It is mandatory for each resident to initiate or to further develop a research project under the mentorship of attending faculty. Residents in the PGY-III year participate in department administration and become more involved in the teaching of medical students and junior residents. One month of this year is spent at the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, a rotation that provides residents with invaluable experience in the handling of the multiple-trauma patient. Akron City Hospital is a designated Level I Trauma Center, allowing Emergency Medicine residents trauma team leadership roles throughout their second and third years of residency. Residents also continue their EMS advisory responsibility and serve as teachers to junior residents who will later assume this role.
Ultrasound experience is obtained during the third year.
This table provides a summary of the rotations in each year of the residency program. With the exception of the first orientation month, the order shown does not necessarily represent the actual sequence of rotations. A regularly scheduled, comprehensive series of conferences contributes to the strong foundation of the emergency medicine teaching program. Five hours of conference are scheduled per week, including 40 hours of introductory material presented during the orientation. In planning its conference schedule, the department utilizes the emergency medicine core curriculum that has been developed by the Graduate Education Committee of the American College of Emergency Physicians.