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You will have the opportunity to explore areas of medicine
you're intereted in during your residency. Below are short descriptions
of some of the established electives. This list is not all inclusive,
and arrangements can often be made for away rotations at
sites that interest you.
Trauma ICU
Residents will care for the most critically
ill trauma patients in the Trauma ICU, working closely with the
trauma/critical care fellows and attendings. Residents will learn the
intimate details of caring for some of our hospital’s most critically
ill patients. Call
is optional for this rotation.
Trauma/Emergency Radiology
Mornings
will be spent reading studies with radiologists in both the emergency
radiology section as well as the trauma radiology area. Residents will be
exposed to the art of reading CT as well as plain film with some of the
experts in the field. There are daily lunch
conferences for all radiology residents and rotators, which cover a variety of
topics within radiology. There are no weekends and no calls.
Ultrasound
For
residents with a particular interest in ultrasound or interest in doing a fellowship
in the field, there is the option to do an ultrasound elective in addition to
the 3 months of ultrasound that are present in the standard curriculum. During
this elective, senior residents will take on the role of educator with some of
the more junior residents who are on their ultrasound rotation. In addition,
they will work with the ultrasound fellow on more complicated techniques beyond
the 6 basic areas of emergency ultrasound (pregnancy, renal, aortic, cardiac,
gallbladder, and FAST). There are no weekends and no calls.
International
EM
Over the past several years, senior residents
have traveled to a variety of places to complete overseas electives in international
EM. Destinations have included South Africa, Bali, Armenia, and Honduras. There
are several faulty members with an interest in international EM and connections
overseas who are willing to facilitate these experiences.
Teaching/Faculty
Development
Residents will improve their bedside
teaching as well as formal presentation skills during this elective. Days
will be spent preparing lectures, working with medical students, and learning
about various teaching techniques. Residents will assist with student cadaver
labs, lectures, simulation labs, suturing labs, and informal bedside teaching
sessions in the ED. There are no weekends and no calls.
Research
This
elective provides an opportunity for residents to dedicate some time to their
research project, under the guidance of a selected mentor. They will craft
their own objectives and goals for this elective, which must be approved by the
residency director prior to the start of the rotation.
Trauma
Orthopedics
Splinting, reducing, relocating, pinning,
and placing traction are just some of the many procedures you can get on this
rotation. Residents will work with the orthopedics residents in the trauma
resuscitation bay to address the multitude of acute orthopedic injuries presenting
to Shock Trauma. This is a very busy service and you will not be bored. Your
schedule is negotiated based on your interest in working a combination of both
days and nights prior to the start of the rotation.
Toxicology at Bellevue
Hospital, NYC
This is a popular elective
available to EM residents around the country. It has received rave reviews
from those who have participated in the past. The toxicology trained faculty
at Univ. of Maryland will facilitate enrollment for any resident interested.
Pediatric EM (CNMC)
Senior residents have the opportunity to
increase their exposure to pediatric patients with this elective in one of the
busiest pediatric emergency departments in the country. Children’s
National Medical Center, in Washington, DC is the site of one month rotations
in Peds EM for first and second year residents. They are happy to have
third year residents as elective rotators as well. In this elective, senior
residents will be involved in all pediatric trauma resuscitations as well as
the care of the most critically ill children in the department. Schedule
is varied day and night shifts, with some weekends possible.
Pediatric EM
(UMMS)Senior residents interested in more peds experience
closer to home in Baltimore have the option of doing an additional month in the
peds ED at University of Maryland. They will assume a more supervisory
role, working with interns and medical students to manage the care of all of
the patients in the peds ED.
EMS
If the one week of EMS in our curriculum
was just a tease, and you want more experience, a month of elective can be dedicated
to this field. Activities
will include riding with ground as well as aeromedical transport to learn about
the basics of prehospital care. In addition, residents will have the opportunity
to work with the University’s EMS fellows and various faculty members with
expertise in EMS, covering multiple counties in the state of Maryland. Experiences
may occur on weekends and at night.
Risk Management
Residents can
gain a better understanding of the legal climate surrounding the practice of
emergency medicine through this rotation. Working
with two of our faculty members who hold medical and law degrees, residents will
improve their understanding of the law surrounding medical malpractice as well
as important medical issues from a risk management perspective. This rotation
is 1-2 weeks in length and includes no weekends or call.
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