EMED313D

VISITING: Closed to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Selective 1. DESCRIPTION: This rotation focuses on the clinical practice of Emergency Medicine. The 4 week rotation consists of 14 clinical shifts in the emergency department. There are no required supplemental didactic sessions. Orientation will occur on the first day of the rotation in the Kaiser GME office (Dept. 384 MOB, Susan Krause). Faculty will orient medical students to the Emergency Department after your meeting in the GME office. Clinical shifts will consist of approximately fourteen 9 hour shifts, which will be a mix of daytime, evening, and weekend shifts. Students will usually work 1:1 with an EM attending to maximize learning. Each patient seen by the student is presented to an EM attending staff physician. Students should present each patient upon completing history and physical examination in a timely fashion. EM residents will give daily informal lectures at 4pm, which students are encouraged to attend when on shift. PREREQUISITES: Surgery 300A, Medicine 300A, Obstetrics & Gynecology 300A and Pediatric 300A, passing score USMLE I (and II if taken) on first attempt. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 7-11, full time for 4 weeks, 2 students per period. No students may be added less than 4 weeks prior to the start of each rotation. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Alice Chao, M.D. CLERKSHIP COORDINATOR: Susan Krause, 408-851-3836. REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Where: GME office, Homestead Medical Office Building at 710 Lawrence Expressway, Dept 384; Time: TBA. CALL CODE: 2. OTHER FACULTY: Staff. LOCATION: KPMC.