Emergency Medicine Clerkship

Emergency Medicine Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this clinical rotation students should be able to do the following:

1. Conduct an initial assessment of a patient in the ED and perform stabilization techniques.(PC1, MK3, MK4, CS1, CS2)
2. Produce adifferential diagnosis, and order and interpret appropriate diagnostic tests (including imaging studies) related tothe differential diagnosis.(PC2, PR1)
3. Manage acutely ill and/or injured patients.(PC3, PR2, SL2)
4. Perform procedural skills (i.e., I.V. access, blood drawing from femoral sticks, arterial sticks, sutures, I&Ds, wound care,fracture splinting).(MK5, PC1, PC7)
5. Participate in reading EKGs, ABG interpretation, and patient case discussions.(MK5, MK8)