Emergency Medicine - 6860
This elective is designed to afford a broad experience in all aspects of Emergency Medicine, including pre-hospital emergency care. Interblock, Block 16, and Block 17 are not available for online enrollment. Please email our clerkship coordinator, Brianna Cobb, for enrollment during these periods.
Conferences are each Thursday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. This includes experiences such as team based leaning sessions, simulation, patient based learning, and didactic lectures. From 7:00 a.m. to 8 a.m. is a case discussion only for medical students. From 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., lectures are for all Emergency Medicine learners.
Skills Labs and Simulation
- Taught by EM faculty, residents, and Terry Carlisle PA
- Date and location noted on schedule.
- For splinting lab, be sure to wear scrubs that you don’t mind getting dirty.
- You are expected to attend these labs. You will not be scheduled for a shift during these times.
Journal Club
Journal Club generally meets the second Wednesday of each month. You will receive a calendar invitation, as the location changes each month.
Required reading
Schedule
Students rotate though the different areas of the Emergency Department to promote exposure to a broad range of patient presentations. Overnight and weekend shifts are a requirement of the rotation.
Evaluation
- MU is participating in a national study to standardize medical student evaluations across the nation. Your clinical assessments on this rotation are being performed using the new NCAT-EM (National Clinical Assessment Tool in EM). This tool is being piloted at multiple sites across the country, and de-identified clinical assessment data will be input into an online web portal. You will receive an invitation after your rotation to participate in this study further if you are interested.
- After your rotation, you will be asked to complete a survey evaluating the rotation and faculty.
Grading
- Primarily based on faculty and resident shift evaluations
- Multiple choice end of rotation exam with benchmarks for passing and eligibility for honors
- Attendance
- Honors or Letter of Commendation will not be considered without 100% attendance of all shifts, conferences, and casting lab unless excused.
- Possible grades are:
- Honors
- Letter of Commendation
- Satisfactory
- Unsatisfactory
- Incomplete
Introduction to Emergency Medicine - 6919
The purpose of this rotation is to gain earlier exposure to the specialty of EM. This is not meant for those students who have already identified EM as their choice specialty. This elective is designed to offer an introductory experience in Emergency Medicine, including all levels of acuity and pre-hospital emergency care. Rotations are available September to May.
Students participate in the fourth-year curriculum components, including lectures, journal club, and splint/casting lab.
Required reading
Schedule
Students rotate though the different areas of the Emergency Department to promote exposure to a broad range of patient presentations. Overnight and weekend shifts are a requirement of the rotation.
Evaluation
- Your clinical assessments on this rotation are being performed using the new NCAT-EM (National Clinical Assessment Tool in EM). This tool is being piloted at multiple sites across the country, and de-identified clinical assessment data will be input into an online web portal.
- After your rotation, you will be asked to complete a survey on your experience.
Grading
- Based on faculty and resident shift evaluations
- Possible grades are:
- Satisfactory
- Unsatisfactory
Emergency Medicine-EMS – 6460
This elective is designed to afford a broad experience in Emergency Medical Services, focusing on ground pre-hospital emergency care. The student will acquire knowledge of EMS protocols, processes and patient care that is unique to the prehospital environment. Students will receive formative feedback after each clinical session by EMS faculty and paramedics with whom they work. Final grade will be decided by the course director. Emergency Medicine course 6068 (or equivalent) must be successfully completed before you can take 6460. Please email our clerkship coordinator, Brianna Cobb, for enrollment.
ABS Emergency Medicine Research & Review – 6245
This elective is designed to afford an experience in a student's selected aspect of Emergency Medicine. The selected mentor will evaluate the student based on criteria agreed upon at the time of enrollment. The course will require frequent communication and updates on progress to the mentor. Emergency Medicine - 6068 must be successfully completed before you can take 6460. Please email our clerkship coordinator, Brianna Cobb, for enrollment.
Emergency Medicine-Ultrasound – 6461
The purpose of this rotation is to provide M4 students the opportunity to understand the indications for and the physics behind Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in the Emergency Department (ED). Additionally, students will develop the mechanical skills necessary to obtain adequate images through real-time bedside image acquisition, as well as learn how to interpret the images and apply them to patients clinically. POCUS applications that will be of particular focus include some or all of the following:
- FAST
- Early pregnancy
- Abdominal aorta
- Focused cardiac
- Biliary
- Renal/bladder
- DVT evaluation
- Lung
- Soft tissue/musculoskeletal
Procedures More advanced applications (eg. ocular, scrotal, bowel, gynecologic, etc) will be reviewed as well. The rotation spans 4 weeks. Students will work in tandem with the Emergency Medicine (EM) resident assigned to this block, actively performing POCUS alongside the resident, and interpreting the images to aid in clinical management. The shifts will be primarily 1000-1800, Monday-Friday in the Emergency Department. The student will work with the resident and keep the same schedule. Because this program must have specific faculty available and is limited to 1 students at a time, please email our clerkship coordinator, Brianna Cobb, for enrollment.
Introduction to Pediatric Emergency Medicine - 6920
This 2-week elective is designed to offer an introductory experience in Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM), including all levels of acuity and pre-hospital emergency care. Because this program must have specific faculty available and is limited to 1 students at a time, please email our clerkship coordinator, Brianna Cobb, for enrollment.
