Emergency Medicine Subinternship

Catalog description

This sub-internship is designed for students with a career interest in emergency medicine. Students will hone their approach to the emergency medical patient, including essential diagnostic and therapeutic measures. The experience will encourage the development of skills important to the practice of emergency medicine including differential diagnosis, managing multiple patients, communicating with consultants, and making appropriate dispositions. Efforts are made to coordinate the majority of a student's shifts with a core group of faculty to provide mentorship. Students will attend weekly medical student lectures, Thursday morning resident conferences, and deliver a final case presentation. For more information, please contact Dr. Erin Leiman via email, [email protected]. Secondary Contact: Erin Browning ([email protected]). Prerequisites: Students must have already completed a prior emergency medicine rotation. Permission of the instructor is required for all offered summer sections and fall section 41. Please try to contact the course director at least several weeks in advance of enrollment to help guarantee availability. Prior to the first session, there will be a virtual orientation. Credit: 5. max: variable. Offered in summer 42, 43,44 and in fall 41 only. Erin Leiman, MD