Emergency Medicine

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Department
Emergency Medicine
Course Number
EMED 302
Course Title Emergency Medicine
Course Director
Amy Caggiula, MD
Length (Weeks)

4
When Offered

All year except weeks 36-39; approval is required when registering within 6 weeks of the rotation from the course director/coordinator
Prerequisites

All core clerkships
Availability Notes

Students may take either EMED 302 (Emergency Medicine) or PED 405 (Pediatric Emergency Medicine) to fulfill emergency medicine requirement.
Contact Name
Julia Plant
Contact Phone
202-741-2996
Contact Fax
Contact Email
jplant@mfa.gwu.edu
Other Contacts

Dr. Caggiula (acaggiula@mfa.gwu.edu)
Location
Limit
18
Report

9am on the first Monday of each rotation (location will be announced prior to start date).
Evaluation

Honors/High Pass/Pass/Conditional/Fail. See syllabus for additional details.
Description

The Emergency Medicine Clerkship (EMED 302) satisfies the Emergency Medicine selective requirement for GW medical students. This is a required clerkship for 4th year students; students also have the option of taking Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PED 405) to fulfill the emergency medicine requirement.

Students enrolled in EMED 302 will rotate through The George Washington University Hospital. GWUH’s Emergency Department is an urban university-based emergency facility and a Level I Trauma Center, providing care to more than 85,000 patients each year. Students will be joining a staff of board-certified emergency physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, residents, nurses, technicians, and support personnel who are committed to excellence in education and patient care. At each facility, students should be prepared for a demanding, rich, and rewarding clinical and didactic experience.

See syllabus for additional details. 
Additional Notes

Clerkship Learning Objectives:

By the end of this course, the student should be able to:

  1. Illustrate a diagnostic and therapeutic plan for a patient with an acutely life or limb threatening condition.
  2. Apply basic science and clinical principles to the emergency medicine patient.
  3. Demonstrate the ability to express findings of a complete but directed history and physical examination in a clear and concise manner. 
  4. Apply a hierarchy of acuity and likelihood to a differential diagnosis and patient care plan that accounts for “worst case scenario” and most likely etiologies for a patient's clinical presentation. 
  5. Demonstrate an appropriate patient disposition plan. 
  6. Demonstrate effective communications skills with patients and other members of the ED clinical team. 
  7. Demonstrate ethical, responsible, and empathic behavior with patients and ED clinical staff. 
  8. Discuss the scope of Emergency Medicine (public health, pre-hospital, and ER) care to the healthcare system at large.
  9. Demonstrate effective inter-professional communication and collaboration. 

See syllabus for additional details.