Didactics
Emergency Medicine Weekly Conference
Wednesday (8a-12n)
"Mead's Lecture Hall", 2nd Floor, Meads Hall
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Grand Rounds Lectures
EM Core Content Lectures
Evidence Based Medicine Lectures
Practice-Based Learning and Improvement Case Conference
Interactive Case Presentations | Board Preparation
Morbidity & Mortality
Continuous Quality Improvement
Patient Follow-up
Interdepartmental Conferences
Risk Management |
Notes
- Faculty cover ED, residents are released to attend
- Conference room located on second floor, Mead's Hall, and is equipped with computer and audio/visual projector
- Residents have access to a comprehensive medical library, computers, scanners, for preparing their presentations
- Breakfast and lunch usually provided
Asynchronous Learning Acitivites
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ACLS/PALS/ATLS
Advanced Airway Lab
Advanced Wound Care Lab
Cadaver Lab
Computer Based Instruction
Journal Club
Patient Simulator
Web-based Medical Center Common Curriculum Lectures |
Conference Descriptions
Grand Rounds
Monthly (first Wednesday of each month), grand rounds lectures are given by experts in certain fields of emergency medicine. Often, the invited speakers are of national prominence in their field of interest. Category 1 CME credits usually available.
EM Core Content Lectures
One hour lecture presented by E.M. faculty or resident focuses on topics in The Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine, formerly the Core Content. The lectures are designed to improve the resident’s clinical fund of knowledge on the “nuts and bolts” of emergency medicine.
Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) Lectures
Pertinent clinical topics are reviewed from an evidence based medicine stand point with references from the current medical literature to support findings and recommendations.
Practice-based Learning and Improvement (PBLI) Case Conference
Practice-based Learning and Improvement (PBLI) is one of the ACGME's six general core competencies (others include patient care, medical knowledge, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice) that all residency programs must teach, assess, and remediate deficiencies in. Our PBLI lectures feature a particular clinical question of interest illustrated by an initial case presentation, followed by a presentation of the supporting or conflicting literature about the topic, and concluding with practice recommendations based on the available evidence. An example topic would be, "Should Flomax be prescribed in patients with kidney stones?". Residents are generally assigned to be the presenters in order to teach them the importance of this particular core competency and assess their abilities in how to apply it to their everyday practice.
Interactive Case Presentations
Case presentations are presented via two formats, “interactive” and “board format”.
Interactive case presentations are based on interesting cases that are seen in our emergency department that represent uncommon diagnoses, diagnostic dilemmas, or unusual outcomes. These case presentations are interactive and involve group discussion from the faculty and residents.
Board format case presentations are done to simulate the ABEM oral board exam. A faculty member delivers the case to a selected senior resident. After the case is completed, the resident and group are debriefed on the resident’s performance by the faculty examiner. Tips for successfully completing the ABEM oral board exam are given during this time.
Journal Club
Our department has figured out how to make journal club not only fun but educational as well. Our journal club occurs monthly throughout the year at either a local restaurant or faculty member's home. It serves as both an educational and social event. Residents learn how to interpret the medical literature by reviewing articles chosen by the faculty as well as learning about research methodologies and design.
Board Preparation
Both written and oral board preparation occurs throughout the year. Residents have monthly reading assignments from an E.M. textbook that correlates with our monthly conference topics. At the end of each month, the residents take an online written test of the same content for written board preparation. Every spring, our department puts on a “Mock” Oral Board Course for the residents. E.M. faculty serves as examiners. Residents learn the oral board process and get to practice individual cases while being graded on their performance.
Morbidity/Mortality (M/M)
M/M conference focuses on peer-reviewed clinical cases where possible morbidity and/or mortality occurred. These cases involve group discussion on the outcome and a brief review on the subject area.
Continous Quality Improvement (CQI)
Selected peer-reveiwed clinical cases are presented to the group for interactive discussion focusing on areas for future improvement.
Patient Follow-up
Interesting cases that are admitted to the hospital through the emergency department are followed up on and the outcome is discussed with the group.
Systems-Based Practice Interdepartmental Conferences
These jointly sponsored quarterly conferences are a reflection of the outstanding interdepartmental relationships that exist at our residency and medical center. During these joint educational sessions, discussion occurs from participants of both involved departments (i.e., EM/Trauma Path Conference) on clinical issues of controversy and treatment recommendations that exist in the care of these commonly shared patients. These shared conferences are developed to further our education in the ACGME core competency area of systems-based practice.
Patient Simulator
Throughout the year, residents undergo training on the medical center’s highly sophisticated patient simulator with emphasis on critical care and resuscitiation teamwork skills. Afterwards, the residents are debriefed on their performance by the supervising faculty with interactive discussion about the learning objectives for the case.
Cadaver Lab
Residents are taught and practice important invasive emergency procedures (cricothyrotomy, central line, thoracotomy, etc.) on fresh cadavers in the medical school’s anatomy lab under the direct supervision of EM faculty. These sessions are scheduled throughout the year to accomodate each resident's work schedules.
Procedural Labs
Periodically, various procedural labs (i.e., difficult airway, suturing, vehicular rescue techniques, etc.) are taught throughout the academic year to offer education in specific procedures important to the practice of emergency medicine.
Medical Center’s Web-based Common Curriculum
This self paced web based educational study covers topics of the ACGME’s common curriculum. A variety of topics are covered including ethical, risk management, and physician wellness issues to name a few.