Emergency Medicine Rotation

Catalog description

This 5-week rotation provides the Physician Assistant student with practical clinical experience working in an Emergency Department setting. This enables the student to develop focused and systematic approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of common medical and surgical emergencies. This rotation teaches the student to recognize the acuity level of presenting patients by prioritizing care and management in collaboration with their emergency medicine preceptor and the interprofessional emergency department team. Students will develop the necessary skills when considering the social and/or physical determinants of health, and other patient safety considerations when determining patient dispositions and treatment plans. Students will recognize the indications, limitations, and methodology of emergency room diagnostic procedures and therapeutic regimens. In addition, this rotation provides students with the opportunity to formulate organized and complete emergency room care for patients of all ages (child, adolescent, adult, and elderly) with a host of conditions presenting as acute, emergent, or chronic. Students will engage with their patients by providing preventative medicine guidance, including health counseling for patients presenting to the emergency department for care.