Emergency Medicine

Catalog description

The American College of Emergency Physicians defines emergency medicine as 'the medical specialty with the principal mission of evaluating, managing, treating and preventing unexpected illness and injury.' Course Goals: 1) Students will see patients with the full range of chief complaints that present to the Duke Hospital Emergency Department. 2) Students will gain experience in making initial evaluations as well as diagnostic and treatment plans with an emphasis on detecting and treating immediate life-threatening conditions. 3) Students' ability to rapidly obtain critical facets of a patient history and physical examination will improve. 4) Students will mature as clinical problem-solvers by seeing several patients per day with undifferentiated chief complaints. How Goals Are Achieved: 1) Students will work with attendings and residents during approximately 13 eight-hour shifts per month. A mixture of day, evening, and overnight shifts will be assigned that include both weekdays and weekends. 2) When available, medical student lectures will be held each week. 3) Students will attend resident conferences on Thursday mornings, 9am to 2pm. Methods of Evaluation: Attendings and residents will give feedback to students verbally and through shift evaluation cards. For more information, please contact Dr. Erin Leiman by email, [email protected]. Secondary Contact: Erin Browning ([email protected]). Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor is required for summer sections 43/44 and fall 41. Prior to the first session, there will be a virtual orientation. Credit: 4. Enrollment: max varies by term. Erin Leiman, MD