Emergency Medicine Clerkship

Catalog description

Credits 0 to 10. 0 to 10 Other Hours. 4-weeks; appreciation of the role of emergency medicine within the health care system; acquiring basic life support skills, including the recognition of immediately life threatening conditions and appropriate interventions; diagnoses and treatment of common acute problems; development skills to assess the undifferentiated patient, including the performance of a focused history and physical and the development of an appropriate differential diagnosis. Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of year three of the medical curriculum.