residents in July. It includes direct observation and evaluation of clinical skills by emergency medicine faculty. Research and data collection proceed through the second and third years with completion of the project by the end of the third year. Residents are encouraged to present their research in local and national emergency medicine research forums.