Akron General also serves as the Northeast Ohio base hospital for Medflight, an air ambulance helicopter transport service. Residents have the option to fly with the helicopter during their EMS experience. Their participation is on a voluntary basis. Additional trauma and intensive care experience is provided through rotation at Cleveland Metrohealth Medical Center and the Baltimore R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. Didactics Five hours of conferences are held each week on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.
Attendance is mandatory, and residents receive protected time from off-service rotations to attend.
Conferences include instruction on focused ultrasound use in the ED, board exam preparation and simulated patient encounters that are similar to the format used in the second part of the American Board of Emergency Medicine Examination. AGMC graduates consistently perform well above the national average on the ABEM exam. The lectures are usually given by the Emergency Medicine faculty or subspecialty faculty. Resident participation is also required. The residency meets monthly with surgical faculty and residents for Trauma Review and with our pediatric EM colleagues for Pediatric Emergency Medicine Conference.